Internal Medicine - Endocrinology

Clinical Care

Diabetes mellitus

Our diabetes program offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of diabetes and related complications. The determination and evaluation of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism to assist in treatments including:

• Intensive insulin therapies, including pump therapy and 72 hour continuous glucose monitoring
• Comprehensive diabetes education by our American Diabetes Association-certified program
• Computer-assisted glucose monitoring and analysis
• Pharmacotherapies for Type 2 diabetes
• Clinical research involving new treatment therapies

See our Diabetes Outpatient Intensive Treatment Program

Pituitary Gland Disease

Measurement and monitoring of pituitary gland tumors, which often causes adverse symptoms; a tumor, for example, may exert consequential pressure onto areas that surround it, such as the optic nerve to cause visual problems. Evaluation mechanisms include:

• Stimulation and suppression testing to evaluate function of the pituitary gland
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) / computerized axial tomography (CT) scans for visualization of a pituitary mass

Treatments include:

• Neurosurgical consultation and procedural evaluation
• Hormonal replacement therapies
• New medical therapies

Intensive Obesity Management

Furthering efforts to assist in the management of obesity through the use of multiple applications, including:

• Low-calorie diets
• Lifestyle changes through the incorporation of group therapies
• Clinical investigations
• New pharmacotherapies
• New nutritional applications

Hypercalcemia

Evaluation of the metabolism of calcium including hormone regulation and consequently, excessive calcium levels in the serum

• Measurement of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTH-rp)
• Assessment of renal function as it relates to calcium excretion
• Dual energy X-ray absorptionmetery (DEXA) bone mass measurements

Thyroid Disease

Evaluation of the thyroid gland to aid in research and development of new treatment therapies for the following disorders:

• Thyroidtoxicosis (Graves' Disease)
• Thyroid Nodules
• Hypothyroidism and goiters
  

Thyroid Cancer

Treatment of thyroid cancer. For helpful patient information please see www.thyroidcancerdoctor.com.

Management of Transgendered Individuals

Our transgender management program offers comprehensive evaluation and hormonal management of transgendered individuals. To schedule an appointment please call 859-323-2232 and have your primary care provider and/or therapist fax a letter to 859-257-2637. To facilitate your evaluation, current (within the last six months) laboratory evaluations are required, including fasting lipid panel, metabolic panel, liver function tests, and a hemogram. These can be obtained from your primary care provider.

Clinical Services

Contact Numbers

New Patient and Follow-up Appointments
(859) 323-2232

Emergency Numbers

After-hours patients may call the paging operator at (859) 323-5321 and ask for the Endocrine Attending Physician on-call.

Patient Referral Guidelines:

Must have primary care physician referral.
Patient records required when appointment is made.

Insurance accepted:

• UK HMO
• CHA
• Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield
• Blue Grass Family Health
• Humana
• United Health Care
• Cigna
• Aetna
• Other indemnity plans

Endocrine Clinic is located in the Medicine Clinic on the 2nd floor of the Kentucky Clinic, 740 S. Limestone, Lexington, KY