Smrita Dorairajan

Looking to make a change in your diet for the betterment of your kidneys? DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, nephrology specialist at Truman Veterans' Hospital, suggests looking into a plant-based diet for the following reasons (among others): it helps to maintain ideal body weight, and it helps to reduce high blood pressure; in turn, it reduces heart trouble and progression of kidney disease. March 13, 2023

Today's conversation with DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, nephrology specialist at Truman Veterans' Hospital, is all about the correlation between chronic kidney disease and mental health: "sometimes there's poor understanding of the disease and what it holds, so there's a lot of anxiety with this diagnosis." December 28, 2022

You can die at home and still be a donor! Truman Veterans' Hospital nephrologist DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN is here to "bust some of the common myths" surrounding organ donation. September 20, 2022

Nephrology specialist DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, Truman Veterans' Hospital, says that symptoms of chronic kidney disease often go unnoticed: "about 40% of people...don't even know that they have this issue. It is picked up when they go to a primary care physician and have routine blood tests, urine tests." April 25, 2022

You know her as our resident nephrologist, but today DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN introduces us to the Kalanjali School of Indian Classical Dance with an in-studio performance of Bharatanatyam at [4:11]. The school is hosting an end-of-the-year recital later this month that you can watch live online. Link in video! June 15, 2021

Forty percent of the population has this kind of hypertension, and it's the kind that has the "highest risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality,"…

What happens to our kidneys if we're overweight, obese or morbidly obese? The answer is two-fold, according to DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN, nephrology…

"You have to catch it very early on. So, every patient who has Type 1 diabetes of over five years duration and, at the time of diagnosis, of Type 2…

One takeaway from our conversation with MU Health Care nephrology specialist DR. SMRITA DORAIRAJAN: our kidneys are very sensitive. Dr. Dorairajan touches…