Dr. Hwaja L. Rhee M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
2615 Washington St St. Therese Medical Waukegan IL, 60085About
Dr. Hwaja Rhee is a pathologist practicing in Waukegan, IL. Dr. Rhee is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Rhee can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Rhee may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
Ewha Womens University College Of Medicine 1965
Ewha Womans University School of Medicine 1965
Board Certification
PathologyAmerican Board of PathologyABP
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Acute myelofibrosis and acute myeloblastic leukaemia.
- Cyclophosphamide therapy and interstitial pulmonary fibrosis.
- Nonamyloidotic fibrillar glomerulopathy and recurrent gestational anasarca.
- Nephrotic syndrome, hematuria, and hypocomplementemia in a case of mesangial lupus nephritis evolving later to a membranous lesion.
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. A common entity in nephrotic black adults.
- Gross hematuria from renal metastasis.
- Gallium 67 scintigraphy in glomerular disease.
- Prognosis of the nephrotic syndrome in sickle glomerulopathy. A retrospective study.
- Appraisal of lupus nephritis by renal imaging with gallium-67.
- Primary bioccipital reticulum cell sarcoma: a case report with emphasis on carbon dioxide laser application.
- Benign cephalic histiocytosis.
- Excision of a large pineal region hemangiopericytoma (angioblastic meningioma, hemangiopericytoma type).
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