Dr. Richard N Hellman M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
1001 W 10th St Opw 526 Indianapolis IN, 46202About
Dr. Richard Hellman is a nephrologist practicing in Indianapolis, IN. Dr. Hellman specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hellman 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Ethylene glycol intoxication: case report and pharmacokinetic perspectives.
- Preventing nephropathy induced by contrast medium.
- Tumor lysis syndrome associated with reduced immunosuppression in a lung transplant recipient.
- Erythropoietin, gadolinium, and nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy.
- Challenges of treating a 466-kilogram man with acute kidney injury.
- Gadolinium-induced nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
- Ulcerative colitis.
- The clinical spectrum of alcohol-related nontraumatic rhabdomyolysis.
- Mechanism of activation of renal Na+-K+-ATPase in the rat: effects of potassium loading.
- Cryptococcal pyelonephritis and disseminated cryptococcosis in a renal transplant recipient.
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