Dr. Don C Rockey MD
Gastroenterologist | Gastroenterology
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390About
A native of Florida, Dr. Rockey’s medical career has taken him from coast to coast. In 1980 he received his bachelor's degree in biology (summa cum laude) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute ...
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Gastroenterology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Detection of upper gastrointestinal blood with fecal occult blood tests.
- Amebic liver abscess: epidemiology, clinical features, and outcome.
- The physician-scientist: a new generation or the last?
- Striking cholestatic liver disease: a distinct manifestation of advanced primary amyloidosis.
- Cirrhotic ascites, ovarian carcinoma, and CA-125.
- Diet-induced protection against lipopolysaccharide includes increased hepatic NO production.
- The physician-scientist template.
- Gastrointestinal tract evaluation in patients with iron deficiency anemia.
- Occult gastrointestinal bleeding.
- Gene therapy for hepatic fibrosis-bringing treatment into the new millennium.
- A prospective randomized comparative trial showing that omeprazole prevents rebleeding in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers after successful endoscopic therapy.
- Relationship of low-dose aspirin to GI injury and occult bleeding: a pilot study.
- Cytomegalovirus colitis presenting with the endoscopic appearance of pseudomembranous colitis.
- Gastroenterologists of the new millennium.
- Hepatic tissue endothelin-1 levels in chronic liver disease correlate with disease severity and ascites.
Fellowships
- University of California At San Francisco
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