Dr. Elaine M Worcester MD
Nephrologist (Kidney Specialist) | Nephrology
5841 S MARYLAND AVE CHICAGO IL, 60637About
Dr. Elaine Worcester is a nephrologist practicing in Willowbrook, IL. Dr. Worcester specializes in the care and treatment of the kidneys. As a nephrologist, Dr. Worcester 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
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Stones from bowel disease.
- Apatite plaque particles in inner medulla of kidneys of calcium oxalate stone formers: osteopontin localization.
- Nephrolithiasis and increased blood pressure among females with high body mass index.
- Mechanism of formation of human calcium oxalate renal stones on Randall's plaque.
- Renal intratubular crystals and hyaluronan staining occur in stone formers with bypass surgery but not with idiopathic calcium oxalate stones.
- Role of interstitial apatite plaque in the pathogenesis of the common calcium oxalate stone.
- Histopathology and surgical anatomy of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and calcium phosphate stones.
- Urine pH in renal calcium stone formers who do and do not increase stone phosphate content with time.
- Clinical and laboratory characteristics of calcium stone-formers with and without primary hyperparathyroidism.
- A test of the hypothesis that the collecting duct calcium-sensing receptor limits rise of urine calcium molarity in hypercalciuric calcium kidney stone formers.
- Intra-tubular deposits, urine and stone composition are divergent in patients with ileostomy.
- Plaque and deposits in nine human stone diseases.
- Kidney stones: an update on current pharmacological management and future directions.
- Micro-CT imaging of Randall's plaques.
- Calcium supplementation in chronic kidney disease.
Treatments
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Hemodialysis
- Kidney Stones
Professional Memberships
- Member American Society of Nephrology
- Member Int'l Society of Nephrology
Fellowships
- University of Chicago Hospitals.
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