Zygimantas C. Alsauskas, M.D.

• Assistant Professor of Medicine

UofL Physicians Outpatient Center
401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 690
Louisville, KY 40202

502-852-5757 - Academic Office
502-588-4710 - Patient Appointments

Featured Publications

• Boubes K, Shaikh A, Alsauskas Z, Dwyer A. New Directions in Ensuring Catheter Safety. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2020 May;27(3):228-235. doi: 10.1053/j.ackd.2020.02.004. PMID: 32891307.
• Alsauskas ZC, Medapalli RK, Ross MJ. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy of kidney disease in HIV-infected patients. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2011 Apr;12(5):691-704. doi: 10.1517/14656566.2011.535518. Epub 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21250871; PMCID: PMC3059255.
• Leventhal JS, Alsauskas Z, Snyder A, Gong P, Wang B, D'Agati V, Ross MJ. Renal HIV expression is unaffected by serum LPS levels in an HIV transgenic mouse model of LPS induced kidney injury. PLoS One. 2011;6(6):e20688. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020688. Epub 2011 Jun 16. PMID: 21698182; PMCID: PMC3116837.
• Snyder A, Alsauskas ZC, Leventhal JS, Rosenstiel PE, Gong P, Chan JJ, Barley K, He JC, Klotman ME, Ross MJ, Klotman PE. HIV-1 viral protein r induces ERK and caspase-8-dependent apoptosis in renal tubular epithelial cells. AIDS. 2010 May 15;24(8):1107-19. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e328337b0ab. PMID: 20404718; PMCID: PMC2860650.
• Alsauskas ZC, Winston J. Infectious diseases: Kidney biopsy and HIV: weighing the risks and benefits. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2010 May;6(5):256-7. doi: 10.1038/nrneph.2010.44. PMID: 20424628.
• Snyder A, Alsauskas Z, Gong P, Rosenstiel PE, Klotman ME, Klotman PE, Ross MJ. FAT10: a novel mediator of Vpr-induced apoptosis in human immunodeficiency virus-associated nephropathy. J Virol. 2009 Nov;83(22):11983-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00034-09. Epub 2009 Sep 2. PMID: 19726511; PMCID: PMC2772664.
• Mackelaite L, Alsauskas ZC, Ranganna K. Renal failure in patients with cirrhosis. Med Clin North Am. 2009 Jul;93(4):855-69, viii. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2009.03.003. PMID: 19577118.