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Pirouz Daeihagh, MD

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Pirouz Daeihagh, MD

Pirouz Daeihagh, MD

  • Clinical Professor, Nephrology

Research Interests

  • Hemodialysis
  • Critical Care Nephrology
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Education
BS, Indiana University - Purdue University, 1989
MD, Indiana University School of Medicine, 1993
Residency
Internal Medicine, University of Maryland Hospitals, 1994
Internal Medicine, St. Vincent Hospital, 1997
Fellowship
Nephrology, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1999
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Memberships
North Carolina Medical Society
Int'L Society of Nephrology
American College of Physicians
American Society of Nephrology
Positions
Clinical Professor, Nephrology
Departments and Affiliations
Nephrology

Research

  • Publications
  • Efficacy and safety of low-dose heparin in hemodialysis. Murea M, Russell GB, Daeihagh P, Saran AM, Pandya K, Cabrera M, Burkart JM, Freedman BI. Hemodial Int. 2018 01; 22(1):74-81.
  • Longitudinal analysis of one million vital signs in patients in an academic medical center. Bleyer AJ, Vidya S, Russell GB, Jones CM, Sujata L, Daeihagh P, Hire D. Resuscitation. 2011 Nov; 82(11):1387-92.
  • Coincident idiopathic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis collapsing variant and diabetic nephropathy in an African American homozygous for MYH9 risk variants. Gopalakrishnan I, Iskandar SS, Daeihagh P, Divers J, Langefeld CD, Bowden DW, Hicks PJ, Rocco MV, Freedman BI. Hum. Pathol. 2011 Feb; 42(2):291-4.
  • The impact of sickle cell trait on glycated haemoglobin in diabetes mellitus. Bleyer AJ, Vidya S, Sujata L, Russell GB, Akinnifesi D, Hire D, Shihabi Z, Knovich MA, Daeihagh P, Calles J, Freedman BI. Diabet. Med. 2010 Sep; 27(9):1012-6.
  • Sickle cell trait and development of microvascular complications in diabetes mellitus. Bleyer AJ, Reddy SV, Sujata L, Russell GB, Akinnifesi D, Bleyer AJ, Hire D, Shihabi Z, Knovich MA, Daeihagh P, Calles J, Freedman BI. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jun; 5(6):1015-20.
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Research Interests

  • Critical Care Nephrology
  • Hemodialysis

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