Asghar Rastegar MD
Professor of Medicine
Departments & Organizations
Yale Medical GroupGlobal Health Initiative
MacMillan Center: Middle East Studies
Internal Medicine: Nephrology | Primary Care Residency Program | Traditional Residency Program | Yale/Stanford J&J Global Health Scholars Program | Internal Medicine Clerkship
Research Interests
Acid-base and electrolyte disorders
Clinical Interests
General nephrology; tubulointerstitial and glomerular disease; amyloidosis; acid-base and electrolyte problems
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Education
- M.D., University of Wisconsin , 1968
Selected Publication
- Rastegar A: AG:HCO3 and diagnosis of mixed acid-base disorders. J Am Soc Nephrol (2007)
Articles
Spring 2013
Noncommunicable diseases take a toll in the developing world
There is good news in global health, but not for everyone. Over the past four decades mortality rates have decreased in...
Spring 2011
Yale’s global health program celebrates 30 years
More than 15 years ago, as Albert I. Ko, M.D., was working in the urban slums of Brazil as a physician and field...
Winter 2009
From the editor: Two faculty members move on, but remain close at hand
Eleven years ago when I started as a staff writer here at Yale Medicine, one of the first people I met was Michael...
Spring 2011
A shorter workday for interns
As of July 1, medical interns around the country will be required to work fewer hours per day but with more...
Spring 2008
Actress-writer returns to New Haven with a drama about the resilience of the human body
About eight years ago, Asghar Rastegar, M.D., deputy chair of internal medicine and professor of internal medicine...
Spring 2009
Internal medicine continues outreach with focus on "human infrastructure" abroad
For nearly three decades, the School of Medicine’s international health program has provided career-changing...
Spring 2007
Training physicians—new ways of teaching in a changing medical landscape
For the past 32 years, Yale faculty from the Department of Internal Medicine have taught at 10 hospitals throughout...
Autumn 2006
Ugandan doctors visit Yale in first steps of collaboration on medical education
In 2002 Majid Sadigh, M.D., associate clinical professor of medicine, made the first of three trips to the Makerere...
Summer 2004
An author and physician helps residents become better doctors through writing
Physicians who listen to their patients’ stories—who listen as writers would—strengthen their relationships with those...
Summer 2000
Faculty, students react to proposals for curriculum
Faculty and students have welcomed proposals to revise the medical school curriculum even as they raise questions about...
Winter 2009
A master clinician takes on a new post
When Stephen J. Huot, M.D., professor of medicine, decided to organize a symposium in honor of Asghar Rastegar, M.D.,...
Winter 2008
On the wards in Uganda
In the infectious disease ward at Mulago Hospital in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, a woman in her early 20s lies on a...
Autumn 2006
The Chase years
Six years ago, Herb Chase came to Yale to improve medical education. As his tenure ended this summer, he left behind a...
Spring 2003
When East meets West
To appreciate the sea change under way at Kazan State Medical University, one needs a swift history lesson, a tour of...
Spring 2001
A dramatic turn
The playwright and actress Anna Deavere Smith stands in the well of Fitkin Amphitheater musing about how patients and...
Spring 2004
Journey of the heart
A collaborative bridge between Yale and Iran spanning the genetics of cardiovascular disease is a two-way street for...
Winter 2009
The lost art of the physical exam
Physicians once relied on seeing, hearing and touching a patient to make a diagnosis. Technology has enhanced and...
Autumn 2007
Taking the E-ROAD
A recent Yale graduate reflects on the desire of younger doctors for a fulfilling life outside of medicine.
Fall/Winter 2004
Recreating the residency
Under new rules, residents may not work more than 80 hours a week. This change has forced physicians to rethink the...
Spring 2000
Deconstructing education
The breathtaking discoveries of the last three decades and rapid change across all of medicine have called traditional...
Fall 1998
Personal warmth, hostile slogans for medical delegation to Iran
On their arrival at a hotel in the Iranian desert city of Shiraz, members of a medical delegation from the West,...
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