Dr. Richard S. Mccaughey D.O.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
1301 Pennsylvania Ave Suite 416 Des Moines IA, 50316About
Richard Mccaughey is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Des Moines, IA. Mccaughey specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Mccaughey participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Radiographic examination of the breast.
- Mesenteric vascular disease associated with hypergastrinemia and positive secretin stimulation study.
- Extrahepatic biliary obstruction versus intrahepatic disorder. Differentiation with hepatobiliary scintigraphy and ultrasonography.
- Primary Crohn's disease of the appendix: report of 14 cases and review of the literature.
- Primary Crohn's disease of the appendix: report of 14 cases and review of the literature.
- Paraganglioma of the duodenum: a case report.
- Ataxia-telangiectasia and hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Ataxia-telangiectasia and hepatocellular carcinoma.
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