Dr. Gregory Beirne, DO

Expert Publications

• SERUM ELECTROLYTE AND OSMOLALITY CHANGES FOLLOWING TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE
• Renal response to short-term hypocapnia in man.
• Renal response to short-term hypocapnia in man.
• Quantum light emission of two lateral tunnel-coupled (In,Ga)As/GaAs quantum dots controlled by a tunable static electric field.
• Electrically pumped single-photon emission in the visible spectral range up to 80 K.
• Influence of the dark exciton state on the optical and quantum optical properties of single quantum dots.
• Procainamide administration during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
• Clearance of procainamide and N-acetylprocainamide in patients undergoing continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
• Procainamide pharmacokinetics in patients on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in a dialysis unit. 1. Recognition of cases, epidemiologic studies and attempts at control.
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in a dialysis unit. 1. Recognition of cases, epidemiologic studies and attempts at control.
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in a dialysis unit. 11. Relationship to reuse of coils.
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteremia in a dialysis unit. 11. Relationship to reuse of coils.
• Goodpasture syndrome. Dissociation from antibodies to glomerular basement membrane.
• Immunohistology of the lung in Goodpasture's syndrome.

Media Releases

Get to know Emergency Physician Dr. Gregory Beirne, who serves patients in St. Louis, Missouri.

Specializing in emergency medicine, Dr. Beirne assesses patients who seek immediate medical attention at any time of day or night. He is affiliated with Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri.

Alongside his clinical role, he serves as an Instructor within the Department of Emergency Medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Academically, Dr. Beirne graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Chemistry from Maryville University in 1986. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Midwestern University Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997. He graduated from residency in emergency medicine at Des Peres Hospital in 2001

Licensed to practice medicine in Missouri and Illinois, Dr. Beirne is board-certified in emergency medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Emergency Medicine (AOBEM). The AOBEM is an organization that provides board certification to qualified Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine who specialize in the medical and surgical treatment of acutely ill patients with advanced cardiac life support, trauma, and the management of other life-threatening medical issues (emergency physicians).

Committed to advancing the specialty of emergency medicine, Dr. Beirne is a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and a member of the American Osteopathic Association.

Emergency medicine, also known as accident and emergency medicine, is the medical specialty concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. An emergency physician is a physician who works at an emergency department to care for acutely ill or injured patients. They care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

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