David James Leehey, MD
Nephrology, Internal Medicine
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888
Appointments (New Patients Welcome)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Primary Contact
(888)584-7888Services & Specialties
Areas of Specialization
- Internal Medicine
- Nephrology
Locations & Contact
Primary Location
Loyola University Medical Center
2160 S First Ave
Maywood
, IL 60153
View hours
Tuesday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Monday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Wednesday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Thursday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Friday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Saturday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Sunday
8:00am
- 5:00pm
Hines VA Hospital
500 Roosevelt Ave
Hines
, IL 60141
About
Academic Title
Professor
Leadership Title
Medical Director, Acute Dialysis
Ages Seen
Adults - Over 65
Adults - 18 to 64
Additional Resources
Education & Certifications
Education
Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1971)
Education:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(1971)
Education:
Boston University School of Medicine
(1976)
Internship:
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
(1977)
Residency:
Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center
(1979)
Fellowship:
University of Chicago Medical Center
(1981)
Board Certifications
Nephrology, Nephrology, American Board of Internal Medicine Subspecialty (1982)
Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, American Board of (1979)
Provider Groups
Loyola Medicine Physician
Loyola Physician Partners
Publications
- Hyponatremia in a Patient With Vasodilatory Shock Due to Overdose of Antihypertensive Medications: A Case Report. Rasheed, A. H. A.; Vellanki, K.; Woo, F.; Leehey, D. J.; Cureus
- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates and Epidemiology of Clostridioides difficile Infection in One VA Hospital. Wright, L. M.; Skinner, A. M.; Cheknis, A.; McBurney, C.; Ge, L.; Pacheco, S. M.; Leehey, D.; Gerding, D. N.; Johnson, S.; Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)
- Using herbs medically without knowing their composition: are we playing Russian roulette? Kohn, O. F.; Lew, S. Q.; Wong, S. S.; Sam, R.; Chen, H. C.; Raimann, J. G.; Leehey, D. J.; Tzamaloukas, A. H.; Ing, T. S.; Current medical research and opinion
- In Reply to 'Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists and the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury: Alarming, or Not?'. Leehey, D. J.; Kidney medicine
- Pentoxifylline in diabetic kidney disease (VA PTXRx): protocol for a pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Leehey, D. J.; Carlson, K.; Reda, D. J.; Craig, I.; Clise, C.; Conner, T. A.; Agarwal, R.; Kaufman, J. S.; Anderson, R. J.; Lammie, D.; Huminik, J.; Polzin, L.; McBurney, C.; Huang, G. D.; Emanuele, N. V.; BMJ open
- Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Semaglutide. Leehey, D. J.; Rahman, M. A.; Borys, E.; Picken, M. M.; Clise, C. E.; Kidney medicine
- Proton-pump inhibitors associated with decreased urinary citrate excretion. Patel, P. M.; Kandabarow, A. M.; Aiwerioghene, E.; Blanco-Martinez, E.; Hart, S.; Leehey, D. J.; Farooq, A.; Baldea, K. G.; Turk, T. M. T.; International urology and nephrology
- Targeting Inflammation in Diabetic Kidney Disease: Is There a Role for Pentoxifylline? Leehey, D. J.; Kidney360
- Low statin use in nondialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease in the absence of clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease or diabetes. Markossian, T. W.; Kramer, H. J.; Burge, N. J.; Pacold, I. V.; Leehey, D. J.; Huo, Z.; Schneider, J.; Ling, B.; Stroupe, K. T.; Clinical kidney journal
- Statin use among Veterans with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease. Markossian, T. W.; Kramer, H. J.; Burge, N. J.; Pacold, I. V.; Leehey, D. J.; Huo, Z.; Schneider, J.; Ling, B.; Stroupe, K. T.; Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis
