Dr. James Shelhamer M.D., Critical Care Surgeon
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Dr. James Shelhamer M.D.

Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine

Room 2c145 Bldg 10 Nih Bethesda MD, 20892

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Dr. James Shelhamer is a critical care surgeon practicing in Bethesda, MD. Dr. Shelhamer specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Shelhamer has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.

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Practice At Room 2c145 Bldg 10 Nih

Room 2c145 Bldg 10 Nih -
Bethesda, MD 20892
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New patients: 301-496-9320
Fax: 301-402-1213

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