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Ross Tucker, MD, Nephrology, Sarasota, FL

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Nephrology Sarasota, FL

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  • Office

    5870 Benevento Drive
    Sarasota, FL 34238
    Phone+1 941-343-3276
    Fax+1 941-328-9056

Education & Training

  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Nephrology, 1964 - 1966
  • SUNY at Buffalo Graduate Medical-Dental Education Consortium (Millard Fillmore)
    SUNY at Buffalo Graduate Medical-Dental Education Consortium (Millard Fillmore)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1959 - 1962
  • Millard Fillmore Hospital
    Millard Fillmore HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 1958 - 1959
  • McGill University Faculty of Medicine
    McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1958
  • Dartmouth College
    Dartmouth CollegeA.B., 1954

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 1980 - 2018
  • MN State Medical License
    MN State Medical License 1964 - 2017

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Doctors in North America Best Doctors in America, 1998
  • Best Doctors in America Woodward and White, Inc., 1998
  • Best Doctors in America, South East Region Woodward and White, Inc., 1996
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Hydrochlorothiazide decreases urinary calcium excretion without altered renal response to parathyroid hormone in patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria  
    Van Den Berg, C.J., Tucker, R.M., Dousa, T.P., J Clin End and Metab, 1/1/1982
  • Hypertension: special diagnostic and treatment considerations in the elderly  
    Tucker, R.M., Geriatrics, 1/1/1980
  • Saralasin infusion in Renovascular hypertension: Increased response in seated patients  
    Tucker, R.M., Sheps, S.G., Brennan, L.A., Jr., Mayo Clin Proc, 1/1/1980
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • Hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
    Tucker, R.M., American Society of Hypertension Annual Meeting, New York, NY, 1/27/1986
  • Hydrochlorothiazide decreases urinary calcium excretion without altered renal response to parathyroid hormone in patients with idiopathic hypercalciuria.
    Tucker, R.M., Van Den Berg, C.., Dousa, T.P., Clin Res, 1/1/1981
  • Increased urinary uric acid super saturation with chronic ticrynafen therapy.
    Tucker, R.M., Van Den Berg, C.J., Seventh Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension, 1/1/1980
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Lectures

  • Little Known Facts about Our Last Frontier, Alaska. 
    1/28/2010
  • History of the Alaska Railroad. 
    1/2/2010
  • Iodine in Health and Disease 
    Sarasota Memorial Hospital, Sarasota, FL - 1/1/2009
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Other

  • Championing the man who found a cure. Dr. Ross Tucker is making a case that the 1952 Nobel Prize for Medicine honored the wrong man for the drug that wiped out tuberc... 
    Stockbridge-Pratt, D Tucker, R.M., Sarasota Herald-Tribune
    1/18/2001
  • If walls could talk. The renovation of two old houses on Pomelo Avenue reveals insight into the city's early years. 
    Stockbridge-Pratt, D Tucker, R.M., Sarasota Herald-Tribune
    1/16/2000
  • Is hypertension different in the elderly? 
    Tucker, R.M., American Heart Times, Winter
    1/1/1981
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Press Mentions

  • Olympics: Namibia’s Sprinters Highlight a Flawed Testosterone Testing System
    Olympics: Namibia’s Sprinters Highlight a Flawed Testosterone Testing SystemAugust 6th, 2021
  • By Conflating Gender and Sex We Undermine Sporting Competition
    By Conflating Gender and Sex We Undermine Sporting CompetitionJune 22nd, 2021
  • World Rugby Bars Transgender Women, Baffling Players
    World Rugby Bars Transgender Women, Baffling PlayersOctober 31st, 2020
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