Physician

General Surgery

Dr. John Whelchel, MD

John Whelchel is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He studied medicine at Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FACS)". John Whelchel, MD is a published doctor and has 41 publications published. The lastest was: 'Evolving strategies in immunosuppressive therapy: the Emory experience.'

Publications

Modulation of ongoing antibody synthesis by antibody-coated platelets in the rat: opposite effects of antibody classes.
Conversion of immunogenicity of blood to tolerogenicity by prior platelet transfusions in rabbits.
Reversal of presensitization by platelet-antibody complex is not determinant-specific.
Alterations in myocardial thallium-201 distribution in patients with chronic systemic hypertension undergoing single-photon emission computed tomography.
Reversal of blood-induced sensitization by antibody-coated platelets.
Impaired lymphocyte transformation response to cytomegalovirus and phytohemagglutinin in recipients of renal transplants: association with antithymocyte globulin.
Captopril as a predictor of curable hypertension in renal transplant recipients.
Cardiac transplantation. A review of the experience of the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
Outcome of renal transplantation in patients with primary cytomegalovirus infection.
Hypertension after successful renal transplantation.
Remission of essential hypertension after renal transplantation.
Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with renal transplants: potentiation by antithymocyte globulin and an incompatible graft.
Effect of primary and recurrent cytomegalovirus infections upon graft and patient survival after renal transplantation.
The natural history and surgical treatment of hypercalcemia before and after renal transplantation.
Outcome of second kidney allografts following failure of transplants from living-related donors.
Renal allograft rejection: evaluation by Doppler US and MR imaging.
Effect of pretransplant stored donor-specific blood transfusions on early renal allograft survival in one-haplotype living related transplants.
Successful renal transplantation in hyperoxaluria. A report of two cases.
Epitope specificity of HLA class I alloantibodies. I. Frequency analysis of antibodies to private versus public specificities in potential transplant recipients.
Ureteral Obstruction due to calculi in the early postoperative period in renal cadaveric transplantation: a case report and discussion of ureteral Obstruction in the r...
The adjunctive value of equine antithymocyte membrane globulin in a randomized study of patients undergoing cadaveric renal transplantation.
Survival of patients returning to chronic dialysis after a failed renal transplant.
Delayed urinary bladder Leak after combined kidney-pancreas transplantation. Association with penile prosthesis implantation.
Efficacy of OKT3 monoclonal antibody therapy in steroid-resistant, predominantly Vascular acute rejection. A report of three cases with morphologic and immunophenotypi...
Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation: initial experience of the Emory University transplant service.
Diagnosis of impaired renal function after kidney transplantation using renal scintigraphy, renal plasma flow and urinary excretion of hippurate.
Racial issues in renal transplantation: the Emory University experience.
Atrial natriuretic factor does not improve the outcome of cadaveric renal transplantation.
The effect of pretransplant stored donor-specific blood transfusion on renal allograft survival in one-haplotype living-related transplant recipients.
Evolving strategies in immunosuppressive therapy: the Emory experience.
Inhibition of angiotensin-converting enzyme in renal-transplant recipients with hypertension.
Microchimerism and rejection in clinical transplantation.
Comparison of fine-needle aspiration biopsy, Doppler ultrasound, and radionuclide scintigraphy in the diagnosis of acute allograft dysfunction in renal transplant reci...
Drainage of the exocrine pancreas in clinical transplantation: comparison of bladder versus enteric drainage in a consecutive series.
Pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of mycophenolate mofetil in combination with sirolimus or ciclosporin in renal transplant patients.
Renal function with cyclosporine C2 monitoring, enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium and basiliximab: a 12-month randomized trial in renal transplant recipients.
12-month safety and efficacy of everolimus with reduced exposure cyclosporine in de novo renal transplant recipients.
Therapeutic drug monitoring for everolimus in kidney transplantation using 12-month exposure, efficacy, and safety data.
Everolimus with optimized cyclosporine dosing in renal transplant recipients: 6-month safety and efficacy results of two randomized studies.
Ten-year follow-up in patients with combined heart and kidney transplantation.

Schools

Medical College Of Georgia School Of Medicine
Wilford Hall Usaf Med Center
Mass Genl Hospital Harvard

Procedures Preformed

Appendectomy, Open
Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
Embolectomy, Thrombectomy, or Vessel Exploration
Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
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Conditions Treated

Abdominal Pain
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak (CSF Leak)
Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
Hyperparathyroidism
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Doctors Specialties

General Surgery

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow (FACS)

Education

Massachusetts General Hospital
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine

Hospital

Piedmont Hospital

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