AboutDr. Shamik Shah, MBBS, MD, DNB (Nephrology), ISN Fellow Expertise I can answer all questions related to kidney diseases, hypertension, plasmapheresis and kidney transplantation. I am a Board certified Nephrologist in India. I was a post-Doctoral Scholar at the Division of Nephrology & Hypertension,Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego. My area of interest is Critical care Nephrology and Acute Kidney Injury.
Experience 8 years
Publications Shah SH, Mehta RL. Acute kidney injury in critical care: time for a paradigm shift? Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2006 Nov;15(6):561-5.
Shah, SH, Soroko S, Lischer E, Mehta RL. Delivered vs. Prescribed dose of Dialysis in Hospitalized Patients: Results of an Audit. J Am Soc Nephrol 17(Abstracts Issue): 2006, 107A.
Abdeen O, Shah SH, Mehta RL; “Dialysis therapies in the surgical intensive care unit”; William Wilson, Christopher Grande, David Hoyt Eds. Trauma: Resuscitation, Anesthesia, and Critical Care, Informa Healthcare 2007. ISBN 08247-2920-X
Shah SH, Mehta RL. “Non-dialytic management of acute kidney disease”; Evidence based Nephrology, BMJ, (In press)
Education/Credentials MBBS, MD (Internal Medicine), Diplomate of National board (Nephrology)
Awards and Honors Fellowship of the International Society of Nephrology 2005.
Young Investigator Award by the International Society of Peritoneal Dialysis, June 2001
Question Hi Dr. Shah: My best friend received a kidney transplant 2 weks ago. He was on dialysis for 2.5 years. Now that he has his new Kidney he has become a diabetic. Since diabetes is a cause for kidney failure, why is it that medications are given that produce diabetes in the patient. Won't diabetes cause this new kidney to ultimately fail? Thank you
Answer Hi Maryanne,
Thanks for your question on "Allexperts".
Maintaining a kidney graft requires use of immunosuppressive medication. Some of them can cause diabetes. This is the price we have to pay to maintain normal functioning of the graft.
If diabetes is poorly controlled for many years, it can cause kidney disease. However, if the patient is under regular medical supervision, this problem is less likely to occur.
