Dr. David E. Auer, M.D.

Expert Publications

• An hypothesis on the etio-pathogenesis of equine inflammatory joint disease.
• Superoxide production by stimulated equine polymorphonuclear leukocytes--inhibition by anti-inflammatory drugs.
• Effect of palosein (superoxide dismutase) and catalase upon oxygen derived free radical induced degradation of equine synovial fluid.
• Copper salicylate and copper phenylbutazone as topically applied anti-inflammatory agents in the rat and horse.
• Acute phase response in horses: changes in plasma cation concentrations after localised tissue injury.
• The elimination of injected superoxide dismutase from synovial fluid of the horse.
• A suspected case of acute copper toxicity in a horse.
• Glucose metabolism in a pony mare with a tumour of the pituitary gland pars intermedia.
• Monthly variation in the plasma copper and zinc concentration of pregnant and non-pregnant mares.
• cDNA clones reveal differences between human glial and endothelial cell platelet-derived growth factor A-chains.
• Multiple cartilagenous exostoses in a horse.
• Pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia in Thoroughbred racehorses in training.
• Diaphragmatic rupture in a mare at parturition.
• Illness in horses following spraying with amitraz.
• Kinetics, dose response, tachyphylaxis and cross-tachyphylaxis of vascular leakage induced by endotoxin, zymosan-activated plasma and platelet-activating factor in the horse.

Media Releases

Get to know Family Practitioner Dr. David E. Auer, who serves patients in Houston, Texas.

Dr. Auer is a board-certified family practitioner, who provides quality outpatient services and cosmetic skincare to patients of all ages at his private practice in Houston, Texas. “Whether you have cold or flu symptoms, need your blood pressure or cholesterol monitored and controlled, need a work, sports, or yearly physical examination, or maybe you have a minor laceration or require an immunization, I’m here to care for a wide range of health conditions.” stated Dr. Auer. 

In the past few years, there have been exciting new advances in laser technology. These advances allow the doctor to offer the latest methods of treating many skin lesions, that before now were difficult or impossible to remove.

A 1991 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri, Dr. Auer went on to complete his residency in family medicine at Deaconess Hospital affiliated with St. Louis University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. Previously, he graduated with his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis.

He is board-certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice in family medicine and its sub-specialties. 

Additionally, he is a member of several professional organizations, including the Texas Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. A family practitioner, like Dr. Auer, is a doctor who specializes in caring for the entire family. They serve as a doctor for individuals regardless of their age and gender. Patients can be children, adults, and the elderly, and are treated for a wide array of medical issues. 

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