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1. Helzberg, J.H., Pinnick, R., Grantham, J.J.: Refractory hypercalcemia: management with intravenous fluids and furosemide. J. Kansas Med Soc 40:16-9, 1983.
2. Snavely, S.R., Helzberg, J.H., Bodensteiner, D.C., Plapp, F.V., Davis, J.W., Hodges, G.R: Profound neutropenia associated with benzylpenicillin. South Med J. 76:1299.
3. Helzberg, J.H., McPhee, M.S., Zarling, E.J., Lukert, B.P.: Hepatocellular carcinoma: an unusual course with hyperthyroidism and inappropriate TSH production. Gastroenterology 88:181-7, 1985.
4. Helzberg, J.H., McCallum, R.W.: Flexible sigmoidoscopy: safety and usefulness in the geriatric patient. Geriatrics 40:105-7, 1984.
5. Helzberg, J.H., Greenberger, N.J.: Peritoneovenous shunts in malignant ascites. Dig Disease Sci 30:1104-7, 1985.
6. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary biliary cirrhosis. In: Bayless, T.M., ed Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease 2:397-400. B.C. Decker, Philadelphia, 1986.
7. Conn, H.O., Helzberg, J.H.: Portal hypertension. In: Gitnick, G.C., ed Current Hepatology 6:131- 238. Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1986.
8. Rigas, R., Rosenfeld, L.E., Barwick, K.W., Enriquez, R., Helzberg, J.H., Batsford, W.P., Josephson, M.E., Riely, C.A.: Amiodarone hepatotoxity: a clinicopathologic study of five cases. Ann Intern Med 104:348-51, 1986.
9. Helzberg, J.H., Spiro, H.M.: “LFTs” test more than the liver. J Am Med Assoc. 256:3006-7, 1986.
10. Helzberg, J.H., Brown, M.S., Smith, D.J., Gordon, E.R.: Metabolic state of the rat liver with ethanol: comparison of in vivo 31 phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with freeze clamp assessment. Hepatology 7:83-88, 1987.
11. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary scherosing cholangitis: In: Gitnick, G.D., ed Current Gastroenterology 7:336-44, 1987.
12. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary scherosing cholangitis: a review of clinicopathologic features and comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Gastroenterology 92:1869-75, 1987.
13. Ludwig, J., Rosen, C.B., Lindor, K.D., Helzberg, J.H., Watson, K.R.: Chronic cholestasis in a young man. Hepatology 20:1351-5, 1994.
14. Genzlinger, J.L., McPhee, M.S., Fisher, J.K., Jacob, K.M., Helzberg, J.H.:Significance of retroperitoneal air after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy. Am J Gastroenterology 94:1267-70, 1999.
15. Helling, T.H., Helzberg, J. H., Nachnani, J.S., Gurram, K.: Predicators of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: when is liver biopsy indicated? Surg Obes Related Dis.5:612-7,2008.
16. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Browne, J.E., Brewer, J.H., Monaco, M.E., Tang, F. O’Keefe, J.H.: Cardiometabolic abnormalities in current National Football League Players. Am J Cardiology 103: 969-71, 2009.
17. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F.: Increased cardiovascular mortality in professional football players: fact or fiction? Am J Med 122:811-14, 2009.
18. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Browne, J.E., Brewer, J.H., Monaco, M.E., Tang, F., O’Keefe, J.H.:Elevated alanine aminotransferase in current National Football League players: correlation with cardio-metabolic syndrome markers, obesity, and insulin resistance. Southern Med J 102:1003-6, 2009.
19. Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Camillo, J.Selden, M.A., Tang, F., Joyce, J.A., Browne, J.E., O’Keefe, J.H.: Comparison of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in professional baseball players. Am J Cardiology 106:664-7, 2010.
20. Helzberg, J.H., Camillo, J., Waeckerle, J.F., O’Keefe, J.H.: Review of cardiometabolic risk factors among current professional football and professional baseball players. Physician and SportsMed 38:1-6, 2010.
21. Camillo J., Helzberg, J.H.: Obesity and metabolic syndrome in football players. Can J Diabetes.486-7, 2011.
John H. Helzberg, MD
Transplant Hepatology
Hepatology
Gastroenterology
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About John H. Helzberg
Dr. Helzberg has been at Saint Luke's for more than 25 years. He strives to deliver compassionate, optimal medical care to patients.
He is board certified in gastroenterology.
