Juan Carlos Velez, MD
- Sr Physician-Chair, Southshore Region
- 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA, 70121
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Overview
Overview
- Dr. Juan Carlos Q. Velez earned a medical degree from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. He completed internship and residency in Internal Medicine at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, serving as Chief Medical Resident. Subsequently, he completed a clinical and research fellowship in Nephrology at Emory University School of Medicine.Following his training, he joined the Division of Nephrology at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). After spending 11 years of intense clinical, educational and investigational efforts at MUSC, he was recruited by the Department of Nephrology at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in 2016 to enhance the academic and clinical research programs of the department. Dr. Velez has conducted experimental research in the area of the intrarenal renin-angiotensin system that resulted in federal funding and peer-reviewed publications. Clinically, his areas of expertise and ongoing investigation include hepatorenal acute kidney injury, hyponatremia, glomerular diseases and renal syndromes associated with exposure to antimicrobials.Dr. Velez is certified in Nephrology by the American Board of Internal Medicine, in Kidney Ultrasonography by the American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology, and as a Hypertension Specialist by the American Society of Hypertension, and he is a member of the Southern Society of Clinical Investigation. In addition, he serves in the American Society of Nephrology / National Board of Medical Examiners Fellows In-Training Examination Development Committee and has a track record of mentoring young trainees.
Publications
Selected publications
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2023Incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury including hepatorenal syndrome in hospitalized patients with cirrhosis in the US. Journal of Hepatology. 79:1408-1417.
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2022Granulomatous interstitial nephritis in a treatment-naive patient with ulcerative colitis. Renal Failure. 44:525-528.
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2022Terlipressin and the Treatment of Hepatorenal Syndrome: How the CONFIRM Trial Moves the Story Forward. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 79:737-745.
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2022RECURRENT GROSS HEMATURIA ASSOCIATED WITH RE-EXPOSURE TO DABIGATRAN OVER BACKGROUND C3 GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 79:S113-S114.
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2022ARE UNDERGRADUATES FAMILIAR WITH NEPHROLOGY AS A MEDICAL SPECIALTY? - A SINGLE SITE SURVEY OF COLLEGE STUDENTS. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:699-700.
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2022ASSESSMENT OF SCINDERIN AND DDAH(2) AS A CORRELATE OF MUDDY BROWN GRANULAR CASTS AND MARKERS OF ACUTE TUBULAR INJURY. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:697-697.
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2022DETECTION OF URINARY ACANTHOCYTES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:748-748.
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2022RESPONSIVENESS TO VASOCONSTRICTOR THERAPY IN HEPATORENAL SYNDROME TYPE 1. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:747-747.
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2022VACUOLATED ACELLULAR CASTS ARE A DISTINCT TYPE OF URINARY CASTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE NEPHROTIC GLOMERULOPATHY. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:642-642.
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2022VACUOLATED ACELLULAR CASTS ARE A DISTINCT TYPE OF URINARY CASTS ASSOCIATED WITH SEVERE NEPHROTIC GLOMERULOPATHY. Journal of Investigative Medicine. 70:637-637.
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2021A multi-center retrospective cohort study defines the spectrum of kidney pathology in Coronavirus 2019 Disease (COVID-19). Kidney International. 100:1303-1315.
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2021Renal Considerations in COVID-19: Biology, Pathology, and Pathophysiology. ASAIO Journal. 67:1087-1096.
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2021Medical management of resistant hypertension: the role of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i). Current Opinion in Cardiology. 36:420-428.
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2021Terlipressin improves renal replacement therapy-free survival in hepatorenal syndrome type 1. Journal of Hepatology. 75:S327-S327.
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2021Complications associated with continuous renal replacement therapy. Seminars in Dialysis.
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2021Knockout of aminopeptidase A in mice causes functional alterations and morphological glomerular basement membrane changes in the kidneys. Kidney International. 99:900-913.
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2021RISK OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY IN COVID-19 IS INCREASED IN AFRICAN AMERICANS WITH APOL1 HIGH-RISK GENOTYPE. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 77:663-663.
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2021SERIAL MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION OF THE URINARY SEDIMENT IN ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSTICATION. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 77:660-661.
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2021Persistent urinary phosphate wasting in a patient with metastatic breast cancer: What's your diagnosis?. Clinical Nephrology. 95:99-103.
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2020Pseudohypobicarbonatemia in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 76:601-603.
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2020A RARE CASE OF ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY CAUSED BY LOPERAMIDE-INDUCED URINARY RETENTION. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:585-585.
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2020AKI and Collapsing Glomerulopathy Associated with COVID-19 and APOL1 High-Risk Genotype. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 31:1688-1695.
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2020Atazanavir Crystal-Induced Chronic Granulomatous Interstitial Nephritis. KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 5:1106-1110.
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2020C3-DOMINANT DIFFUSE PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS RESCUED BY PLASMAPHERESIS. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:646-646.
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2020COVAN is the new HIVAN: the re-emergence of collapsing glomerulopathy with COVID-19. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 16:565-567.
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2020CRYOGLOBULINEMIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IN A PATIENT WITH HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION AND B-CELL LYMPHOMA. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:645-645.
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2020EQUIVALENT EFFICACY AND DECREASED RATE OF OVERCORRECTION IN PATIENTS WITH SIADH GIVEN VERY LOW DOSE TOLVAPTAN. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:581-582.
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2020FOCAL GLOMERULOPATHY WITH MESANGIAL FIBRILLARY DEPOSITS ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGYLOIDIASIS. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:611-612.
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2020PERIHILAR FOCAL SEGMENTAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS SECONDARY TO FABRY DISEASE. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:585-585.
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2020Pseudohypobicarbonatemia in Severe Hypertriglyceridemia. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 76:601-603.
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2020Reappraising the spectrum of AKI and hepatorenal syndrome in patients with cirrhosis. Nature Reviews Nephrology. 16:137-155.
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2020Review - current opinion in cardiology hypertension in chronic kidney disease. Current Opinion in Cardiology. 35:360-367.
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2020SOLVING HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA-INDUCED PSEUDOHYPOBICARBONATEMIA USING ISTAT SERUM CARBON DIOXIDE DETERMINATION. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 75:649-649.
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2019Point-of-Care Echocardiography Unveils Misclassification of Acute Kidney Injury as Hepatorenal Syndrome. American Journal of Nephrology. 50:204-211.
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2018A Novel CLCN5 Mutation Associated With Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis and Podocyte Injury. KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS. 3:1443-1453.
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2018An integrated pathology and ultrasonography-based simulation for training in performing kidney biopsy. Clinical Nephrology. 89:214-222.
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2018Evaluation and Management of Gross Hematuria in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease: A Point of Care Guide for Practicing Internists. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 356:177-180.
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2018Rapidity of Correction of Hyponatremia Due to Syndrome of Inappropriate Secretion of Antidiuretic Hormone Following Tolvaptan. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 71:772-782.
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2018Vancomycin-Associated Acute Kidney Injury with a Steep Rise in Serum Creatinine. Nephron. 139:131-142.
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2017Deficiency of the Angiotensinase Aminopeptidase A Increases Susceptibility to Glomerular Injury. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 28:2119-2132.
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2017SPONTANEOUSLY REMITTING PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS WITH MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEPOSITS. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 69:A84-A84.