Dr. Eugene Park Rhee MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
165 Cambridge St Suite 302 Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Eugene Rhee is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Rhee specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Rhee most typically treats conditions like kidney stones, chronic kidney disease, acute renal failure, polycystuc kidney disease, high blood pressure and more. Nephrologists are also experts on kidney transplantation and dialysis. They are usually referred to by primary care physicians for problems related to the kidneys, and while they can perform tests to diagnose kidney disorders, they do not perform surgeries.
Education and Training
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania 2003
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- New insights into uremia-induced alterations in metabolic pathways.
- A plasma long-chain acylcarnitine predicts cardiovascular mortality in incident dialysis patients.
- Metabolomics and renal disease.
- Cross-sectional examination of metabolites and metabolic phenotypes in uremia.
- NADPH Oxidase 4 at the Nexus of Diabetes, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Renal Metabolism.
- An overview of renal metabolomics.
- Metabolomics and Kidney Precision Medicine.
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