Dr. Robert Mark Perkins MD, MPH
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Geisinger Medical Ctr 100 North Academy Av Danville PA, 17822About
Dr. Robert Perkins is a nephrologist practicing in Danville, PA. Dr. Perkins specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Perkins 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 Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 2000
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Russell-Silver syndrome: a case report and brief review of the literature.
- Body mass index and peritoneal dialysis: "exceptions to the exception" in reverse epidemiology?
- Hyperkalemia after packed red blood cell transfusion in trauma patients.
- Renal replacement therapy in support of combat operations.
- Acute kidney injury in the critically ill, morbidly obese patient: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in a unique patient population.
- Renal replacement therapy in austere environments.
- Early nephrologic consultation after acute kidney injury.
- Increased risk of death and de novo chronic kidney disease following reversible acute kidney injury.
- Fat-free weight prediction in morbidly obese females.
- Bisphosphonate therapy, death, and cardiovascular events among female patients with CKD: a retrospective cohort study.
- Death and cardiovascular events after bacteriuria among adult women with chronic kidney disease.
- Problem-solving therapy to improve depression scores among older hemodialysis patients: a pilot randomized trial.
- An epidemiologic model to project the impact of changes in glomerular filtration rate on quality of life and survival among persons with chronic kidney disease.
- Progressive bevacizumab-associated renal thrombotic microangiopathy.
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