- Medical Weight LossDiet and lifestyle recommendations include sodium restriction, exercise and weight loss for cardiovascular health and to achieve a healthy body weight, blood pressure control, strict blood sugar control (for diabetics), smoking cessation, cholesterol screenings.
- Nutritional CounselingWe have come to better understand the influence that diet and nutrition have on the health of your kidneys in the early stages of this disease. We now know that nutritional care can slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (which we call CKD)- delaying or even avoiding the need for future dialysis or transplantation.
- Pediatric Care
- Primary Care12/2015 - 12/2017 / Nurse Practitioner Mission Community Primary Care Highlands, Performing physical examinations and determining diagnosis, Managing acute and chronic illness in a rural setting, Ordering and interpreting diagnostic labs and radiology, Communication with specialists, Medication management, Coordination of care between providers.
- Smoking Cessation
- Family Practice
- Emergency Care10/2012 - 11/2015 - Emergency Room Registered Nurse Highlands-Cashiers Hospital, Performing all duties required for secretarial to consulting physician, Obtaining and documenting details past medical histories, Providing education on disease processes and maintenance to patients, Bandage and split application, Coordination with Emergency Medical Services for best treatment of patient, Coordination of access to daily services for patients, Resource person for floor nursing staff.
- ImmunizationsWe are more than a year into the COVID-19 pandemic. Several very effective vaccines have been developed against COVID-19. We encourage all our immunocompromised patients to receive the COVID-19 vaccination if you have not done so already. Our recommendation is that immunocompromised patients get either the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.
- Internal Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- NephrologyMurea M, James KM, Russell GB, Byrum GV 3rd, Yates JE. Risk of catheter-related bloodstream infection in elderly patients on hemodialysis. Clinical journal of American Society of Nephrology. 2014 Apr;9(4):764-70.
- Multiple SclerosisLiou A, Yates JE, Skiver B, Persad P, Rocco M. A Case of Drug-Induced Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Administration of Alemtuzumab for Treatment of Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2019 May;73(5):615-619.
- Diabetes Care
- UltrasoundWelcome to the Ultrasound Department. We have been a part of Mountain Kidney & Hypertension Associates since 2002 and are accredited by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL). Our two technologists, Robin and Harmony, are both Registered Vascular Technologists and Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographers. We have performed more than 6,000 exams.
- MRIFerumoxytol for Anemia of CKD Trial (FACT): A Phase IV, Open-Label, Multicenter Trial, with MRI Substudy, of Repeated Doses of Ferumoxytol Compared with Iron Sucrose for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA) in Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Patients on Hemodialysis
- Radiology01/2018 - Present / Nurse Practitioner Mountain Kidney and Hypertension Associates, Managing patients undergoing dialysis, Managing and coordinating emergencies during dialysis, Managing chronic kidney disease and resistant hypertension, Ordering and interpreting diagnostic labs and radiology, Medication management, Coordination of care between Nephrologists, Specialists and primary care.
- OtolaryngologyVolk MJ, Chaiet SR, Rajagopalan L, BrownellWE, Pereira FR. The Onset and Maturation of Prestin-associated Charge Movement. Poster: Association of Research in Otolaryngology Midwinter Conference 2007.
- Geriatrics