Tushar J. Vachharajani, MD, FASN, FACP - NephrologyDr. Tushar J. Vachharajani reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr. Vachharajani is an Associate Professor of Nephrology at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His clinical specialties include acute renal failure, chronic kidney disease, dialysis vascular access, interventional nephrology, clinical nephrology, dialysis, and hypertension. Dr. Vachharajani established the Interventional Nephrology Program at the Overton Brooks Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Shreveport, Louisiana, in 2002. Education and TrainingMB: Bombay University Grant Medical College, Bombay, India, 1985 Residency in Internal Medicine: Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Bombay, India, 1985-1989 Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology: Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Bombay, India, 1989-1992 Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology: St. Bartholomew's Hospital, UK , 1994-1996 Clinical Fellowship in Nephrology: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, 1996-1998 Research Fellowship in Molecular Biology and Cell Physiology: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, 1998 Residency in Internal Medicine: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, 1999-2000 Clinical Fellowship in Interventional Nephrology: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Health Hospital, Baton Rouge, LA, 2001 CertificationsAmerican Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine Academic AppointmentsAssociate Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Winston-Salem, NC, 2006-present Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA: - Associate Professor of Medicine, 2006-present
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, 2001-2006
Clinical Instructor of Nephrology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Bombay, India, 1992-1994 Financial DisclosureThe final approval of Healthwise content is always made by a clinician with no financial conflicts. This reviewer reported no financial conflicts. |
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