Potential Research Opportunity for Internal Medicine Housestaff

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