Dr. Jorge A. Ortiz M.D.
Surgeon
8026 Floyd Curl Dr San Antonio TX, 78229About
Dr. Jorge Ortiz is a general surgeon practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Ortiz specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Ortiz provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Education and Training
Albany Medical College - Union University 1990
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Safe use of livers from donors with positive hepatitis B core antibody.
- Budd-Chiari syndrome: illustrated review of current management.
- Mesh plug inguinal herniorrhaphy and ureteral necrosis after kidney transplantation.
- Transdiaphragmatic cardiac resuscitation.
- Guillain-Barre syndrome associated with peginterferon alfa-2a for chronic hepatitis C: A case report.
- Cistrome: an integrative platform for transcriptional regulation studies.
- Operative start times and complications after kidney transplantation.
- Kidney transplantation alone in ESRD patients with hepatitis C cirrhosis.
- Evaluating safety and efficacy of rabbit antithymocyte globulin induction in elderly kidney transplant recipients.
- Response to Ă–llinger et al.,: Nighttime procedures are not associated with adverse outcomes in kidney transplantation.
- No benefit when placing drains after kidney transplant: a complex statistical analysis.
- Metronidazole-induced encephalopathy in a patient with end-stage liver disease.
- Successful Treatment of Rapid Onset, Symptomatic de novo Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis Following Liver Transplantation: A Case Report.
Treatments
- Chronic Kidney Disease
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