Dr. Rebecca J Schmidt D. O.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1 Stadium Drive Morgantown WV, 26506About
Dr. Rebecca Schmidt is a nephrologist practicing in Morgantown, WV. Dr. Schmidt specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Schmidt 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
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sexual function in chronic kidney disease.
- Treating anemia of chronic kidney disease in the primary care setting: cardiovascular outcomes and management recommendations.
- Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta: worth waiting for or a novelty worn off?
- Economic factors in nephrology: Core Curriculum 2009.
- Maternal caffeine consumption and risk of neural tube defects.
- Caffeine, selected metabolic gene variants, and risk for neural tube defects.
- Sexual dysfunction in CKD.
- Fistula First clarifies its message.
- Fistula First clarifies definition of preferred access.
- Collegiality and CKD.
- Why work together? Developing effective comanagement strategies for the care of patients with CKD.
- Informing our elders about dialysis: is an age-attuned approach warranted?
- Maternal caffeine consumption and risk of congenital limb deficiencies.
- Levels of select PCB and PBDE congeners in human postmortem brain reveal possible
- Pursuing permanent hemodialysis vascular access in patients with a poor prognosis: juxtaposing potential benefit and harm.
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