Dr. Ronald J Weigel MD PHD
Surgical Oncologist | Surgical Oncology
200 Hawkins Dr Iowa City IA, 52242About
Dr. Ronald Weigel is a surgical oncologist practicing in Iowa City, IA. Dr. Weigel specializes in diagnosing, staging and treating cancer-related symptoms. Surgical oncologists also decide if the patient is a candidate for surgery or other cancer treatments based on certain factors such as age, physical fitness and other possible coexisting medical conditions
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1986
Yale School of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Combining SSH and cDNA microarrays for rapid identification of differentially
- GATA-3 is expressed in association with estrogen receptor in breast cancer.
- Identification of a human Akt3 (protein kinase B gamma) which contains the regulatory serine phosphorylation site.
- Up-regulation of Akt3 in estrogen receptor-deficient breast cancers and androgen-independent prostate cancer lines.
- Parathyroid localization with high-resolution ultrasound and technetium Tc 99m sestamibi.
- AP2alpha and AP2gamma: a comparison of binding site specificity and trans-activation of the estrogen receptor promoter and single site promoter constructs.
- Monoallelic amplification of estrogen receptor-alpha expression in breast cancer.
- Recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) in the management of differentiated thyroid cancer.
- PDZK1 and GREB1 are estrogen-regulated genes expressed in hormone-responsive breast cancer.
- Nonoperative management of hyperparathyroidism: present and future.
- Recombinant human thyrotropin in the management of thyroid cancer.
- Genomic structure of the promoters of the human estrogen receptor-alpha gene demonstrate changes in chromatin structure induced by AP2gamma.
- Intraoperative ultrasonography for localization of recurrent thyroid cancer.
- Genetic analysis of a papillary thyroid carcinoma in a patient with MEN1.
- Parathyroid crisis in a 20 year old--an unusual cause of hypercalcaemic crisis.
Treatments
- Breast Cancer
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