Dr. Ashleigh Hegedus Van dijk M.D.
Emergency Physician
123 Summer St St Vincent Hospital Worcester MA, 01608About
Dr. Ashleigh Van dijk practices Emergency Medicine in Worcester, MA. Dr. Van dijk assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. Emergency Medicine Physicians are trained to efficiently work with each patient and situation no matter how acute or life-threatening. Dr. Van dijk examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses conditions, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2007
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Severe Progressive Autism Associated with Two de novo Changes: A 2.6-Mb 2q31.1 Deletion and a Balanced t(14;21)(q21.1;p11.2) Translocation with Long-Range Epigenetic Silencing of LRFN5 Expression.
- Laparoscopy in cholecysto-choledocholithiasis.
- Systematic review of antibiotic treatment for acute calculous cholecystitis.
- A randomized controlled trial to compare a restrictive strategy to usual care for the effectiveness of cholecystectomy in patients with symptomatic gallstones (SECURE trial protocol).
- Germline activating TYK2 mutations in pediatric patients with two primary acute
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