Department of Internal Medicine
Nephrology Faculty
Medical School:
The University of Iowa
Residency:
The University of Iowa
Fellowship:
The University of Iowa
Rebecca L. Hegeman, M.D.
Associate Professor
Vice Chair for Clinical Programs
Dr. Hegeman serves as Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology and Vice Chair for Clinical Programs in the Department of Internal Medicine. She served as Medical Director of the University of Iowa / Veterans Affairs Medical Center Dialysis Treatment Centers from 2004 to 2008 and continues to actively care for dialysis patients. She also served as one of the Community Faculty Directors for Medical Students from 2001 to 2007.
Dr. Hegeman attended and completed her residency and fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. She received an American Kidney Fund Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship and has participated in several clinical trials pertaining to glomerulonephritis and the use of a hemodialysis machine in the home.
Honors, Awards, and Organizations
- CCOM Collegiate Teaching Award, 2006
- American College of Physicians
- National Kidney Foundation
- American Society of Nephrology
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- John & Oral Sebeling Award, 1986
- Recipient of American Kidney Fund Clinical Scientist in Nephrology Fellowship
Recent Publications
- Kraus, M., Burkart, J., Hegeman, R., Solomon, R., Coplon, N., Moran, and J.: A comparison of center-based vs. home-based daily hemodialysis for patients with ESRD. Hemodialysis International 2007; 11:468-477.
- Hegeman, R.L.: Renal and Urinary Tract Disease. In Wallace RB (ed): Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 15th Ed., Stamford, Connecticut: Appleton & Lange, 2008, Chap. 63.
- Cattran, D., Greenwood, C., Bernstein, K., Hegeman, R., et al: Results of a 6 Month Randomized Controlled Trial of Cyclosporine (T) vs Placebo (C) in Adults with Steroid Resistant Idiopathic Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (SR-FSGS). ASN, 1995.
- Hegeman, R.L., and Hunsicker, L.G.: Chronic rejection in renal allografts: Importance of cardiovascular risk factors, Clinical Transplantation, 9:135-139, 1995.