Dr. Robert Thomas Ferraro MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
5501 Jefferson St Ne Suite #700 Albuquerque NM, 87109Rating
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About
Dr. Robert Ferraro practices Endocrinology in Albuquerque, NM. Dr. Ferraro 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. Ferraro examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ Di Padova- Fac Di Med E Chirurgia- Padova- Italy 1984
Universit‡ degli Studi di Padova Scuola di Medicina e Chirurgia 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Twenty-four-hour energy expenditure in Pima Indians with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.
- Spontaneous physical activity and obesity: cross-sectional and longitudinal studies in Pima Indians.
- Medical weight loss versus bariatric surgery: does method affect body composition and weight maintenance after 15% reduction in body weight?
- Increased meal frequency attenuates fat-free mass losses and some markers of health status with a portion-controlled weight loss diet.
- Nutrition support of the critically ill obese patient.
- Energy metabolism in weight-stable postobese individuals.
- Ad libitum food intake on a "cafeteria diet" in Native American women: relations with body composition and 24-h energy expenditure.
- Spontaneous overfeeding with a 'cafeteria diet' in men: effects on 24-hour energy expenditure and substrate oxidation.
- Energy cost of arousal: effect of sex, race and obesity.
- Determinants of total daily energy expenditure: variability in physical activity.
- Relationship between skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase activity and 24-hour macronutrient oxidation.
- Daily energy expenditure by five-year-old children, measured by doubly labeled water.
- Effect of phenylpropanolamine on energy expenditure and weight loss in overweight women.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Vascular Disease
- Goiter
- Graves' Disease
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