Kidney Transplant (cont.)

Medical Author:

Michael B McDonnell, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California

Medical Editor:

John P. Cunha, DO, FACOEP

John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark, New Jersey.

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kidney transplant, kidney transplantation, chronic kidney failure, chronic renal failure, acute kidney failure, dialysis, end-stage renal disease, ESRD, graft rejection, kidney rejection, kidney donor, kidney function, kidney infection

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