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FACULTY

Mihran Naljayan

Clinical Professor

Medicine - Nephrology

Academic Office:

LSUHSC School of Medicine 
1542 Tulane Avenue, Room 326,
New Orleans, LA 70112

504-568-8655

 

Clinical Office:

University Medical Center, Renal Clinic
2000 Canal St, 
New Orleans, LA 70112

504-702-5700

 

Bio

Dr. Mihran Naljayan is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine in the Section of Nephrology and Hypertension at LSU School of Medicine. He completed medical school at LSU School of Medicine in Shreveport, LA and subsequently completed Internal Medicine residency and Nephrology fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. After joining the faculty at LSU, he has served as the co-course director for the L2 medical student renal course, nephrology fellowship program director and the interim section chief for nephrology and hypertension. He has also served as the Medical Director for the LSU Home Dialysis program, DaVita Memorial and DaVita Marigny dialysis units. Currently, he serves as Vice President of Clinical Affairs, Home Modalities at DaVita Kidney Care. He continues to see home dialysis patients and CKD patients in clinic. He is triple board certified in Internal Medicine, Nephrology and Hypertension. He has also completed training in Interventional Nephrology and is a member of the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology. He serves on the ASN Home Dialysis Subcommittee as well as the board of the National Kidney Foundation of Louisiana.   

Education

Undergraduate:
2000-2003 - B.S. in Biological Sciences
University of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana

Medical:
2003-2007 - M.D.
Louisiana State University School of Medicine
Shreveport, Louisiana

Internship:
2007-2008 - Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 

Residency:
2008-2010 - Internal Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 

Fellowship:
2010-2012 - Nephrology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts 

Graduate:
2018-2020 - Masters in Healthcare Administration
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, Louisiana

Affiliated Hospitals & Clinics

  • University Medical Center
  • Ochsner Kenner Medical Center
  • Ochsner Baptist Medical Center
  • Touro Infirmary
  • LSU Healthcare Network Campus Multispecialty Clinic
  • DaVita Memorial
  • DaVita Westbank at Home

Publications

1. Naljayan MV, Karumanchi SA.  New developments in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Advances CKD. 2013 May; 20(3): 265-270.  PMID 23928392.

2. Naljayan M, Reisin E.  Mast-cell infiltration and obesity-related glomerulopathy: An under-recognized disease process and new ways to approach treatment.  Curr Hypertens Rep.  2014 Oct; 16(1): 480.  PMID 25164964.

3. Naljayan M, Kumar S, Steinman T, Reisin E.  Hypomagnesemia and hypokalemia: A successful oral therapeutic approach after 16 years of potassium and magnesium intravenous replacement therapy.  Clin Kidney J.  2014 Apr; 7(2): 214-216.  PMID 25852875.

4. Smith AA, Fonseca AN, Naljayan MV, Paramesh AS.  Retroperitoneal hematoma causing peritoneal dialysis catheter malfunction.  J La State Med Soc.  2016 Mar-Apr; 168(2): 41-43. PMID 27383854.

5. Jaikishen A, Lick A, Owen J, Naljayan M.  Louisiana State University Nephrology: Initiation of a multi-center urgent-start peritoneal dialysis program.  Advances Peritoneal Dialysis.  2016 Oct; 32: 11-14.

6. Sequeira A, Naljayan M, Vachharajani T.  Vascular access guidelines: Summary, rationale and controversies. Tech Vasc Interv Radiol.  2017 Mar; 20(1): 2-8. PMID 28279405.

7. Fertel S, Naljayan M. Using Digital Media to Decrease Peritoneal Dialysis Related Infections. Journal of Clinical Nephrology and Research. 4(5); 1076.

8. Palombo S, Wendel E, Kidd L, Yazdi F, Naljayan M. MPGN and mixed cryoglobulinemia in a patient with hepatitis C – new treatment implications and renal outcomes. Clin Nephrol Case Stud. 2017 Oct 23; 5: 66-69. PMID 29098140

9. Harrison-Bernard LM, Naljayan MV, Eason JM, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP. Effectiveness of interprofessional education in renal physiology curricula for health sciences graduate students. Adv Physiol Educ.  2017 Dec 1;41(4):594-598. PMID 29138217

10. Coulon A, Kamat R, Jaikishen A, Naljayan M. Actinomyces Peritonitis: A Unique Therapy. Am J Med Sci. 2017 Nov;354(5):521-522. PMID 29173365.

11. Naljayan M, Yazdi F, Reisin E. Using manual exchanges for an urgent-start peritoneal dialysis program. Clinical Kidney Journal. 2018; 11(5)720-723. PMID30288268.

12. Vareldzis R, Naljayan M, Reisin E. The Incidence and Pathophysiology of the Obesity Paradox: Should Peritoneal Dialysis and Kidney Transplant be Offered to Patients with Obesity and End-Stage Renal Disease? Curr Hypertens Rep. 2018 26;20(10):84. PMID30051236.

13. Poyan Mehr A, Sadeghi-Najafabadi M, Chai K, Messmer J, Pai R, Roy N, Friedman D, Pollak M, Schlondorff J, Naljayan M, Singh T, Lecker S, Rodby R, Germain M, Rennke H, Stillman I. The Glomerular Disease Study and Trial Consortium: A Grassroots Initiative to Foster Collaboration and Innovation. Kidney Int Rep. (2019) 4, 20-29. PMID30596165.

14. Harrison-Bernard LM, Naljayan MV, Mercante DE, Gunaldo TP, Edwards S. Longitudinal interprofessional education in a graduate physiology course. Adv Physiol Educ.  2019 Jun 1;43(2):241-245. PMID 31088161.

15. Ice A, Naljayan M, Yazdi F, Reisin E. Low-dose gabapentin-induced lower extremity edema in a young peritoneal dialysis patient. Clin Nephrol. 2020, Apr 30. PMID: 32352370.

16. Srivatana, Vesh & Aggarwal, Vikram & Finkelstein, Fredric & Naljayan, Mihran & Crabtree, John & Perl, Jeffrey. (2020). Peritoneal Dialysis for Acute Kidney Injury Treatment in the United States: Brought to You by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Kidney360. 1. 10.34067/KID.0002152020. 10.34067/KID.0002152020.

17. Torres H, Naljayan M, Frontini M, Aguilar E, Barry S, Reisin E. Evaluating Factors Contributing to Dropout in a Large Peritoneal Dialysis Program. Am J Med Sci. 2021 Jan;361(1):30-35. doi: 10.1016/j.amjms.2020.06.030. Epub 2020 Jul 1. PMID: 32732078.

18. Lew SQ, Wallace EL, Srivatana V, Warady BA, Watnick S, Hood J, White DL, Aggarwal V, Wilkie C, Naljayan MV, Gellens M, Perl J, Schreiber MJ. Telehealth for Home Dialysis in COVID-19 and Beyond: A Perspective From the American Society of Nephrology COVID-19 Home Dialysis Subcommittee. Am J Kidney Dis. 2021