Awards:- Kansas City Super Doctor 2007- 2013
- Best Doctors in America 1996 - 2012
- Top Physicians in America 2002 - 2012
- Top Doc in Kansas City, 435-South Magazine 2013
- Best Gastroenterologist in Kansas City 2007,2008,2009, Kansas City Magazine
Academic Title
Marion Bloch Professor of Medicine
Publications
1. Helzberg, J.H., Pinnick, R., Grantham, J.J.: Refractory hypercalcemia: management with intravenous fluids and furosemide. J. Kansas Med Soc 40:16-9, 1983.
2. Snavely, S.R., Helzberg, J.H., Bodensteiner, D.C., Plapp, F.V., Davis, J.W., Hodges, G.R: Profound neutropenia associated with benzylpenicillin. South Med J. 76:1299.
3. Helzberg, J.H., McPhee, M.S., Zarling, E.J., Lukert, B.P.: Hepatocellular carcinoma: an unusual course with hyperthyroidism and inappropriate TSH production. Gastroenterology 88:181-7, 1985.
4. Helzberg, J.H., McCallum, R.W.: Flexible sigmoidoscopy: safety and usefulness in the geriatric patient. Geriatrics 40:105-7, 1984.
5. Helzberg, J.H., Greenberger, N.J.: Peritoneovenous shunts in malignant ascites. Dig Disease Sci 30:1104-7, 1985.
6. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary biliary cirrhosis. In: Bayless, T.M., ed Current Therapy in Gastroenterology and Liver Disease 2:397-400. B.C. Decker, Philadelphia, 1986.
7. Conn, H.O., Helzberg, J.H.: Portal hypertension. In: Gitnick, G.C., ed Current Hepatology 6:131- 238. Year Book Medical Publishers, Chicago, 1986.
8. Rigas, R., Rosenfeld, L.E., Barwick, K.W., Enriquez, R., Helzberg, J.H., Batsford, W.P., Josephson, M.E., Riely, C.A.: Amiodarone hepatotoxity: a clinicopathologic study of five cases. Ann Intern Med 104:348-51, 1986.
9. Helzberg, J.H., Spiro, H.M.: “LFTs” test more than the liver. J Am Med Assoc. 256:3006-7, 1986.
10. Helzberg, J.H., Brown, M.S., Smith, D.J., Gordon, E.R.: Metabolic state of the rat liver with ethanol: comparison of in vivo 31 phosphorus nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with freeze clamp assessment. Hepatology 7:83-88, 1987.
11. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary scherosing cholangitis: In: Gitnick, G.D., ed Current Gastroenterology 7:336-44, 1987.
12. Helzberg, J.H., Boyer, J.L.: Primary scherosing cholangitis: a review of clinicopathologic features and comparison of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Gastroenterology 92:1869-75, 1987.
13. Ludwig, J., Rosen, C.B., Lindor, K.D., Helzberg, J.H., Watson, K.R.: Chronic cholestasis in a young man. Hepatology 20:1351-5, 1994.
14. Genzlinger, J.L., McPhee, M.S., Fisher, J.K., Jacob, K.M., Helzberg, J.H.:Significance of retroperitoneal air after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography with sphincterotomy. Am J Gastroenterology 94:1267-70, 1999.
15. Helling, T.H., Helzberg, J. H., Nachnani, J.S., Gurram, K.: Predicators of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: when is liver biopsy indicated? Surg Obes Related Dis.5:612-7,2008.
16. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Browne, J.E., Brewer, J.H., Monaco, M.E., Tang, F. O’Keefe, J.H.: Cardiometabolic abnormalities in current National Football League Players. Am J Cardiology 103: 969-71, 2009.
17. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F.: Increased cardiovascular mortality in professional football players: fact or fiction? Am J Med 122:811-14, 2009.
18. Selden, M.A., Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Browne, J.E., Brewer, J.H., Monaco, M.E., Tang, F., O’Keefe, J.H.:Elevated alanine aminotransferase in current National Football League players: correlation with cardio-metabolic syndrome markers, obesity, and insulin resistance. Southern Med J 102:1003-6, 2009.
19. Helzberg, J.H., Waeckerle, J.F., Camillo, J.Selden, M.A., Tang, F., Joyce, J.A., Browne, J.E., O’Keefe, J.H.: Comparison of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in professional baseball players. Am J Cardiology 106:664-7, 2010.
20. Helzberg, J.H., Camillo, J., Waeckerle, J.F., O’Keefe, J.H.: Review of cardiometabolic risk factors among current professional football and professional baseball players. Physician and SportsMed 38:1-6, 2010.
21. Camillo J., Helzberg, J.H.: Obesity and metabolic syndrome in football players. Can J Diabetes.486-7, 2011.
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Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry
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