Miroslaw J. Smogorzewski, MD

Nephrology, Transplant Nephrology, Polycystic Kidney Disease

Locations

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1516 San Pablo St. HC3 - Suite 3200 HC3 - Suite 3200, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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Licensed under

Keck Hospital of USC

 

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1520 San Pablo St. HC2 - Suite 1000 HC2 - Suite 1000, Los Angeles, CA 90033
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Monday - Friday

8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Provider Details

Languages Spoken
Polish, English, Russian
Gender
Male
About Miroslaw J. Smogorzewski, MD

Born and educated in his native Poland, Dr. Miroslaw Smogorzewski conducted his fellowship in Renal Medicine at Hammersmith Hospital in London, UK before coming to Southern California as a research fellow in Nephrology at the LAC+USC Medical Center (now known as Los Angeles General Medical Center). While in Poland, Dr. Smogorzewski was the Chief of the Dialysis Unit at the Medical Academy in Warsaw. Dr. Smogorzewski is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Associate Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

In addition to his teaching and academic responsibilities, Dr. Smogorzewski is affiliated with the Los Angeles General Medical Center and Keck Hospital of USC. Throughout his career, Dr. Smogorzewski has published over 130 papers and 26 chapters. For more than 20 years of his academic life, he was an NIH grant Co-Investigator on Uremia. His research and special interests include calcium metabolism/cystolic calcium and signal transduction in uremia, and the role of parathyroid hormone as a uremic toxin. He was an investigator in the African American Study of Kidney Disease (AASK) study and AASK cohort study. Currently, he is an investigator in the APOLLO study in kidney transplantation. In addition, he collaborated on the editing of major nephrology textbooks and the KDIGO 2002 guidelines on mineral metabolism in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). For the proposed BEAT-PKD study using his clinical trial experience, Dr. Smogorzewski will serve as a co-investigator and assist in the recruitment, consenting, and enrolling of Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) subjects for the trial at the USC Keck Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) Clinic.

Experience

Specialties
  • Nephrology
  • Transplant Nephrology
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
Academic Title
Associate Professor of Medicine

Insurances Accepted

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  • Medicare
  • Anthem Blue Cross Prudent Buyer
  • Aetna
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Blue Shield Covered California
  • Health Net Covered California
  • Brand New Day
  • Health Net
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  • Take Care (GUAM)
  • CIGNA
  • Beech Street Corporation /WC
  • TriWest Healthcare Alliance (UHC)
  • Pacificare
  • Kern Health Systems
  • MultiPlan
  • Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
  • Coventry Health Care
  • Laundry and Dry Cleaning Workers Health & Welfare
  • Union Roofers Health & Welfare Fund
  • Great-West Healthcare of California, Inc.
  • First Health
  • NEXT
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  • ChoiceCare Network
  • United Healthcare
  • Health Plans of Nevada
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