BalakuntalamKasinathMD
Nephrology • San Antonio, TXEmeritus Professor, Medicine, University of Texas Medical School, San Antonio
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Office
4502 Medical Dr
San Antonio, TX 78229Phone+1 210-257-1400
Summary
- Dr. Balakuntalam Kasinath is a nephrologist in San Antonio, TX. He retired in 2018. He was affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including South Texas Veterans Health Care System and University Health / UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. He received his medical degree from Bangalore Medical College and was in practice 43 years. He is experienced in clinical: glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy and research: molecular basis of kidney injury in diabetes and aging. He has more than 100 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
University of ChicagoFellowship, Nephrology, 1980 - 1983
Advocate Health Care/Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 1977 - 1980
Bangalore Medical CollegeClass of 1974
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1991 - 2024
IL State Medical License 1979 - 1993- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Nephrology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
- Top Doctors:SE Texas Castle Connolly, 2013
- Fellow (ASNF) American Society of Nephrology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 53 citationsReciprocal regulation of miR-214 and PTEN by high glucose regulates renal glomerular mesangial and proximal tubular epithelial cell hypertrophy and matrix expansionAmit Bera, Falguni Das, Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury, Meenalakshmi M. Mariappan, Balakuntalam S. Kasinath
American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology. 2017-07-12 - 107 citationsProgression and remission of renal disease in the Lupus Nephritis Collaborative Study. Results of treatment with prednisone and short-term oral cyclophosphamide.Andrew S. Levey, Shu Ping Lan, Howard L. Corwin, Balakuntalam S. Kasinath, John M. Lachin
Annals of Internal Medicine. 1992-01-15 - 19 citationsTGFβ enforces activation of eukaryotic elongation factor-2 (eEF2) via inactivation of eEF2 kinase by p90 ribosomal S6 kinase (p90Rsk) to induce mesangial cell hypertrophyFalguni Das, Nandini Ghosh-Choudhury, Balakuntalam S. Kasinath, Goutam Ghosh Choudhury
FEBS Letters. 2010-10-08
Journal Articles
- Marmoset as a Model to Study Kidney Changes Associated with AgingAndrew Donati, Balakuntalam S Kasinath, The Journals of Gerontology
- Hydrogen Sulfide Ameliorates Aging-Associated Changes in the KidneyBalakuntalam Kasinath, MD, Geroscience
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
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