Miguel Vazquez, MD

Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

miguel.vazquez@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Nephrology (1992)
ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Medicine (1988)
InternshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Medicine (1986)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (1985)

Research Interests

Dialysis Vascular Access
Kidney Transplant Complications

Publications

Featured
The evaluation of renal transplant candidates: clinical practice guidelines

Kasiske BL, Changro CB, Hariharan S, Hricik DE, Kerman RH, Roth D, Rush DN, Vazquez MA, and Weir MR for the American Society of Transplantation , Am J Transplant , 2001; (2 (Suppl 1)):5-95

Featured
Recommendations for the outpatient surveillance of renal transplant recipients

Kasiske BL, Vazquez MA, Harmon W, Brown RS, Danovitch GM, Gaston RS, Roth D, Scandling JD, and Singer GG for the American Society of Transplantation , J Am Soc Nephrol , 2000; (11):S1-S86

Featured
New advances in immunosuppressive therapy for renal transplantation

Vazquez, MA , Am J Medical Sci , 1997; (314):415-435

Featured
Differential regulation of Ia-expression and antigen presentation by listeriolysin-producing versus non-producing strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Vazquez MA, Sicher SC, Proctor ML, Crowley JC, Lu CY , J Leukoc Biol , 1996; (59):683-690

Featured
Differential regulation of TNF alpha production by listerolysin-producing versus non-producing strains of Listeria monocytogenes

Vazquez MA, Sicher SC, Wright WJ, Proctor ML, Schmalzried SR, Stallworth KR, Crowley JC, and Lu, CY , J Leukoc Biol , 1995; (58):556-562

Recipient evaluation

Vazquez, MA , In: Wier M (ed.) Medical Management of Kidney Transplantation , 2005;

Reduced bone quality following long-term bisphosphonate treatment by ultrasound critical angle reflectometry

Richer E, Lewis M, Odvina CV, Vazquez MA, Smith BJ, Peterson RD, Poindexter JR, Antich PA, and Pak CYC , Osteoporos Int , 2005; (16):1384-1392

Iron metabolism in end stage renal failure: rationale for re-evaluation of parenteral iron therapy

Moe OW, Vazquez M, Kielar M , Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens , 2003; (12):145-152

Chronic rejection of renal transplants: new clinical insights

Vazquez, M.A. , Am. J. Med. Sci. , 2000; (320):43-58

Long-term outcomes of renal transplantation: a result of the original endowment of the donor kidney and the inflammatory response to both alloantigens and injury

Vazquez, M.A., Jeyarajah, D.R., Kielar, M.L., and Lu, C.Y. , Curr. Opin. Nephrol. Hyperten. , 2000; (9):643-648

Honors/Awards

Fellow

American College of Physicians (1999)

Outstanding Teaching Award

Internal Medicine Housestaff (1999)

Young Investigator Grant

National Kidney Foundation (1992)

Individual National Research Service Award

National Institutes of Health (1990)

Alpha Omega Alpha

National Medical Honor Society (1983)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Physicians

American Society of Nephrology

American Society of Transplantation

National Kidney Foundation

Texas Medical Association