Top Reknown Porphyria Specialists
in the U.S.
Dr. Joseph R. Bloomer M.D.
Internal Medicine / Porphyria Specialist
Univeristy of Alabama Medical School
Gastroenterology
UAB Liver Lab 664 MCLM
1918 University Blvd.
Birmingham, AL 35294
PHONE: (205) 975-9699
EMAIL:
j_bloomer@gasmnac.som.uab.edu
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Dr. Claus Pierach M.D.
Porphyria Specialist (world reknown & just retired)
(((((He is currently devoting time to physician education
on the porphyrias nationwide ---Also can speak on
the controversial Panhematin and Ovation Pharmaceuticals)))))))))
University of Minnesota Medical School
Medical Education 11135
Abbott-Northwestern Hospital
800 East 28th Street
Minneapolis, MN 55407-3799
PHONE: [612] 863-4212
EMAIL:
ClausAPierach-2@tc.umn.edu
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Dr. Dwight Montgomery Bissell M.D.
Gastroenterology
UCSF Medical School & Hospital
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California
Phone: 1 [800] 548-3789
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Dr. Neville Roy Pimstone M.D.
Gastroenterology
University of California Medical School-Davis
Clinic-Sacramento CA 95817
Does testing and treatment of all kinds of porphyria.
PHONE: 1 [916] 734-3751
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Dr. Herbert Lloyd Bonkovsky M.D.
Gastroenterology
Univeristy of Connecticutt Medical School
Farmingtoin, CT
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Dr. Kenneth H. Astrin Ph.D. & Dr. Robert Desnick M.D>
DNA TESTING ONLY ************
Genetics Department
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Manhattan, NY
PHONE: [212] 659-6783
*They do not do general testing or treat patients
....just DNA testing.
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Dr. James Paul Kushner M.D.
Hematology & Internal Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
PHONE: [801] 581-6734
Does testing and treatment of all types of porphyria.
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Dr. Karl Elmo Anderson M.D. (Porphyria Researcher / APF)
Gastroenterology
Professor of PM & CH
Dvision of Human Nutrition
The NIH General Clinical Research Center
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
301 University Boulevard
Galveston TX 77555
PHONE: [409] 772-4661
EMAIL:
kanderso@utmb.edu
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****Websites for all of these can be found either by
their name or medical school.
All are listed at:
http://porphbook.tripod.com/13b.html
