Dr. Michael F Flessner MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
2500 North State Street Department Of Medici Jackson MS, 39216About
Dr. Michael Flessner is a nephrologist practicing in Jackson, MS. Dr. Flessner specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Flessner 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
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1985
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Tissue sources and blood flow limitations of osmotic water transport across the peritoneum.
- Changes in the peritoneal interstitium and their effect on peritoneal transport.
- Blood flow does not limit peritoneal transport.
- Hydrostatic and osmotic pressures modulate partitioning of tissue water in abdominal muscle during dialysis.
- Clinical importance of intraperitoneal pressure in peritoneal dialysis and measures to counteract its effect on net ultrafiltration.
- Effect of intraperitoneal pressures on tissue water of the abdominal muscle.
- Improving contact area between the peritoneum and intraperitoneal therapeutic solutions.
- Transport of protein in the abdominal wall during intraperitoneal therapy. I. Theoretical approach.
- Increasing peritoneal contact area during dialysis improves mass transfer.
- The role of extracellular matrix in transperitoneal transport of water and solutes.
- In vivo peritoneal chamber: linking structure and transport function.
- Chronic alteration of subperitoneal tissue and peritoneal transport.
- Net ultrafiltration in peritoneal dialysis: role of direct fluid absorption into peritoneal tissue.
- Physiological characterization of human ovarian cancer cells in a rat model of
- Bidirectional peritoneal transport of immunoglobulin in rats: compartmental kinetics.
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Practice At 2500 North State Street Department Of Medicine Division Of Nephrolog
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