Dr. Konrad Stepniakowski, M.D.
Business Address: Mid-South Nephrology Consultants
6490 Mt. Moriah Extended, Suite 200
Memphis, Tennessee 38115
Phone: (901) 565 - 0244
Pager: (901) 533 - 4290
Email: kstepni@bellsouth.net
Citizenship: Polish, American
Affiliation/Education:
2008 - Present Associate Mid-South Nephrology Consultants
6490 Mt. Moriah Extended, Suite 200
Memphis, TN 38115
2002 - 2007 Associate Hypertension and Nephrology
220 South Claybrook Street, Suite 314
Memphis, TN 38104
1999 - 2002 Fellow in Nephrology Emory University School of Medicine,
Renal Division
1639 Pierce Drive, WMB Rm. 338
Atlanta, GA 30303
1997 - 1999 Resident in Internal Medicine Emory University School of Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Residency Program
Atlanta, GA 30303
1996 - 1997 Intern in Internal Medicine St. Vincent's Medical Center of Richmond
Department of Medicine
Residency Program
355 Bard Ave.
Staten Island, NY 10310
1996 Research Associate Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
96 Jonathan Lucas Street, PO Box 250623
Charleston, SC 29425
1992 - 1996 Postdoctoral Fellow Medical University of South Carolina
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
96 Jonathan Lucas Street
PO Box 250623 Charleston, SC 29425
1991- 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Physiology
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509
1986 - 1991 Assistant in Internal Medicine Medical University of Warsaw
Department of Medicine and Hypertension
Banacha 1a,
02-097 Warszawa; Poland
1986 - 1991 PhD Student Medical University of Warsaw
Department of Experimental and Clinical Physiology
26/28, Krakowskie Przedmieście
00-927 Warszawa, Poland
1984 - 1985 Intern Centre Hospitalier Franco Britannique
HertfordBritish Hospital,
3 Rue Barbes; Levallois-Perret,
92300 France
1978 - 1984 MD Student Medical University of Warsaw
61 Zwirki i Wigury
02-091 Warszawa, Poland
Medical License: Georgia # 050061 inactive
Tennessee # 36208 active
Mississippi # 17623 active
Hospital Affiliation:
2002 - present Staff Physician Methodist Healthcare
Memphis Hospitals
1265 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
2002 - present Staff Physician Baptist Memorial Hospital
Memphis Metro Hospitals
350 N Humphreys Blvd
Memphis, TN 38120
2002 - present Staff Physician Saint Francis Hospital
5959 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38119
2002 - present Staff Physician Methodist Alliance Extended Care Hospital
225 South Claybrook St.
Memphis, TN 38104
2002 - present Staff Physician HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
1282 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
2005 - present Staff Physician Delta Medical Center
3000 Getwell Road
Memphis, TN 38118
Membership in Societies:
American Society of Nephrology, Fellow
American College of Physicians
Awards:
1996 Merck Young Investigators Award
Excellence in High Blood Pressure Research
Publications:
1. Stepniakowski, K., Januszewicz, A., Lapinski, M., Feltynowski, T., Chodakowska, J., Ignatowska-Switalska, H., Wocial, B., and Januszewicz, W. Plasma atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) concentration in patients with pheochromocytoma. Blood Press. 1992; 1:157.
2. Egan B.M., Stepniakowski K. Effects of enalapril on the hyperinsulinemic response to severe salt restriction in obese young men with mild systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol, 1993; 72:53.
3. Neahring M.J., Stepniakowski K., Greene A.S., Egan B.M. The forearm vasodilator response to insulin is not impaired in obese young men with mild hypertension. Hypertension, 1993; 22:584.
4. Shin H.H, Sagar K.B., Stepniakowski K., Wetherbee J.N., Egan B.M. Increased prevalence of abnormal signal averaged electrocardiograms in older hypertensives patients with low diastolic pressure. Am Heart J. 1993; 125:1698.
5. Egan B.M., Fleissner M.J., Stepniakowski K., Neahring J.M., Sagar K.B., Ebert T.J. Improved baroreflex sensitivity in ederly hypertensives on lisinopril is not explained by blood pressure reduction alone. J Hypertens. 1993; 11:1113.
6. Szczepanska -Sadowska E., Noszczyk B., Lon S., Stepniakowski K., Budzikowski A., Paczwa P. Central AVP and blood pressure regulation: relevance to interspecies differences and hypertension. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1993; 689:677.
7. Egan B.M., Stepniakowski K., Nazzaro P. Insulin levels are similar in obese salt-sensitive and salt-resistant hypertensives. Hypertension. 1994, 23 [suppl I]: 1.
8. Egan B.M., Stepniakowski K., Zweifler A.J. Ketanserin's sympatholytic and serotonin2-receptor blocking actions precede the hypotensive effects. J Hum Hypertens, 1994; 8:59.
9. Nazzaro P., Stepniakowski K., O'Shaughnessy I.O., Kissebah A.H., Egan B.M. Elevated blood pressures in obese young men with mild hypertension are sustained during the day and night. Am J Hypertens. 1994; 7:609.
10. Stepniakowski, K., Budzikowski, A., Lon, S., and Szczepanska-Sadowska, E. Central cardiovascular effects of AVP and ANP in normotensive and spontaneously hypertensive rats. J. Auton.Nerv.Syst. 1994; 47:33.
11. Cowley, A.W. Jr., Szczepanska-Sadowski E., Stepniakowski, K., Mattson, D. Chronic intravenous administration of V1 arginine vasopressin agonist results in sustained hypertension. Am J Physiol. 1994; 267:H751.
12. Egan B.M., Stepniakowski K., Compensatory hyperinsulinemia and the forearm vasodilator response to an oral glucose-tolerance test in obese hypertensives. J Hypertens. 1994; 12:1061.
13. Egan B.M., Stepniakowski K., Goodfriend, T.L. Renim and aldosterone are higher and the hyperinsulinemic effect of salt restriction greater in subjects with risk factor clustering. Am J Hypertens. 1994; 7:886-893.
14. Szczepanska-Sadowska E., Stepniakowski K., Skelton M.M., Cowley, A.W.Jr. Prolonged stimulation of intrarenal V1 vasopressin receptors results in sustained hypertension. Am J Physiol. 1994; 267:R1217-R1225.
15. Goodfriend T.L., Egan B., Stepniakowski K., Ball DL. Relationship among plasma aldosterone, high density lipoprotein cholesterol and insulin in humans. Hypertension. 1995; 25:30-36.
16. Stepniakowski K., Egan B.M. Additive effects of obesity and hypertension to limit venous volume: Hemodynamic correlates and metabolic mechanisms. Am J Physiol 1995; 268:R562-R568.
17. Stepniakowski, KT, Goodfriend TL, Egan B.M., Fatty acids enhance vascular -adrenergic sensitivity. Hypertension. 1995; 25 [part 2]: 774-778.
18. O'Shaughnessy IM, Myers TJ, Stepniakowski K., Nazzaro P., Kelly TM, Hoffman RG, Egan BM, Kissebah AH. Glucose metabolism in abdominally obese hypertensive and normotensive subjects. Hypertension. 1995; 26:186-192.
19. Egan B.M., Hennes MMI, Stepniakowski KT, O'Shaughnessy IM, Kissebah AH, Goodfriend TL. Obesity hypertension is related more to insulin's fatty acid than glucose action. Hypertension. 1996; 27[part 2]: 723-728.