- Dr. James R Howe, MD
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Dr. James R Howe, MD
General Surgery
- Iowa, Iowa City
Overview
Dr. James R Howe, MD works in Iowa City, Iowa is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Barnes Hospital in 1988. Dr. Howe is affiliated with University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics and practicing for 36 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Arthritic Metacarpophalangeal (MCP) Joints
• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Cupping Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• Exercise Management
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• Fear of Getting Married
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Immune Complex Diseases
• Immunodeficiency Syndromes
• Jaw Dystonia
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Monoclonal Gammopathy of Uncertain Significance
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
• Optic Ataxia
• Photosensitivity
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Skin Lesion
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
• Wrinkles
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Procedures
• Adrenalectomy• Anoscopy With Removal of Anal Tumor
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Biopsy of Breast
• Colectomy
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Excision of Stomach Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
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• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Hepatectomy
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Laparotomy
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Open Thymectomy
• Open Tumor Ablation, Liver
• Pancreatectomy (incl. Pancreas Transplant and Whipple Procedure)
• Parathyroidectomy
• Pelvic Exenteration (For: Gynecologic, Urinary, or Colorectal Malignancy)
• Removal of Reproductive Organs (Hysterectomy, Oophorectomy, Salpingectomy, Salpingo-Oophorectomy, Resection of Peritoneal Malignancy)
• Renal Transplant and Nephrectomy
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Thoracentesis
• Thyroid Lobectomy
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery
Years Since Graduation
- 36
State License
- Iowa
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Barnes Hospital
Year completed: 1988
Year completed: 1988
Residency Hospital
Barnes Hospital Wash University
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Year completed: 1994
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Year completed: 1994
Fellowship Hospital
Meml Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1996
New York, NY, USA
Year completed: 1996
Medical School
University Of Vermont College Of Medicine
Burlington, VT, United States
Graduated: 1987
Burlington, VT, United States
Graduated: 1987
Awards
1 AOA
2 SSO
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Office Locations
Primary location
Unvrsty Iowa Hospital and Clinic GNS
200 Hawkins Drive
Iowa (IA)
Iowa City
52242
Phone:(319) 356-1727
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Alliance Select
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois PPO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- HAP Insurance
- Health Alliance PPO
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Medico
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Thrivent Financial
- Tricare
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield
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