Dr. Rachel Burdick Fissell MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1161 21st Ave S Mcn C-3119 Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Rachel Fissell is a nephrologist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Fissell specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Fissell 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) data on medications in hemodialysis patients.
- Predictors of early mortality among incident US hemodialysis patients in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).
- Preemptive renal transplant candidate survival, access to care, and renal function at listing.
- Association of dialysate bicarbonate concentration with mortality in the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS).
- Two cases of successful pregnancy in patients with Gitelman's syndrome.
- Livedoid Dermatitis Treated With Nifedipine.
Treatments
- Transplant Surgery
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