Dr. Latonya J Hickson M.D.
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Latonya Hickson is a nephrologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Hickson specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Hickson 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
University of Louisville School of Medicine 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Chronic kidney disease: Automated eGFR reporting: good for the patient?
- Rituximab therapy in idiopathic membranous nephropathy: a 2-year study.
- Severe hyponatremia as the initial sign preceding guillain-barré syndrome, an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: a case report.
- Biomedical system dynamics to improve anemia control with darbepoetin alfa in long-term hemodialysis patients.
- Acute renal allograft dysfunction due to cecal volvulus: a case report.
- Tolerability and Healthcare Utilization in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients Undergoing Treatment for Tuberculosis-Related Conditions.
- Challenges and opportunities for stem cell therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease.
- Total Red Blood Cell Transfusions for Chronic Hemodialysis Patients in a Single Center, 2009-2013.
- Functional Plasticity of Adipose-Derived Stromal Cells During Development of Obesity.
- Treatment of severe drug reactions by hemodialysis.
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