Dr. Rudolph F Weichert MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
501 Rue Saint Peter Unit 111 Metairie LA, 70005About
Dr. Rudolph Weichert is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Metairie, LA. Dr. Weichert specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Weichert typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Tulane University School of Medicine 1961
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- STUDIES OF ENDOCRINE FUNCTION FOLLOWING TRANSPLANTATION OF THE CANINE PANCREAS.
- Relief of angina pectoris and improved life expectancy following coronary bypass surgery.
- Relief of angina pectoris and improved life expectancy following coronary bypass surgery.
- Bronchial adenoma.
- Carcinoid-islet cell tumors of the duodenum. Report of twenty-one cases.
- Carcinoid-islet cell tumor of the duodenum and associated multiple carcinoid tumors of the ileum. An electron microscopic study.
- Chemodectomas.
- The neural ectodermal origin of the peptide-secreting endocrine glands. A unifying concept for the etiology of multiple endocrine adenomatosis and the inappropriate secretion of peptide hormones by nonendocrine tumors.
- Pheochromocytoma and renal artery stenosis: a review of the literature and case report.
- Centrifugal cerebral ischemia.
- Civilian vascular injuries: a critical appraisal of three decades of management.
- Injury to right hepatic artery and portal vein: case report with survival.
- Injuries to the inferior vena cava: report of 35 cases.
- Blunt injury to intrahepatic vena cava and hepatic veins with survival.
- Experiences with surgical management of acute gastric mucosal hemorrhage: a unified concept in the pathophysiology.
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