- Magnesium Homeostasis in CKD. Leehey, D. J.; Advances in chronic kidney disease
- Diversity of the midstream urine microbiome in adults with chronic kidney disease. Kramer, H.; Kuffel, G.; Thomas-White, K.; Wolfe, A. J.; Vellanki, K.; Leehey, D. J.; Bansal, V. K.; Brubaker, L.; Flanigan, R.; Koval, J.; Wadhwa, A.; Zilliox, M. J.; International urology and nephrology
- Increasing Mortality in Adults With Diabetes and Low Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate in the Absence of Albuminuria. Kramer, H.; Boucher, R. E.; Leehey, D.; Fried, L.; Wei, G.; Greene, T.; Rosas, S. E.; Cooper, R.; Cao, G.; Beddhu, S.; Diabetes care
- Non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease is associated with high total and out-of-pocket healthcare expenditures. Small, C.; Kramer, H. J.; Griffin, K. A.; Vellanki, K.; Leehey, D. J.; Bansal, V. K.; Markossian, T. W.; BMC nephrology
- Urinary incontinence and diuretic avoidance among adults with chronic kidney disease. Patel, M.; Vellanki, K.; Leehey, D. J.; Bansal, V. K.; Brubaker, L.; Flanigan, R.; Koval, J.; Wadhwa, A.; Balasubramanian, N.; Sandhu, J.; Kramer, H.; International urology and nephrology
- Selecting SNPs informative for African, American Indian and European Ancestry: application to the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND). Williams, R. C.; Elston, R. C.; Kumar, P.; Knowler, W. C.; Abboud, H. E.; Adler, S.; Bowden, D. W.; Divers, J.; Freedman, B. I.; Igo, R. P.; Ipp, E.; Iyengar, S. K.; Kimmel, P. L.; Klag, M. J.; Kohn, O.; Langefeld, C. D.; Leehey, D. J.; Nelson, R. G.; Nicholas, S. B.; Pahl, M. V.; Parekh, R. S.; Rotter, J. I.; Schelling, J. R.; Sedor, J. R.; Shah, V. O.; Smith, M. W.; Taylor, K. D.; Thameem, F.; Thornley-Brown, D.; Winkler, C. A.; Guo, X.; Zager, P.; Hanson, R. L.; FIND Research Group; BMC genomics
- Teaching renal physiology in the 21st century: focus on acid-base physiology. Leehey, D. J.; Daugirdas, J. T.; Clinical kidney journal
- Controversies Regarding Lipid Management and Statin Use for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Patients With CKD. Markossian, T.; Burge, N.; Ling, B.; Schneider, J.; Pacold, I.; Bansal, V.; Leehey, D.; Stroupe, K.; Chang, A.; Kramer, H.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- In Reply to 'Optimal Plasma and Dialysate Magnesium Concentrations in Hemodialysis Patients: The Unsettled Issues'. Leehey, D. J.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Pentoxifylline for Diabetic Nephropathy: an Important Opportunity to Re-purpose an Old Drug? Bhanot, S.; Leehey, D. J.; Current hypertension reports
- BP and Renal Outcomes in Diabetic Kidney Disease: The Veterans Affairs Nephropathy in Diabetes Trial. Leehey, D. J.; Zhang, J. H.; Emanuele, N. V.; Whaley-Connell, A.; Palevsky, P. M.; Reilly, R. F.; Guarino, P.; Fried, L. F.; VA NEPHRON-D Study Group; Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN
- Genome-Wide Association and Trans-ethnic Meta-Analysis for Advanced Diabetic Kidney Disease: Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND). Iyengar, S. K.; Sedor, J. R.; Freedman, B. I.; Kao, W. H.; Kretzler, M.; Keller, B. J.; Abboud, H. E.; Adler, S. G.; Best, L. G.; Bowden, D. W.; Burlock, A.; Chen, Y. D.; Cole, S. A.; Comeau, M. E.; Curtis, J. M.; Divers, J.; Drechsler, C.; Duggirala, R.; Elston, R. C.; Guo, X.; Huang, H.; Hoffmann, M. M.; Howard, B. V.; Ipp, E.; Kimmel, P. L.; Klag, M. J.; Knowler, W. C.; Kohn, O. F.; Leak, T. S.; Leehey, D. J.; Li, M.; Malhotra, A.; März, W.; Nair, V.; Nelson, R. G.; Nicholas, S. B.; O'Brien, S. J.; Pahl, M. V.; Parekh, R. S.; Pezzolesi, M. G.; Rasooly, R. S.; Rotimi, C. N.; Rotter, J. I.; Schelling, J. R.; Seldin, M. F.; Shah, V. O.; Smiles, A. M.; Smith, M. W.; Taylor, K. D.; Thameem, F.; Thornley-Brown, D. P.; Truitt, B. J.; Wanner, C.; Weil, E. J.; Winkler, C. A.; Zager, P. G.; Igo, R. P.; Hanson, R. L.; Langefeld, C. D.; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND); PLoS genetics
