Dr. Gabriel I. Uwaifo, MD, FACS, FTOS, FACP
Endocrinology, Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
2750 GAUSE BLVD E Slidell LA, 70461About
Dr. Gabriel Uwaifo practices Endocrinology in Jackson, MS. Dr. Uwaifo specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases related to hormone imbalance, and the bodys glands in the endocrine system. Endocrinologists are trained and certified to treat a variety of conditions, including menopause, diabetes, infertility, and thyroid disorders, among many others. Dr. Uwaifo examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University of Ibadan / College of Medicine MD 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Diabetes but not psoriasis.
- Hypertensive emergencies.
- A case of spurious hypercalcitoninemia: a cautionary tale on the use of plasma calcitonin assays in the screening of patients with thyroid nodules for neoplasia.
- Is there a therapeutic role for octreotide in patients with ectopic Cushing's syndrome?
- Venous thrombosis and conjugated equine estrogen in women without a uterus.
- Are gastrointestinal symptoms related to diabetes mellitus and glycemic control?
- Spontaneous rib fractures in a black woman with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia.
- Orlistat: current status in clinical therapeutics.
- A case of profound weight loss secondary to use of phentermine.
- Clinical pharmacist services in a multidisciplinary weight management clinic.
- Graves' disease, hypoparathyroidism, systemic lupus erythematosus, alopecia, and angioedema: autoimmune polyglandular syndrome variant or coincidence?
- Phentermine and topiramate for the management of obesity: a review.
- Graves orbitopathy: update on diagnosis and therapy.
- Hypercortisolism in obesity-associated hypertension.
- Differences in short-term food preferences following vertical sleeve gastrectomy and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
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