Dr. Bruce Alan Boston MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
3181 Sw Sam Jackson Park Rd Portland OR, 97239About
Dr. Boston specializes in caring for infants, children and adolescents with endocrine or hormone problems. These include problems with growth, puberty, thyroid, adrenal and any other disorder related ...
Education and Training
Or Hlth Sci Univ Sch of Med, Portland Or 1988
Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine 1989
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD- 1995
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The role of melanocortins in adipocyte function.
- Effect of inhaled corticosteroids on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and growth in children.
- Pro-opiomelanocortin and weight regulation: from mice to men.
- The hypothalamic path to obesity.
- Childhood obesity and the metabolic syndrome.
- Failure-to-thrive in an infant following injection of capillary hemangioma with triamcinolone acetonide.
- Prevalence and trends of metabolic syndrome among Korean adolescents: from the Korean NHANES survey, 1998-2005.
- Imatinib mesylate causes growth deceleration in pediatric patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Cardiac function in congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a pattern of reversible cardiomyopathy.
- Computer modeling of a newly identified THRB gene mutation (S350L) associated with resistance to thyroid hormone in three unrelated patients.
- Use of Telehealth Videoconferencing in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes in Oregon.
- Pilot prospective evaluation of counterpulsation with different intra-aortic balloon volumes on cardiac performance in humans.
- Activating mutation in the stimulatory guanine nucleotide-binding protein in an infant with Cushing's syndrome and nodular adrenal hyperplasia.
- Reversible cardiomyopathy in an infant with unrecognized congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
- Characterization of melanocortin receptor subtype expression in murine adipose tissues and in the 3T3-L1 cell line.
Treatments
- Obesity
- Birth Defects
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Malnutrition
- Thyroiditis
- Graves' Disease
Professional Memberships
- Member Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
- Member Society for Pediatric Research
- Member Western Society for Pediatric Research
- Member American Diabetes Association
Fellowships
- Pediatric Endocrinology, Oregon Health and Science University 1995
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