Suresh Appasamy, M.B.B.S.
Health Sciences Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Nephrology
Director, Vascular Access Unit
Program Director, Interventional Nephrology
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Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Philosophy of Care
Dr. Appasamy believes in providing compassionate individualized patient care and shared-decision making. He educates patients by providing detailed explanation of their health condition and treatment options. He believes that understanding the disease process empowers patients to participate in decisions regarding their health.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Appasamy is a general adult nephrologist and an interventional nephrologist. He treats adults with kidney diseases including chronic kidney disease, hypertension, electrolyte abnormalities as well as patients on dialysis. As a certified interventional nephrologist he performs procedures such as placement and removal of dialysis catheters, maintenance of dialysis fistulas and grafts by minimally invasive endovascular techniques.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Appasamy's research and educational interests lies in vascular access for hemodialysis with focus on improving patency, longevity and prevention of complications. He is also involved in the clinical education of medical students, residents and fellow.
Division
Nephrology
Center/Program Affiliation
Medical School
M.B.B.S., Tanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India 1999
Internship
Internal Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, New York NY 2005-2006
Internship
Medicine, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India 1999-2000
Residency
Internal Medicine, New York Downtown Hospital, New York NY 2006-2008
Residency
Internal Medicine, Assistant Chief Resident, New York Downtown Hospital, New York NY 2007-2008
Fellowship
Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA 2014-2016
Fellowship
Interventional Nephrology, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA 2016-2017
Best Outgoing Student of 1993 batch, Thanjavur Medical College, 2000
Program Director's Award, Internal Medicine Residency, 2008
Chin AI, Appasamy S, Carey RJ, Madan N. Feasibility of Incremental 2-Times Weekly Hemodialysis in Incident Patients With Residual Kidney Function. Kidney Int Rep. 2017 Jun 21;2(5):933-942. doi:10.1016/j.ekir.2017.06.005. PMID:29270499.
Navaneethan SD, Singh S, Appasamy S, Wing RE, Sehgal AR. Sodium bicarbonate therapy for prevention of contrast-induced nephropathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2009 Apr;53(4):617-27. doi:10.1053/j.ajkd.2008.08.033. Epub 2008 Nov 22. PMID:19027212.