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Charles Pak, M.D.

Details of Research

Name:		Charles Y. Pak, M.D.
Endowed Title:		Alfred L. and Muriel B. Rabiner Distinguished Academic Chair for Mineral Metabolism Biotechnology Research
Academic Title:		Professor
Primary Appointment:		Internal Medicine - Mineral Metabolism
Secondary Appointment:		Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research
School:		Southwestern Medical School
Department Website:		Director, Biotechnology Group in Mineral Metabolism

RESEARCH INTERESTS

	Endocrinology
	Mineral Metabolism
	Osteoporosis
	Kidney stones

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

	Pak CYC, "Pharmacotherapy of kidney stones" Expert Opin Pharmacother, 9:1509-1518, 2008
	Pak CYC, "Medical stone management: personal reflections on 35 years of advances" AUA News 2008 Convention Issue, 13:14-15, 2008
	Zerwekh JE, Odvina CV, Wuermser LA, Pak CY, "Reduction of renal stone risk by potassium-magnesium citrate during 5 weeks of bed rest" Journal of Urology, 177:2179-2184, 2007
	Odvina CV, Sakhaee K, Heller HJ, Peterson RD, Poindexter JR, Padalino PK, Pak CYC, "Biochemical characterization of primary hyperparathyroidism with and without kidney stones" Urology Research, 35:123-128, 2007
	Bonny O, Rubin A, Huang C-L, Frawley WH, Pak CYC, Moe OW, "Mechanism of urinary calcium regulation by urinary magnesium and pH" J Amer Soc Nephrol, Epub ahead of print April 2008

SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

	Richer E, Lewis MA, Odvina CV, Vazquez MA, Smith BJ, Peterson RD, Poindexter JR, Antich PP, Pak CY, "Reduction in normalized bone elasticity following long-term bisphosphonate treatment as measured by ultrasound critical angle reflectometry" Osteoporosis Int, 16:11:1384-1392, Fall 2005
	Geng W, Wang Z, Zhang J, Reed BY, Pak CY, Moe OW, "Cloning and characterization of the human soluble adenylyl cyclase" Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 288:6:C1305-C1316, Summer 2005
	Odvina CV, Zerwekh J, Rao S, Maalouf NM, Gottschalk F, Pak CYC, "Severely suppressed bone turnover: a potential complication of alendronate therapy" J Clin Endoc Metab, 90:1294-1301, 2005
	Odvina CV, Mason RP, Pak CYC, "Prevention of thiazide-induced hypokalemia without magnesium depletion by potassium-magnesium citrate" American Journal of Therapeutics, 13:101-108, 2006
	Pak CYC, Moe, OW, Sakhaee K, Poindexter JR, Peterson RD, "Physicochemical-metabolic characteristics for calcium oxalate stone formation in patients with gouty diathesis" Journal of Urology, 173:1606-1609, 2005

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