- Time trends in the association of ESRD incidence with area-level poverty in the US population. Garrity, B. H.; Kramer, H.; Vellanki, K.; Leehey, D.; Brown, J.; Shoham, D. A.; Hemodialysis international. International Symposium on Home Hemodialysis
- Magnesium and Dialysis: The Neglected Cation. Alhosaini, M.; Leehey, D. J.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Bariatric surgery: the solution to a big problem? Alhosaini, M.; Leehey, D.; Kramer, H.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Combined angiotensin inhibition for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy. Fried, L. F.; Emanuele, N.; Zhang, J. H.; Brophy, M.; Conner, T. A.; Duckworth, W.; Leehey, D. J.; McCullough, P. A.; O'Connor, T.; Palevsky, P. M.; Reilly, R. F.; Seliger, S. L.; Warren, S. R.; Watnick, S.; Peduzzi, P.; Guarino, P.; VA NEPHRON-D Investigators; The New England journal of medicine
- Disparity in utilization of combined kidney-liver transplantation in the United States. Mehta, S. D.; Leehey, D. J.; Clinical transplantation
- Obesity management in adults with CKD. Kramer, H.; Tuttle, K. R.; Leehey, D.; Luke, A.; Durazo-Arvizu, R.; Shoham, D.; Cooper, R.; Beddhu, S.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- A comparison of aerobic exercise and resistance training in patients with and without chronic kidney disease. Moinuddin, I.; Leehey, D. J.; Advances in chronic kidney disease
- Treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy with the herb Astragalus membranaceus. Ahmed, M. S.; Hou, S. H.; Battaglia, M. C.; Picken, M. M.; Leehey, D. J.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Expanding the pathologic spectrum of immunoglobulin light chain proximal tubulopathy. Kapur, U.; Barton, K.; Fresco, R.; Leehey, D. J.; Picken, M. M.; Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine
- Evaluation of proteinuria in healthy living kidney donor candidates. Leischner, M. P.; Naratadam, G. O.; Hou, S. H.; Singh, A. K.; Leehey, D. J.; Transplantation proceedings
- Albuminuria in acute tubular necrosis. West, B. L.; Picken, M. M.; Leehey, D. J.; Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
- Progression of kidney disease in type 2 diabetes - beyond blood pressure control: an observational study. Leehey, D. J.; Kramer, H. J.; Daoud, T. M.; Chatha, M. P.; Isreb, M. A.; BMC nephrology
- Sodium ferric gluconate causes oxidative stress but not acute renal injury in patients with chronic kidney disease: a pilot study. Leehey, D. J.; Palubiak, D. J.; Chebrolu, S.; Agarwal, R.; Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
- Simultaneous transjugular renal biopsy and hemodialysis catheter placement in patients with ARF. Ahmed, M. S.; Patel, A.; Borge, M. A.; Picken, M. M.; Leehey, D. J.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Mechanism of increased angiotensin II levels in glomerular mesangial cells cultured in high glucose. Singh, R.; Singh, A. K.; Alavi, N.; Leehey, D. J.; Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN
- Transjugular renal biopsy in patients with liver disease. Sam, R.; Leehey, D. J.; Picken, M. M.; Borge, M. A.; Yetter, E. M.; Ing, T. S.; Van Thiel, D. H.; American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
- Metabolic alkalosis in a hemodialysis patient after ingestion of a large amount of an antacid medication. Sahani, M. M.; Brennan, J. F.; Nwakanma, C.; Chow, M. T.; Ing, T. S.; Leehey, D. J.; Artificial organs
- Decreased glomerular proteinase activity in the streptozotocin diabetic rat. Song, R. H.; Singh, A. K.; Leehey, D. J.; American journal of nephrology
- Obstruction to venous outflow from the left lower extremity after renal transplantation. Popli, S.; Leehey, D. J.; Giacciano, J. L.; Ramamurthy, S.; Soundararajan, R.; Ing, T. S.; Clinical nephrology
- Physiological and biochemical response of glomerular epithelial cells to exogenous epidermal growth factor. Singh, A. K.; Song, R. H.; Frankfater, A. F.; Leehey, D. J.; Experimental nephrology
- Hyponatraemia in quadriplegic patients. Leehey, D. J.; Picache, A. A.; Robertson, G. L.; Clinical science (London, England : 1979)