Burl R. Don, M.D.
Specialties
Internal Medicine
Nephrology
Department
Title
- Chief, Division of Nephrology
- Director of Clinical Nephrology
- Professor of Medicine
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 0200
Sacramento, CA 95817
Driving Directions
Primary Phone:
916-734-3761
Additional Phone Numbers
Clinic Phone: 916-734-3761
Physician Referrals: 800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)
Clinical Interests
Burl R. Don is a leading authority on renal medicine and has written numerous articles and book chapters in the field. His clinical interests include acute renal failure therapy, enigmatic fluid and electrolyte disorders.
His research focuses malnutrition in patients with kidney failure, iron metabolism in dialysis patients, and leptin metabolism. He is active in the National Kidney Foundation of Northern California.
Division
Nephrology
Education
M.D., University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, 1980
A.B., UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, 1974
Residency
Los Angeles County - University of Southern California Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 1981-84
Fellowships
American Society of Nephrology
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1984-87
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983
American Board of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, 2007
Professional Memberships
American College of Physicians
American Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
National Kidney Foundation
Select Recent Publications
Don, BR and GA Kaysen. Proteinuria and the Nephrotic Syndrome in Renal and Electrolyte Disorders, 7th edition, ed. Schrier RW. Lippincott-Raven, 2010.
Don, BR and J Lo. Endocrine Hypertension in Basic and Clinical Endocrinology, 8th edition, ed. Gardner DG and Shoback D. Lange/McGraw Hill, New York, 2007.
Don, BR, R Rodriguez and MH Humphreys. Acute Renal Failure Associated with Pigmenturia or Crystal Deposits in, Diseases of the Kidney, 8th edition ed. Schrier, RW and Gottschalk, CW Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, 2007
Yeun, JY and BR Don. Medical Management of the Surgical Patient, 4th edition, ed. Lubin, MF and Spell, N. Cambridge University Press, 2006
Rodriguez Rand BR Don. Signs, Symptoms and Laboratory Abnormalities in Renal Disease in Hospital Medicine, 2nd edition ed. Wachter, RM, Goldman L and Hollander H. Williams and Wilkins, 2005
Don BR and Chin A. A strategy for the treatment of calcific uremic arteriolopathy -calciphylaxis- employing a combination of therapies. Clinical Nephrology59:463-470, 2003
Don BR, Rosales L, Levin N, Kaysen GA. Leptin is a negative acute phase protein in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 59:1114-1120, 2001
Don BR. The effect of trimethoprim on potassium and uric acide metabolism in normal human subjects. Clin nephrol 55:45-52, 2001
