Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Richard A. Weisiger, MD
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Richard Weisiger works in the field of Gastroenterology. He studied medicine at Duke University School of Medicine. Duke University School of Medicine is one of the top medical schools in the US. Duke University School of Medicine is ranked 8/29 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Elected Member". Richard A. Weisiger, MD is a published doctor and has 67 publications published. The lastest was: 'Modulation of aspartate aminotransferase release and fatty acid uptake by ethanol.' Richard A. Weisiger, MD accepts Medicare payments and is registered with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Mechanisms of intracellular fatty acid transport: role of cytoplasmic-binding proteins.
- Isolation in Illinois of a foreign strain of Ehrlichia canis, the causative agent of canine ehrlichiosis (tropical canine pancytopenia).
- Receptor for albumin on the liver cell surface may mediate uptake of fatty acids and other albumin-bound substances.
- Superoxide dismutase. Organelle specificity.
- Mitochondrial superoxide simutase. Site of synthesis and intramitochondrial localization.
- Efficient clearance of non-transferrin-bound iron by rat liver. Implications for hepatic iron loading in iron overload states.
- Dissociation from albumin: a potentially rate-limiting step in the clearance of substances by the liver.
- Characterization of non-transferrin-bound iron clearance by rat liver.
- The hepatic sinusoid is not well-stirred: estimation of the degree of axial mixing by analysis of lobular concentration gradients formed during uptake of thyroxine by ...
- Oxygen radicals and ischemic tissue injury.
- Phenobarbital specifically increases the hepatocellular uptake of sulfobromophthalein-glutathione.
- Uptake of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine by the perfused rat liver: return to the free hormone hypothesis.
- On plasma protein-mediated transport of steroid and thyroid hormones.
- Uptake of thyroxine by the perfused rat liver: implications for the free hormone hypothesis.
- Sex differences in sulfobromophthalein-glutathione transport by perfused rat liver.
- Non-transferrin-bound iron uptake by rat liver. Role of membrane potential difference.
- Sex differences in membrane potential in the intact perfused rat liver.
- Thyroid hormone-binding proteins in plasma facilitate uniform distribution of thyroxine within tissues: a perfused rat liver study.
- Uptake of oleate from albumin solutions by rat liver. Failure to detect catalysis of the dissociation of oleate from albumin by an albumin receptor.
- Interaction of natural and synthetic albumin polymers with hepatocytes.
- Models of hepatic elimination.
- Hepatic oleate uptake. Electrochemical driving forces in intact rat liver.
- Uptake of cortisol by the perfused rat liver: validity of the free hormone hypothesis applied to cortisol.
- Uptake and metabolism of polymerized albumin by rat liver. Role of the scavenger receptor.
- The hepatocellular transport of sulfobromophthalein-glutathione by clofibrate treated, perfused rat liver.
- Increased sinusoidal volume and solute extraction during retrograde liver perfusion.
- Albumin enhances unidirectional fluxes of fatty acid across a lipid-water interface: theory and experiments.
- Thyroxine uptake by perfused rat liver. No evidence for facilitation by five different thyroxine-binding proteins.
- Uptake of corticosterone by the perfused rat liver.
- Hepatic uptake of protein-bound ligands: extended sinusoidal perfusion model.
- HCO3(-)-coupled Na+ influx is a major determinant of Na+ turnover and Na+/K+ pump activity in rat hepatocytes.
- Hepatic transport of a fluorescent stearate derivative: electrochemical driving forces in intact rat liver.
- Hepatic uptake of 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine: electrochemical driving forces.
- Uptake of palmitate by hepatocyte suspensions: facilitation by albumin?
- A new method for quantitating intracellular transport: application to the thyroid hormone 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine.
- Transfer of fatty acids between intracellular membranes: roles of soluble binding proteins, distance, and time.
- Affinity of human serum albumin for bilirubin varies with albumin concentration and buffer composition: results of a novel ultrafiltration method.
- Carbon monoxide and sepsis: is a toxic gas good for your liver?
- Induction of hepatic cytosolic fatty acid binding protein with clofibrate accelerates both membrane and cytoplasmic transport of palmitate.
- Saturable stimulation of fatty acid transport through model cytoplasm by soluble binding protein.
- Modulation of aspartate aminotransferase release and fatty acid uptake by ethanol.
- Sex differences in multiple steps in hepatic transport of palmitate support a balanced uptake mechanism.
- Nontraditional effects of protein binding and hematocrit on uptake of indocyanine green by perfused rat liver.
- Toxic waste or hormone? Carbon monoxide as a regulator of sinusoidal tone.
- When is a carrier not a membrane carrier? The cytoplasmic transport of amphipathic molecules.
- Intrahepatic blood flow distribution in the perfused rat liver: effect of hepatic artery perfusion.
- Endothelin induced contractility of stellate cells from normal and cirrhotic rat liver: implications for regulation of portal pressure and resistance.
- Hepatic taurocholate uptake is electrogenic and influenced by transmembrane potential difference.
- Extending the multiple indicator dilution method to include slow intracellular diffusion.
- Sex differences in intracellular fatty acid transport: role of cytoplasmic binding proteins.
- Calibration of albumin-fatty acid binding constants measured by heptane-water partition.
- Effects of gender and pregnancy on hepatocellular uptake of palmitic acid: facilitation by albumin.
- Recovery of hepatic drug extraction after hypothermic preservation.
- Transport proteins and molecular biology: is cloning the beginning or the end?
- Thiol S-methyltransferase: suggested role in detoxication of Intestinal hydrogen sulfide.
- Rates of sulfobromophthalein (BSP) uptake by hepatocytes from fed and fasted rats.
- Measurement of serum bilirubin and its mono- and diconjugates: application to patients with hepatobiliary Disease.
- Specific and saturable binding of albumin to rat adipocytes: modulation by epinephrine and possible role in free fatty acid transfer.
- The role of albumin in hepatic uptake processes.
- Effect of albumin binding on extraction of sulfobromophthalein by perfused elasmobranch liver: evidence for dissociation-limited uptake.
- Hepatic uptake of albumin-bound substances: albumin receptor concept.
- Thiol S-methyltransferase.
- Thiol S-methyltransferase from rat liver.
- The multiple roles of the glutathione transferases (ligandins).
- Scatchard plots.
- Cytosolic fatty acid binding proteins catalyze two distinct steps in intracellular transport of their ligands.
Schools
Duke University School Of Medicine
Barnes Jewish Hospital
Princeton University
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
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Doctors Specialties
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Elected Member
Education
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Washington University - Barnes-Jewish Hospital -
Duke University School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1124070636 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | WEISIGER | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | RICHARD | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941170657 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Gastroenterology | |
| Total Claim Count | 113.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1124070636 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | WEISIGER |
| First Name Of The Provider | RICHARD |
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