Henry Quinones, M.D. Professor School Medical School Department Internal Medicine You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Henry Quinones, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Nephrology. Originally from Ponce, Puerto Rico, Dr. Quinones earned his medical degree at the University of Puerto Rico in San Juan, where he also received internal medicine residency training. He then obtained advanced training by completing clinical and research nephrology fellowships at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in nephrology, Dr. Quinones joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2002. Dr. Quinones serves as Medical Director of the Acute Dialysis Unit at Parkland Health. He previously served as Medical Director of the Glomerulonephritis Clinic, the Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic, and the Renal Clinics at Parkland Health. He is also part of the Peritoneal Dialysis initiative work group. Dr. Quinones's clinical interests include nephrology, kidney diseases, and outpatient dialysis. He has contributed to the creation of another funding resource to assure outpatient dialysis coverage via the Dallas County Indigent Care Corporation. Dr. Quinones is a member of the Performance Improvement Committee, the Dialysis Workgroup, and the New Parkland Hospital Planning Committee at UT Southwestern. Dr. Quinones is a member of the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Nephrology. Dr. Quinones's research interests include chronic kidney disease and dialysis efforts. His research has led to several clinical trial activities, peer-reviewed publications, and invited lectures. Education Medical School University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine (1995) Internship Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1996), Internal Medicine Residency Veterans Affairs Medical Center (1998), Internal Medicine Fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center (2002), Nephrology Research Interest Chronic kidney disease and dialysis efforts Role of the intrarenal dopamine system of human kidney in the pathogenesis of hypertension Publications Dialysis for Undocumented Immigrants: Challenges and Solutions Berger JR, Quinones H, Vazquez MA Kidney360 2020 Jun 1 549-552 Control of metabolic predisposition to cardiovascular complications of chronic kidney disease by effervescent calcium magnesium citrate: a feasibility study Quinones H, Hamdi T, Sakhaee K, Pasch A, Moe OW, Pak CY Journal of Nephrology 2019 Feb 32 93-100 Association of Scheduled vs Emergency-Only Dialysis with Health Outcomes and Costs in Undocumented Immigrants with End-stage Renal Disease Nguyen OK, Vazquez MA, Charles L, Berger JR, Quiñones H, Fuquay R, Sanders JM, Kapinos KA, Halm EA, Makam AN JAMA Internal Medicine 2019 Feb 179 175-183 Dopamine reduces cell surface Na+/H+ exchanger-3 protein by decreasing NHE3 exocytosis and cell membrane recycling Hu MC, Bobulescu IA, Quinones H, Gisler SM, Moe OW American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2017 Oct 313 F1018-F1025 CKD and Cardiovascular Events: Unraveling the Disparities Among Minorities Arce CM, Quinones H American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2016 Oct 68 508-511 Catheter-related bloodstream infections in patients on emergent hemodialysis Rojas-Moreno CA, Spiegel D, Yalamanchili V, Kuo E, Quinones H, Sreeramoju PV, Luby JP Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 2015 Dec 37 301-305 Incomplete distal renal tubular acidosis from a heterozygous mutation of the V-ATPase B1 subunit Zhang J, Fuster DG, Cameron MA, Quiñones H, Griffith C, Xie XS, Moe OW American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2014 Nov 307 F1063-F1071 Klotho deficiency causes vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease Hu MC, Shi M, Zhang J, Quinones H, Griffith C, Kuro-o M, Moe OW Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2011 Jan 22 124-136 Acute regulation of renal Na+/H+ exchanger NHE3 by dopamine: Role of protein phosphatase 2A Bobulescu IA, Quinones H, Gisler SM, Di Sole F, Hu MC, Shi M, Zhang J, Fuster DG, Wright N, Mumby M, Moe OW American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2010 May 298 F1205-F1213 The dopamine precursor L-dihydroxyphenylalanine is transported by the amino acid transporters rBAT and LAT2 in renal cortex Quiñones H, Collazo R, Moe OW American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology 2004 Jul 287 F74-F80 Results 1-10 of 12 1 2 Next Last Professional Associations/Affiliations American College of Physicians (1998) American Society of Nephrology (2002)
