Dr. Thomas Vincent Whelan MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
3009 CORPORATE LN SUFFOLK VA, 23434About
Dr. Thomas Whelan is a nephrologist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Whelan specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Whelan 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 Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Urinary Charcot-Leyden crystals in the hypereosinophilic syndrome with acute renal failure.
- Nephrotic syndrome associated with Kimura's disease.
- Minimal-change nephropathy associated with pancreatic carcinoma.
- Insertion of peritoneal dialysis catheters: the lateral approach.
- Propranolol, epinephrine, and accelerated hypertension during hemodialysis.
- Lactic acidosis--a review of the association with neoplastic disorder.
- Renal biopsy: localization using computed tomography.
- Pericarditis due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a patient undergoing dialysis for chronic renal failure.
- Diabinese-Dialume: a potential catastrophe.
- Toxic tricyclic antidepressant levels and the ECG.
- CSF pleocytosis.
- CPAP as adjunctive treatment of severe pulmonary edema in patients with ESRD.
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