Potential New Targets Identified for Treatment of Acute Kidney Injury
Basic and clinical investigations have identified a role for kidney-derived glycerol-3-phosphate in stimulating circulating fibroblast growth factor 23 after acute kidney injury.
About Eugene Rhee, MD
Eugene Rhee is Chief of the Nephrology Division at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a Principal Investigator in the Nephrology Division and Endocrine Unit at the MGH, and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from Brown University and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and completed his training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at the MGH. His laboratory studies kidney metabolism using epidemiologic, physiologic, and experimental approaches, with the goal to identify novel markers and mediators of kidney disease and its complications. Dr. Rhee sees general nephrology patients in Renal Associates and attends on the inpatient nephrology consult, ICU, and dialysis services. He lives with his wife and two daughters in Newton, MA.
Clinical Interests:
- Acute Renal Failure
- Chronic kidney disease
- Dialysis
- Glomerulonephritis
- Hypertension
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal Metabolic Disorders
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Renal Associates
165 Cambridge Street
Suite 302
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-5050
Medical Education
- MD, University of Pennsylvania
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Dr. Rhee was very familiar with my medical history and how it related to my current medications, including one that was recently prescribed, period. He spent sufficient time with us to answer all of our questions, period.
I feel that Dr. Rhee is a very good physician. He is knowledgeable. He's knowledgeable about my health history and the problems that I have encountered with different specialties and has worked with my team to provide me the best care. I think he's one of the best doctors at the hospital.
Dr. Rhee is so kind and so efficient and very patient, takes her time with me. I'm having a very serious thing of having to have kidney dialysis and surgery now for my fistula and he just was very supportive and I just really feel very confident with him. Thank you.
Excellent experience, Dr Rhee is most helpful.
I am very happy with Dr. Rhee being my physician. I would go no place else. Thank you.
I am so fortunate to have Dr. Rhee as my provider. He is always so knowledgeable and attentive to my.needs. He is so very caring and follows up with all my concerns. I couldn't ask for more- he is the Best! Sincerely, [redacted]
Caring, professional, and much appreciated.
Hi, Dr. Rhee is a great nephrologist. When I started seeing him two and a half, three years ago, he did make me feel much better about my kidney issues and helped me understand a lot which didn't make me so afraid to eat certain things or just to be mindful of what I'm eating and how much water I intake. He just was very helpful, very thorough and ... Read More
Dr. Rhee and his associate are two of the finest doctors I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Thank you.
Very Good