SpecialtiesBurl R. Don, M.D. 
Clinical/Research 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.
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Address:
4150 V St., Suite 3500
Sacramento, CA 95817
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Education:
Los Angeles, California
M.D. 1980
UC Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, California
A.B. 1974
Internships:
Los Angeles, California
1980-81
Residency:
Los Angeles, California
1981-84
Internal Medicine
Fellowships:
San Francisco, California
1984-87
Internal Medicine, Nephrology
American Society of Nephrology
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Nephrology
Board Certifications:
American Board of Internal Medicine, 1983
Professional Memberships:
American Society of Nephrology
International Society of Nephrology
National Kidney Foundation
Honors and Awards:
Outstanding Clinical Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis School of Medicine, Null
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, 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
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.
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. The effect of trimethoprim on potassium and uric acide metabolism in normal human subjects. Clin nephrol 55:45-52, 2001
Don BR, Rosales L, Levin N, Kaysen GA. Leptin is a negative acute phase protein in hemodialysis patients. Kidney Int 59:1114-1120, 2001
