Dr. James Michael Calmes MD, MBA
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
5220 80th St Lubbock TX, 79424Rating
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About
Dr. James Calmes is a rheumatologist practicing in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Calmes specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases and systematic autoimmune conditions that can affect the bones, muscles or bones. Eventually, if not treated, these illnesses can also impact the skin, eyes, nervous system and internal organs. Dr. Calmes treats diseases similar to orthopedists but does not perform surgery. Often times, research is conducted to find potential alternatives for the patients illness.
Education and Training
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine,Lubbock, Tx, United States 1980
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine 1980
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Band infection with splenoportal venous thrombosis: an unusual but severe complication of gastric banding.
- Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: initial 2-year experience.
- Radiosensitizing and repair-inhibiting properties of dipyridamole.
- Immunophotodiagnosis of colon carcinomas in patients injected with fluoresceinated chimeric antibodies against carcinoembryonic antigen.
- Gastro-esophageal reflux and esophageal motility disorders in morbidly obese patients.
- Impact of preoperative teaching on surgical option of patients qualifying for bariatric surgery.
- Reoperative laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: an experience with 49 cases.
- Changes in body composition, metabolic profile and nutritional status 24 months after gastric banding.
- A 10-year experience with laparoscopic gastric banding for morbid obesity: high long-term complication and failure rates.
- Internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass for morbid obesity: a continuous challenge in bariatric surgery.
- Long-time survival of a patient with glioblastoma and Turcot's syndrome. Case report.
- A new type of internal hernia after laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.
- Presentation and treatment outcome of diverticulitis in younger adults: a different disease than in older patients?
- [Pancreatic hypernephroma manifested by a duodenal hemorrhage].
- Combined laparoscopic-endoscopic method using an omental plug for therapy of gastroduodenal ulcer perforation.
Treatments
- Osteoporosis
- Arthritis
- Fibromyalgia
- Gout
- Osteoarthritis
- Lupus
- Scleroderma
- Dermatomyositis
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