Penn Medicine Provider
Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension
C. Michael Chaknos, MD, MSHP
5.0
(392)
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Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Renal Quality Improvement Program
  • Medical Director, Penn Medicine Radnor Dialysis Unit
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
  • Residency: Tufts - New England Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
5.0

392 reviews

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May 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent dr
May 2025
5.0
5.0
excellent physician
May 2025
5.0
5.0
great doctor
May 2025
5.0
5.0
knowing em dr.chaknos for a long time, always been nicely professional!

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Chaknos is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Michael R. Rudnick and C. Michael Chaknos Can Quality Improvement Reduce the Risk of Contrast-Associated Acute Kidney Injury? , Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: 2023

Anushya Jeyabalan MD, Shivam Joshi MD, Ankur Shah DO, Blaise Abramovitz DO, Anubhav Kumar MD, Alan Wasserstein MD, Jordana Cohen MD MSCE, C. Michael Chaknos MD MSHP, Dan Negoianu MD Improving CRRT Lifespan: A QI Initiative , Department of Medicine Research Day, Perelman School of Medicine: 2018

Anushya Jeyabalan MD, Shivam Joshi MD, Ankur Shah DO, Blaise Abramovitz DO, Anubhav Kumar MD, Alan Wasserstein MD, Jordana Cohen MD MSCE, C. Michael Chaknos MD MSHP, Dan Negoianu MD Improving CRRT Lifespan: A QI Initiative , Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, New Orleans, LA: 2017

Tiffany Wong, MD, C. Michael Chaknos, MD Improving the transition of care for dialysis patients between hospital discharge and return to the dialysis unit , National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2017

Seshasai Rebecca Kurnik, Mitra Nandita, Chaknos C Michael, Li Jiaqi, Wirtalla Christopher, Negoianu Dan, Glickman Joel D, Dember Laura M Factors Associated With Discontinuation of Home Hemodialysis. , American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, 67(4): 2016,629-37

Knauf F, Chaknos CM, Berns JS, Perazella MA Dabigatran and kidney disease: a bad combination , Clin J Am Soc Nephrol, 8(9): 2013,1591-7

Chaknos CM, Berns JB Erythropoesis Stimulating Agents on Trial: Are Higher Dosages Causing Harm? , American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 61(1): 2013,6-8

Chaknos CM, Berns JS Hypercalcemia , CURRENT Essentials of Nephrology and Hypertension: 2012

Chaknos CM, Berns JS Initiating dialysis at the right time: Is the evidence IDEAL? , Seminars in Dialysis, 23(6): 2010,627-9