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Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer, MD

Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer, MD

Houston, TX

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Winkelmayer, Nephrologist in Houston, TX?

    Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer, MD is a Nephrologist, who primarily practices in Houston, TX with 2 additional practice locations. He is board certified. Dr. Winkelmayer graduated from University Sakartvelo Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Winkelmayer is fluent in English, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Winkelmayer’s practice accepts Medicare, UnitedHealthcare and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Winkelmayer’s office at (713) 798-8350.

    Where did Dr. Winkelmayer go to medical school and complete their residency?

    • Fellowship: Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School MA

    • Medical School: University Sakartvelo Faculty of Medicine

    What languages does Dr. Winkelmayer speak?

    Dr. Winkelmayer and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

    • English

    What conditions does Dr. Winkelmayer treat?

    As a Nephrologist, Dr. Winkelmayer diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Winkelmayer. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly.

    Also known as:

    • End-Stage Kidney Disease
    • Kidney Failure
    • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
    • Helping Your Child Adapt to Life with Chronic Kidney Disease
    • ESRD
    • End-Stage Renal Failure

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • N186: End stage renal disease

    Also known as:

    • Dialysis Dependence
    • Dialysis
    • Helping Your Child Adapt to Life with Chronic Kidney Disease
    • Kidney Dialysis
    • Renal Replacement Therapy
    • On Dialysis

    ICD-10 Codes:

    • Z992: Dependence on renal dialysis

    Which procedures does Dr. Winkelmayer perform as a Nephrologist?

    As a Nephrologist, procedures performed by a Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer may include:

    For detailed information, please contact Dr. Winkelmayer's office.

    Does Dr. Winkelmayer accept my insurance?

    Dr. Winkelmayer accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (713) 798-8350 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

    What insurance plans does Dr. Winkelmayer accept in Houston, TX?

    Dr. Winkelmayer in Houston, TX accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

    Top Insurances

    • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

    • Medicare

    • Molina

    • UnitedHealthcare

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    Where is Dr. Winkelmayer's office located?

    Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer's Primary Practice

    1504 Taub Loop

    Houston, TX 77030

    (713) 798-8350

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    Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer's Practice 2

    1 Baylor Plz # 7

    Houston, TX 77030

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    Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer's Practice 3

    2002 Holcombe Blvd

    Houston, TX 77030

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    Recognitions

    Awards

    Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    Fellowship Teaching Award

    Satellite Healthcare, Mountain View, CA

    Norman S. Coplon Extramural Research Program Award

    T. Franklin Williams Scholar, Association of Subspecialty Professors

    Publications

    Trends in anemia care in older patients approaching end-stage rel disease in the United States

    JAMA interl medicine, 2014

    Warfarin treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation and advanced chronic kidney disease

    JAMA : the jourl of the American Medical Association, 2014

    Predicting the outcomes of rhabdomyolysis: a good starting point.

    JAMA interl medicine, 2013

    Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk Whether Black or White Race Matters

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2013

    Treated and Untreated Kidney Failure in Older Adults What's the Right Balance?

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2012

    Predialysis Nephrology Care of Older Patients Approaching End-stage Rel Disease

    ARCHIVES OF INTERL MEDICINE, 2011

    Tackling the Achilles' Heel of Hemodialysis

    NEW ENGLAND JOURL OF MEDICINE, 2011

    Comparative Mortality Risk of Anemia Magement Practices in Incident Hemodialysis Patients

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2010

    Altitude and All-Cause Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2009

    State medicaid coverage, ESRD incidence, and access to care.

    Jourl of the American Society of Nephrology, 2014

    Correlates and variance decomposition alysis of heparin dosing for maintence hemodialysis in older

    Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety, 2014

    Temporal trends in the incidence

    American jourl of transplantation, 2014

    Comparison of Medicare Claims Versus Physician Adjudication for Identifying Stroke Outcomes

    Stroke; a jourl of cerebral circulation, 2014

    Near-Term Prediction of Sudden Cardiac Death in Older Hemodialysis Patients Using Electronic Health

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2014

    Addressing Missing Data in Clinical Studies of Kidney Diseases.

