Zygimantas C. Alsauskas, M.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Louisville Health Care Outpatient Center 401 East Chestnut Street, Ste. 690 Louisville, KY 40202 502-852-5757 - Academic Office 502-813-6699 - Patient Appointments

Clinical Expertise

Nephrology; Glomerular Disease

Board Certifications

• American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine / Nephrology

Education and Training

• Medical School: Vilnius University

• Residency: Drexel University

• Fellowship: Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Recent Publications

• Alsauskas ZC, Medapalli RK, Ross MJ. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy of kidney disease in HIV-infected patients. Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2011 Jan 21.

• 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.

• Alsauskas ZC, Winston J. Infectious diseases: Kidney biopsy and HIV: weighing the risks and benefits. Nat Rev Nephrol. 2010 May;6(5):256-7.

• 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. Epub 2009 Sep 2.

• Mackelaite L, Alsauskas ZC, Ranganna K. Renal failure in patients with cirrhosis. Med Clin North Am. 2009 Jul;93(4):855-69, viii. Review.