Dr. George R Wilkinson MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
2954 Siskiyou Blvd. Medford OR, 97504About
Dr. George Wilkinson is a cardiothoracic surgeon practicing in Medford, OR. Dr. Wilkinson specializes in surgical procedues of vital organs in the chest such as the heart, lungs, esophagus and more. As a cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Wilkinson typically treats conditions like heart disease and lung disease. This class of surgeon can also include cardiac surgeons, cardiovascular surgeons, congenital heart surgeons and general thoracic surgeons.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ia Coll Of Med- Iowa City Ia 1972
Roy J Lucille A Carver College of Medicine At University of Iowa,Iowa City, Ia, United States 1972
Board Certification
Thoracic SurgeryAmerican Board of Thoracic SurgeryABTS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- An additional defective allele, CYP2C19*5, contributes to the S-mephenytoin poor metabolizer phenotype in Caucasians.
- Effects of ketoconazole on the erythromycin breath test and the dapsone recovery ratio.
- Interrelationship between substrates and inhibitors of human CYP3A and P-glycoprotein.
- Genetic and dietary predictors of CYP2E1 activity: a phenotyping study in Hawaii Japanese using chlorzoxazone.
- A novel transversion in the intron 5 donor splice junction of CYP2C19 and a sequence polymorphism in exon 3 contribute to the poor metabolizer phenotype for the anticonvulsant drug S-mephenytoin.
- OATP and P-glycoprotein transporters mediate the cellular uptake and excretion of fexofenadine.
- P-glycoprotein and cytochrome P-450 3A inhibition: dissociation of inhibitory potencies.
- Genetic polymorphism of (S)-mephenytoin 4'-hydroxylation in populations of African descent.
- Failure of erythromycin breath test to correlate with midazolam clearance as a probe of cytochrome P4503A.
- Modulation by drugs of human hepatic sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide) activity.
- Allelic, genotypic and phenotypic distributions of S-mephenytoin 4'-hydroxylase (CYP2C19) in healthy Caucasian populations of European descent throughout the world.
- Assessment of CYP2D6 and CYP2C19 activity in vivo in humans: a cocktail study with dextromethorphan and chloroguanide alone and in combination.
- Disposition of debrisoquine in Caucasians with different CYP2D6-genotypes including those with multiple genes.
- Pharmacological inhibition of P-glycoprotein transport enhances the distribution of HIV-1 protease inhibitors into brain and testes.
- CYP3A activity in African American and European American men: population differences and functional effect of the CYP3A4*1B5'-promoter region polymorphism.
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