Dr. Edward J Filippone MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
2228 S Broad St Philadelphia PA, 19145About
Dr. Edward Filippone is a nephrologist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Filippone specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Filippone 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
Mt Sinai Sch of Med of The City Univ of Ny, New York Ny 1978
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Goal-directed antihypertensive therapy: lower may not always be better.
- Tacrolimus-induced thrombotic microangiopathy: natural history of a severe, acute vasculopathy.
- Revascularization in renal artery stenosis.
- The J-curve revisited: a therapeutic dilemma.
- Immunosuppressive treatment of idiopathic membranous nephropathy: the dilemma continues.
- Idiopathic membranous nephropathy and IgG4: an interesting relationship.
- Secondary membranous nephropathy associated with guillain-barré syndrome.
- The case for intervention bias in the practice of medicine.
- Posttransplantation normoglycemic diabetic nephropathy: the role of the allograft insulin resistance--a case report.
- Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in the ED.
- Rapidly Fatal Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis Developing Within Six Days Following Deceased-Donor Renal Transplantation: Case Report.
- The chromosome number of Leucochloridiomorpha constantiae (Trematoda).
Treatments
- Diabetes, Glomerulonephritis, Kidney Cancer And More
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