    Clinical jourl of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN

    Use of Medicare Data to Identify Corory Heart Disease Outcomes in the Women's Health Initiative.

    Circulation. Cardiovascular quality and outcomes, 2014

    Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Studies on Patient

    American jourl of kidney diseases : the official jourl of the tiol Kid

    Cardiovascular disease: Still unresolved: warfarin in ESRD with atrial fibrillation.

    ture reviews. Nephrology

    IV iron dosing regimens: choice of agent and dosing frequency.

    Nephrology news & issues, 2014

    Prognostic Stratification in Older Adults Commencing Dialysis.

    The jourls of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical s

    Differences in Access to Kidney Transplantation between Hispanic

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2013

    Strategies for Postmarketing Surveillance of Drugs

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2013

    Commentary on 'The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care

    American jourl of kidney diseases, 2013

    Multivessel corory revascularization and outcomes in kidney transplant recipients.

    Transplant intertiol, 2013

    Intravenous Iron Supplementation Practices

    PLOS ONE, 2013

    Fostering Innovation, Advancing Patient Safety: The Kidney Health Initiative

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2013

    Trends in Relative Mortality Between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic Whites Initiating Dialysis

    American jourl of kidney diseases, 2013

    Temporal Trends in the Incidence, Treatment

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2013

    Effect of conversion from ciclosporin to tacrolimus on endothelial progenitor cells in stable long

    Transplantation, 2013

    Outcomes after kidney transplantation of patients previously diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.

    American jourl of transplantation, 2013

    Use and safety of heparin-free maintence hemodialysis in the USA

    NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2013

    Variation in Nephrologist Visits to Patients on Hemodialysis across Dialysis Facilities

    Clinical jourl of the American Society of Nephrology, 2013

    The Comparative Short-term Effectiveness of Iron Dosing

    American jourl of medicine, 2013

    Assessments of Causal Effects-Theoretically Sound, Practically Uttaible

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2013

    DETERMINTS OF PERITONEAL DIALYSIS TECHNIQUE FAILURE IN INCIDENT US PATIENTS

    PERITONEAL DIALYSIS INTERTIOL, 2013

    Epidemiology and sociodemographics of systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis among US

    ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, 2013

    Trends in the incidence of intestil perforation in US dialysis patients (1992-2005).

    Jourl of nephrology, 2013

    More Evidence on an Abomible Pairing Atrial Fibrillation and Kidney Disease

    CIRCULATION, 2013

    Commentary on 'The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care: Trends Through December 2011'

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2013

    Epidemiologic and Statistical Methods for Comparative Effectiveness Research

    HEART FAILURE CLINICS, 2013

    Corory artery bypass graft type and outcomes in maintence dialysis.

    The Jourl of cardiovascular surgery

    Infection Risk with Bolus versus Maintence Iron Supplementation in Hemodialysis Patients.

    Jourl of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 2013

    Risk factors of short

    BMC nephrology, 2013

    Trends in acute kidney injury, associated use of dialysis

    Anls of thoracic surgery, 2013

    Preoperative Statin Use and Postoperative Acute Kidney Injury

    AMERICAN JOURL OF MEDICINE, 2012

    Multivessel Corory Artery Bypass Grafting Versus Percutaneous Corory Intervention in ESRD

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Trends in the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients Initiating Dialysis

    CIRCULATION, 2012

    Predialyis Nephrology Care of Older Individuals Approaching End-Stage Rel Disease

    SEMIRS IN DIALYSIS, 2012

    Anticoagulation for atrial fibrillation in patients on dialysis: are the benefits worth the risks?

    CURRENT OPINION IN NEPHROLOGY AND HYPERTENSION, 2012

    Saving the Kidneys by Sparing Intravenous Chloride?

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2012

    Causal or Casual?-The Association Between Consumption of Artificially Sweetened Carboted Beverages

    JOURL OF GENERAL INTERL MEDICINE, 2012

    Factors affecting response

    CLINICAL NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Use and Safety of Unfractioted Heparin for Anticoagulation During Maintence Hemodialysis

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2012

    Prevalence, incidence

    ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, 2012

    Commentary on 'The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care: Trends Through August 2011'

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2012

    Validation of Reported Predialysis Nephrology Care of Older Patients Initiating Dialysis

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Comparative effectiveness research: what is it and why do we need it in nephrology?

    NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Altitude and the risk of cardiovascular events in incident US dialysis patients

    NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    Prevalence of atrial fibrillation and warfarin use in older patients receiving hemodialysis

    JOURL OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Use of Secondary Prevention Medications among Adults with Reduced Kidney Function

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Trends in Acute Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestil Bleeding in Dialysis Patients

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    The Prevalence and Cost of Upproved Uses of Top-Selling Orphan Drugs

    PLOS ONE, 2012

    Hispanic Ethnicity and Vascular Access Use in Patients Initiating Hemodialysis in the United States

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2012

    Commentary on 'The DOPPS Practice Monitor for US Dialysis Care: Trends Through April 2011'

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2012

    Quantifying the benefit of early living

    NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION, 2012

    What Caused Excess Strokes in Patients R

    CIRCULATION, 2011

    Impact of Nephrologic Care in the Early Magement of Chronic Kidney Disease In reply

    ARCHIVES OF INTERL MEDICINE, 2011

    Variation in initial kidney replacement therapy for end

    ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH, 2011

    Effectiveness and Safety of Warfarin Initiation in Older Hemodialysis Patients with Incident Atrial

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    Air Pollution and Corory Risk in Kidney Transplant Recipients

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2011

    Trends in the Use and Outcomes of Implantable Cardioverter

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2011

    Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors

    AMERICAN HEART JOURL, 2011

    Posttransplantation Anemia: Mechanisms and Magement

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    End-Stage Rel Disease Due to Lupus Nephritis Among Children in the US, 1995-2006

    ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, 2011

    Incidence, Correlates

    JOURL OF CARDIAC FAILURE, 2011

    Trends in the Incidence, Demographics

    ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM, 2011

    Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

    CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, 2011

    The 2011 ESRD Prospective Payment System: An Uncontrolled Experiment

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2011

    Kidney Function and Long-Term Medication Adherence after Myocardial Infarction in the Elderly

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    The Effect of Altitude Change on Anemia Treatment Response in Hemodialysis Patients

    AMERICAN JOURL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2011

    World Kidney Day 2011

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    A randomized, double-blind

    BMC NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    The Increasing Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation among Hemodialysis Patients

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    Comparative Effectiveness of Calcium-Containing Phosphate Binders in Incident US Dialysis Patients

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    Potential Effects of the New Medicare Prospective Payment System on Drug Prescription in End

    Winkelmayer, W. C., 2011

    Against TREATing All Patients Alike: Lessons from an FDA Advisory Committee Meeting

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2011

    Guideline-conformity of initiation with oral hypoglycemic treatment for patients with newly therapy

    PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2011

    The Challenges of Cost-Effectiveness Alyses for the Clinician

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2010

    Off-Label Use of Phosphate Binders in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2010

    Temporal Trends in Adherence to Cardiov

    CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS, 2010

    Confusion about the Appropriate Use of Erythropoiesis

    SEMIRS IN DIALYSIS, 2010

    Kidney Disease and Antihypertensive Medication Adherence: The Need for Improved Measurement Tools

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2010

    On the relative safety of intravenous iron formulations: New answers, new questions

    AMERICAN JOURL OF HEMATOLOGY, 2010

    Late referral to paediatric rel failure service impairs access to pre

    ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD, 2010

    Anemia Magement and Mortality Risk in Incident Hemodialysis Patients Reply

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2010

    Medication Issues in Older Individuals With CKD

    ADVANCES IN CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE, 2010

    HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus

    BMC NEPHROLOGY, 2010

    Impact of reimbursement changes on statin use among patients with diabetes in Austria

    WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT, 2010

    ACE Inhibitor and Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Therapies in Elderly Patients with

    DRUGS & AGING, 2010

    Propensity scores in the presence of effect modification

    Emerging themes in epidemiology, 2010

    Effect of Hemodialysis Before Transplant Surgery on Rel Allograft Function-A Pair of R

    TRANSPLANTATION, 2009

    Greater Epoetin alfa

    PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2009

    Chronic on Acute Rel Failure Long-term Implications of Severe Acute Kidney Injury

