Csaba P. Kovesdy is an American

nephrologist Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kid ...

and a professor of medicine–nephrology at the

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faculty facepage as well as Chief of Nephrology at the Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is also affiliated with Methodist Hospitals of Memphis and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, also in Memphis. Kovesdy received his

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degree from the Pecs University Medical School in Pécs, Hungary in 1995."Dr. Csaba P. Kovesdy, MD"
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'' Physician Directory He received additional medical training at

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and at the

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. Kovesdy is board certified in nephrology and

internal medicine Internal medicine, also known as general medicine in Commonwealth nations, is a medical specialty for medical doctors focused on the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases in adults. Its namesake stems from "treatment of diseases of ...

and he is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Virginia."Health Care Providers / K / Csaba P. Kovesdy"
on the Memphis VA Medical Center website Kovesdy is an author of more than 160 articles regarding

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and its outcomes. His contributions are studies of the association of secondary

hyperparathyroidism Hyperparathyroidism is an increase in parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in the blood. This occurs from a disorder either within the parathyroid glands ( primary hyperparathyroidism) or as response to external stimuli ( secondary hyperparathyroi ...

with increased mortality, obesity survival paradox, protein-energy malnutrition in non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease (NDD-CKD) patients, and the systematic presentation of the concept of "burnt-out"

diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained hyperglycemia, high blood sugar levels. Diabetes is due to either the pancreas not producing enough of the hormone insulin, or th ...

. His other areas of research include cardiovascular risk factors, bone-mineral metabolism, metabolic abnormalities and race-ethnicity.

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