Dr. Martha L Elks MD
Internist
80 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE Atlanta GA, 30303About
Dr. Martha Elks is an internist practicing in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Elks specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Elks provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Univ of Nc At Chapel Hill Sch of Med, Chapel Hill Nc 1977
Physician Assistant Studies, Barry University, FL 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Serotonin synthesis and release in brain slices: independence of tryptophan.
- Serotonin synthesis and release in brain slices: independence of tryptophan.
- Classification of diabetes: is it time for 1.5?
- Scripted oral examinations of internal medicine students' clinical skills with simulated patients.
- No single best answer.
- Morehouse School of Medicine.
- Fat oxidation and diabetes of obesity: the Randle hypothesis revisited.
- Pseudohypoglycemia in adult victims of adolescent incest.
- Effects of thyroid hormone on regulation of lipolysis and adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate metabolism in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
- A role for soluble cAMP phosphodiesterases in differentiation of 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
- Antilipolytic action of insulin: role of cAMP phosphodiesterase activation.
- Effect of N6-(L-2-phenylisopropyl)adenosine and insulin on cAMP metabolism in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
- Premedical education: a modest proposal debated.
- Hormone-sensitive particulate cAMP phosphodiesterase activity in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. Regulation of responsiveness by dexamethasone.
- Selective effects of phosphodiesterase inhibitors on different phosphodiesterases, adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate metabolism, and lipolysis in 3T3-L1 adipocytes.
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