Charles H Brooks
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
Lee St Charlottesville VA, 22908Rating
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Dr. Charles Brooks is a nephrologist practicing in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Brooks specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Brooks 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- 1995
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Nephrology- 1998
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A comparative analysis of Medicare home care cost savings for the terminally ill.
- The potential cost savings of hospice care: a review of the literature.
- Cost differences between hospice and nonhospice care. A comparison of insurer payments and provider charges.
- Experience with the radial artery graft for coronary artery bypass.
- The changing relationship between socioeconomic status and infant mortality: an analysis of state characteristics.
- Path analysis of socioeconomic correlates of county infant mortality rates.
- Do area health education center programs produce primary care specialists? Results of a longitudinal study.
- Rating journals in health care administration. The perceptions of program chairpersons.
- The influence of medical school clinical experiences on career preferences: a multidimensional perspective.
- A modification of the AO bone clamp.
- External fixation for fracture-dislocations of the proximal humerus.
- Missile migration from lung to heart with delayed systemic embolization.
- Missile migration from lung to heart with delayed systemic embolization.
- Type of ownership and Medicaid use of nursing-care beds.
- Type of ownership and Medicaid use of nursing-care beds.
Fellowships
- Nephrology, Med. Univ. of SC Teaching Hospitals, Charleston, SC USA 1978
- Nephrology, Medical University of South Carolina
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JEFFERSON PARK AVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22908MARTHA JEFFERSON HOSPITALl
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