Mentor: Naim Maalouf, MD
Department: Mineral Metabolism
Room number: CS6.104
Mail Code: 8885
Phone number: 8-2954
E-mail: naim.maalouf@utsouthwestern.edu
Project title: Various projects are available
Human subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):
Animal subjects IRB approved project number (where applicable):
Project Type patient-based research
Brief Description of Project:
Various projects from case reports and case series of patients with unusual disorders of calcium and bone disorders, to metabolic studies in patients with kidney stones and/or osteoporosis.
Previous Research Activities or Publications with Housestaff:
Case Reports with housestaff:
Lee L, Saunders J, Zhou XJ, Maalouf NM. Acute interstitial nephritis complicating
a new diagnosis of Wegener's granulomatosis. Hawai`i Medical Journal 2008; 67:11-13
Gore MO, Welch BJ, Geng W, Kabbani W, Maalouf NM, Zerwekh JE, Moe OW, Sakhaee
K. Renal Phosphate Wasting due to Tumor Induced Osteomalacia: A Frequently Delayed
Diagnosis. Kidney Int. 2008 in press
Working with Eduardo Vadia on review article on Musculoskeletal Complications of Metabolic Acidosis