Kamal Sambandam, M.D.

Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship Program

Transplant

Internal Medicine - Nephrology
Kidney Transplant Medicine
Kidney Disease (Nephrology)

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Biography

Kamalanathan Sambandam, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine’s Division of Nephrology and the Director of the Nephrology Fellowship Program at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also serves as the Medical Director of Renal Clinics at Parkland Hospital.

Dr. Sambandam earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. He completed a residency in internal medicine and advanced fellowship training in nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine/Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.

His clinical interests lie in the areas of diuretic resistance and nondiabetic glomerular disease.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and nephrology, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2008. He is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the Texas Medical Association.

Education & Training

Fellowship - Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital (2006-2008), Nephrology
Residency - Washington University/Barnes Jewish Hospital (2003-2006), Internal Medicine
Medical School - UT Medical Branch at Galveston (1999-2003)

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Texas Medical Association
American Society of Nephrology

Books & Publications

Books
- Miscellaneous Causes of Acute Kidney Injury in Evidence-Based Nephrology
  Kamalanathan Sambandam, Anitha Vijayan (2008), Oxford, Blackwell Publishing
Publications
- The Basic Metabolic Profile in Heart Failure-Marker and Modifier.
  Elfar A, Sambandam KK Current heart failure reports 2017 Aug 14 4 311-320
- Prognostic significance of repeat biopsy in lupus nephritis: Histopathologic worsening and a short time between biopsies is associated with significantly increased risk for end stage renal disease and death.
  Arriens C, Chen S, Karp DR, Saxena R, Sambandam K, Chakravarty E, James JA, Merrill JT Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.) 2016 Dec
- Complete Remission in the Nephrotic Syndrome Study Network.
  Gipson DS, Troost JP, Lafayette RA, Hladunewich MA, Trachtman H, Gadegbeku CA, Sedor JR, Holzman LB, Moxey-Mims MM, Perumal K, Kaskel FJ, Nelson PJ, Tuttle KR, Bagnasco SM, Hogan MC, Dell KM, Appel GB, Lieske JC, Ilori TO, Sethna CB, Fervenza FC, Hogan SL, Nachman PH, Rosenberg AZ, Greenbaum LA, Meyers KE, Hewitt SM, Choi MJ, Kopp JB, Zhdanova O, Hodgin JB, Johnstone DB, Adler SG, Avila-Casado C, Neu AM, Hingorani SR, Lemley KV, Nast CC, Brady TM, Barisoni-Thomas L, Fornoni A, Jennette JC, Cattran DC, Palmer MB, Gibson KL, Reich HN, Mokrzycki MH, Sambandam KK, Zilleruelo GE, Licht C, Sampson MG, Song P, Mariani LH, Kretzler M Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2015 Dec
- Collapsing focal segmental glomerulosclerosis resulting from a single dose of zoledronate.
  Neyra JA, Vaidya OU, Hendricks A, Sambandam KK Nephron extra 2014 Sep 4 3 168-74
- Effective Use of Loop Diuretics in Heart Failure Exacerbation: A Nephrologist's View.
  Sambandam KK The American journal of the medical sciences 2013 Apr

Research

Non-diabetic glomerular disease
Diuretic resistant states

Clinical Focus

Kidney Transplant Medicine
Kidney Disease (Nephrology)
Chronic Kidney Disease
General Nephrology