Dr. Dirk M Hentschel MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
4 Blackfan Cir Bwh Renal Divison, H Boston MA, 02115Rating
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Dr. Dirk Hentschel is a nephrologist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Hentschel specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hentschel 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
Freie Univ Berlin, Med Fak, Berlin, Germany 1998
Freie University Berln / Medical College 1997
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Troponin T levels and acute coronary syndromes.
- Effect of clopidogrel on arteriovenous fistulas for dialysis.
- Dipyridamole plus aspirin and hemodialysis graft patency.
- Nanoparticle-mediated targeting of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase signaling inhibits angiogenesis.
- Glycome and transcriptome regulation of vasculogenesis.
- Shape effect of carbon nanovectors on angiogenesis.
- APC16 is a conserved subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome.
- Coupling growth-factor engineering with nanotechnology for therapeutic angiogenesis.
- Academic interventional nephrology: a model for training, research, and patient care.
- The StenTec gauge for measuring static intra-access pressure ratio (P(Ia Ratio) ) of fistulas and grafts.
- Biological grafts for hemodialysis access: historical lessons, state-of-the-art and future directions.
- Knockdown of the hypertension-associated gene NOSTRIN alters glomerular barrier function in zebrafish (Danio rerio).
- APC16 is a conserved subunit of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome.
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