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Luis Fernando Gimenez

Luis Fernando Gimenez, MD

Nephrology

Accepting New Patients
Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

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Gender

Male

About Luis Fernando Gimenez

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Dr. Luis F. Gimenez is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His area of clinical expertise includes nephrology.

Dr. Gimenez received his medical degree from Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile. He completed residencies in internal medicine at Hospital Clinico Regional Dr. Guillermo Grant Benavente, Hospital Carlos Van Buren and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He performed his fellowship in nephrology at Johns Hopkins.

His research interests include the pathophysiology of chronic renal failure.

Research Interests

Pathophysiology of chronic renal failure, The role of immunosuppressive affects in the therapy of membranous GN, IgA nephropathy, focal sclerosis and proliferative GN

Research Summary

Dr. Gimenez focuses his research on the pathophysiology of chronic renal failure with emphasis on the different factors that influence the rate of progression of chronic renal disease. Specifically, he is interested in the role that hypertension, calcium phosphorous metabolism abnormalities and dietary manipulations play in the process.

He is also interested in the role of immunosuppressive affects in the therapy of membranous GN, IgA nephropathy, focal sclerosis and proliferative GN.

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
    • 601 North Caroline Street, Floor 7, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Nephrology, 1985

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Residency, Medicine, 1984

    Hospital Carlos Van Buren

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 1981

    Hospital Guillermo Grant Benavente de Concepción

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 1977

    Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile

    Medical Education, MD, 1976

    Board Certifications

    Nephrology

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1988

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 1986

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