Dr. Richard Gerrit Bakker MD PHD
Hospitalist
3555 Olentangy River Rd Suite 1080 Columbus OH, 43214About
Dr. Richard Bakker is a hospitalist practicing in Columbus, OH. Dr. Bakker specializes in the comprehensive medical care of hospitalized patients. As a hospitalist, Dr. Bakker manages the clinical problems of hospitalized patients and the acutely ill, while working to improve the performance of the hospital. Dr. Bakker works in collaboration with all of the different doctors that are working with the patient. Hospitalists are involved in the diagnosis, treatment and medical procedures of patients.
Education and Training
West Virginia University School of Medicine 2006
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Asymmetrical flagellar rotation in Borrelia burgdorferi nonchemotactic mutants.
- CheX is a phosphorylated CheY phosphatase essential for Borrelia burgdorferi chemotaxis.
- Identification of specific chemoattractants and genetic complementation of a Borrelia burgdorferi chemotaxis mutant: flow cytometry-based capillary tube chemotaxis assay.
- Isolation and characterization of chemotaxis mutants of the Lyme disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi using allelic exchange mutagenesis, flow cytometry, and cell tracking.
- An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for monitoring rodent colonies for Pasteurella pneumotropica antibodies.
Treatments
- Heart Disease
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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