Dr. Douglas C Heimburger MD
Internist
619 19th Street South Birmingham AL, 35233About
Dr. Douglas Heimburger is an internist practicing in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Heimburger specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Heimburger provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Vanderbilt Univ Sch of Med, Nashville Tn 1978
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Physician-nutrition-specialist track: if we build it, will they come? Intersociety Professional Nutrition Education Consortium.
- Cancer Prevention and Control Training Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
- Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism increases the risk of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
- An interdisciplinary training program in nutrition sciences and cancer.
- Immunohistochemical evaluation of global DNA methylation: comparison with in vitro radiolabeled methyl incorporation assay.
- Diet and oral premalignancy in female south Indian tobacco and betel chewers: a case-control study.
- Physician-assisted death should remain illegal: a debate.
- Training and certifying gastroenterologists as physician nutrition specialists.
- An interdisciplinary cancer prevention and control training program in public health.
- DNA methylation and diet in cancer.
- Ten-year survival of a Broviac catheter.
- A meal conference format to teach ambulatory nutrition concepts.
- Defining and reporting diarrhea in tube-fed patients--what a mess!
- Localized deficiencies of folic acid in aerodigestive tissues.
- Effects of outcome-driven insurance reimbursement on short-term weight control.
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