Dr. Mohamed Abdul karim Sekkarie MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
510 Cherry St 306 Bluefield WV, 24701About
Dr. Mohamed Sekkarie is a nephrologist practicing in Bluefield, WV. Dr. Sekkarie specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Sekkarie 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
Wayne State University School of Medicine 1986
University of Damascus Faculty of Medicine 1981
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Hyperkinetic borderline hypertension in Tecumseh, Michigan.
- "White coat" versus "sustained" borderline hypertension in Tecumseh, Michigan.
- Recovery from end-stage renal disease.
- Behaviour and hypertension: a pathophysiological puzzle.
- Revival of basic health services in Syria.
- Care and outcomes of end-stage kidney disease patients in times of armed conflict: recommendations for action.
- Antihypertensive and hypotensive effects of atrial natriuretic factor in men.
- Torsades de pointes in two chronic renal failure patients treated with cisapride and clarithromycin.
- Withholding and withdrawing dialysis: the role of physician specialty and education and patient functional status.
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