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2009

    Evolving Statistical Methods to Facilitate Evaluation of the Causal Association Between

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2009

    Association Between Altitude and Mortality in Incident Dialysis Patients Reply

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2009

    Lessons from Geographic Variations in Predialysis Nephrology Care

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2009

    Nonselective and Cyclooxygese-2-Selective NSAIDs and Acute Kidney Injury

    AMERICAN JOURL OF MEDICINE, 2008

    Trends in adherence to secondary prevention medications in elderly post

    PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY AND DRUG SAFETY, 2008

    Comparison of Cardiovascular Outcomes

    ARCHIVES OF INTERL MEDICINE, 2008

    Associations of kidney function with cardiovascular medication use after myocardial infarction

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2008

    The effect of altitude on dosing and response to erythropoietin in ESRD

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2008

    Gender differences in the magement

    AMERICAN JOURL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2008

    Educatiol level as a determint of access to

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2008

    Long-term trends of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor

    INTERTIOL JOURL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2008

    Approaching the end of the homocysteine hype?

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2008

    Improvements in long-term mortality after myocardial infarction

    JOURL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, 2008

    Phosphate binder choice in dialysis patients

    AMERICAN JOURL OF KIDNEY DISEASES, 2008

    Posttransplantation anemia: Magement and ratiole

    CLINICAL JOURL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY, 2008

    Use of recommended medications after myocardial infarction in Austria

    EUROPEAN JOURL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY, 2008

    Medication adherence after myocardial infarction: A long way left to go

    JOURL OF GENERAL INTERL MEDICINE, 2008

    Benzodiazepine use and mortality of incident dialysis patients in the United States

    KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2007

    Ten-year trends of cardiovascular drug use after myocardial infarction among community

    AMERICAN JOURL OF CARDIOLOGY, 2007

    Cardiovascular risk and the thiazolidinediones - Deja vu all over again?

    JAMA-JOURL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, 2007

    Early erythropoietin therapy is associated with improved growth

    PEDIATRIC NEPHROLOGY, 2007

    Statins in elderly patients with acute corory syndrome

    HEART, 2007

    Rel dysfunction increases the risk of saphenous vein graft occlusion

    ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 2007

    A J-shaped association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein

    TRANSPLANT INTERTIOL, 2007

    Clinical presentation of myocardial infarction contributes to lower use of corory angiography

    KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2007

    Impact of Medicaid prior authorization on angiotensin-receptor blockers

    Health affairs, 2007

    Nononcologic use of human recombint erythropoietin therapy in hospitalized patients

    ARCHIVES OF INTERL MEDICINE, 2007

    Predialysis nephrologist care and access to kidney transplantation in the united states

    AMERICAN JOURL OF TRANSPLANTATION, 2007

    Prognostic associations of serum calcium

    TRANSPLANT INTERTIOL, 2007

    Comparison of hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis survival in The Netherlands

    KIDNEY INTERTIOL, 2007

    No associations between prolactin concentrations

    AMERICAN JOURL OF NEPHROLOGY, 2007

    Strategies for the magement of suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

    PHARMACOECONOMICS, 2007

    The association between angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker use

    TRANSPLANTATION

    What is Dr. Winkelmayer's NPI number?An National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

    Dr. Winkelmayer's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1871757021.

    What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Winkelmayer?

    Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Winkelmayer

    What is Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer's specialty?

    Dr. Winkelmayer is a Nephrologist near Houston, TX. An internist who manages disorders related to the kidneys, including high blood pressure, fluid and mineral balance, and dialysis for waste removal when kidney function is impaired. This specialist also collaborates with surgeons regarding kidney transplantation. Contact Dr. Winkelmayer to book an appointment today.

    Is this Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

    Yes, Dr. Winkelmayer is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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    Is Wolfgang Winkelmayer accepting new patients in Houston, TX?

    Yes, Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer is accepting new patients at this time.

    Does Dr. Wolfgang Winkelmayer offer online booking?

    Please contact Dr. Winkelmayer's office at (713) 798-8350 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

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    Please contact Dr. Winkelmayer's office at (713) 798-8350 for information regarding telehealth appointment availability or for scheduling assistance.

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