Pooneh Alborzi, MD

Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Nephrology Pennsylvania Hospital
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Section Chief, Nephrology, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Medical Director, DaVIta Fairmount Incenter Hemodialysis Unit
  • Medical Director, Fairmount Peritoneal Dialysis Unit
  • Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
  • Residency: Bridgeport Hospital, Yale New Haven Health
  • Fellowship: Indiana University Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Alborzi is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Chrisitine Palazzolo, Nawaz Z. Safdar, Alexandre Lafond, Pooneh Alborzi Licorice induced apparent mineralocorticoid excess , ACP meeting: 2024


Tanuja Yalalmarti, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Kwabena Adu Ntoso, Pooneh Alborzi Incidence and risk factors of vancomycin- associated acute kidney injury in a single center: retrospective study , Journal of Clinical Nephrology , 5 : 2021,010-016


Mark Conway, Christopher Lee, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Pooneh Alborzi Non-Dilated Obstructive Nephropathy , American Journal of Kidney Disease , 77(4) 586: 2021


Joy Ayyoub, Shahrzad Zonoozi, Pooneh Alborzi Hyponatremia: Mind the (Osmolar) Gap , American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week: 2019


Tanuja Yalamarti, Pooneh Alborzi, David A. Chetrit, Michelle L. Rumbaugh Double Trouble: Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome due to IgG4-RD and Myeloperoxidase-ANCA Vasculitis , American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week: 2019


Soleimani, M., Alborzi P. The Role of Salt in the Pathogenesis of Fructose-Induced Hypertension , Int J Nephrol: 2011


Agarwal Rajiv, Alborzi Pooneh, Satyan Sangeetha, Light Robert P Dry-weight reduction in hypertensive hemodialysis patients (DRIP): a randomized, controlled trial. , Hypertension, 53(3): 2009,500-7


Agarwal Rajiv, Satyan Sangeetha, Alborzi Pooneh, Light Robert P, Tegegne Getachew G, Mazengia Helmneh S, Yigazu Paulos M Home blood pressure measurements for managing hypertension in hemodialysis patients. , American Journal of Nephrology, 30(2): 2009,126-34


Alborzi Pooneh, Patel Nina A, Peterson Carla, Bills Jennifer E, Bekele Dagim M, Bunaye Zerihun, Light Robert P, Agarwal Rajiv Paricalcitol reduces albuminuria and inflammation in chronic kidney disease: a randomized double-blind pilot trial. , Hypertension, 52(2): 2008,249-55


Alborzi Pooneh, Patel Nina, Agarwal Rajiv Home blood pressures are of greater prognostic value than hemodialysis unit recordings. , Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology , 2(6): 2007,1228-34