Dr. S. Smiley Thakur
Nephrology and Dialysis
Seattle, WA
31 years experience male
Locations
Transplant and Nephrology Northwest
Seattle, WA
My office hours
Tuesday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
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Insurances accepted
Aetna
Premera Blue Cross
UnitedHealthcare
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SpecialtiesDoctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Nephrology and Dialysis
Internal Medicine
Languages spoken
English, German, Gujarati, Hindi
Doctor Q&A
265 Answers
188 Agrees
The number of answers this doctor has agreed with.
A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered
31 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Dialysis kidney?: The membrane is similar to the glomerulus where blood toxins are filtered across a membrane into the urine compartment.
A 70-year-old female asked:
Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered
31 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Is the same: Egfr is a calculation to estimate glomerular filtration rate. The GFR and creatinine clearance can be predicted from the serum creatinine. Your fluc ... Read More
A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered
31 years experience Nephrology and Dialysis
Clean ; Squeeze: Dialysis is both about cleaning (dialysis) the blood of toxins and squeezing (ultra-filtering) excess fluid out. Both functions are done constantly in ... Read More
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Thank you notes
Jan 21, 2013
Dr. Thakur is a well respected nephrologist in Seattle. He has an extraordinary ability to make difficult concepts understandable to his patients. He took wonderful care of my husband during his end-s...Read More
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Dec 16, 2012
Dr. Smily Thakur has been my mother's Nephrologist for over seven years - seven years she would not have been alive to enjoy if not for Dr. Thakur! She has been a patient from about 2004 and continue...Read More
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Dec 16, 2012
Dr.Thakur inspires immediate confidence and for good reason. He approches patients as people rather than cases and his level of respect is apparent from the first conversation. I was referred by my ...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! What you wrote coincides with info the ER gave my husband & recent research...My husband took Tums for many, many years but suddenly after he stopped taking them, within...Read More
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! I coul noy explain this to my family. This is what I was told I had.
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Your answer made me feel good! Thanks :) Thanks Doc...i will carry out the test as directed.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine
Graduated 1990MD
Residency
Royal University Hospital
Residency
London Health Sciences Centre
Awards
Top Doctor, Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
Excellence in Teaching, Providence Seattle Medical Center
Excellence in Teaching, Providence Seattle Medical Center
Affiliations
American Society of Transplantation
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
Washington State Medical Association
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