Dr. Alan P Farwell M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
88 E Newton St # 201 Department Of Endocr Boston MA, 02118Rating
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About
Dr. Alan Farwell practices Endocrinology in Boston, MA. Dr. Farwell 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. Farwell examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ Of Ma Med Sch- Worcester Ma 1984
University of Massachusetts / Worcester Campus 1984
University Of Massachusetts Medical School 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The mammalian homolog of the frog type II selenodeiodinase does not encode a functional enzyme in the rat.
- Thyroid hormone regulates the expression of laminin in the developing rat cerebellum.
- Thyroid hormone regulates the extracellular organization of laminin on astrocytes.
- Cloning, expression, and functional characterization of the substrate binding subunit of rat type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase.
- Myosin V plays an essential role in the thyroid hormone-dependent endocytosis of type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase.
- Real-time visualization of processive myosin 5a-mediated vesicle movement in living astrocytes.
- Dissociation of actin polymerization and enzyme inactivation in the hormonal regulation of type II iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase activity in astrocytes.
- Thyroid hormone-dependent redistribution of the 55-kilodalton monomer of protein disulfide isomerase in cultured glial cells.
- Regulation of cerebellar neuronal migration and neurite outgrowth by thyroxine and 3,3',5'-triiodothyronine.
- Dynamic nongenomic actions of thyroid hormone in the developing rat brain.
- Unsatisfactory consequences from fine-needle aspiration biopsy of thyroid nodules.
- Evidence that type II 5'-deiodinase is not a selenoprotein.
- Thyroid hormone therapy is not indicated in the majority of patients with the sick euthyroid syndrome.
- Effect of methyl iodide on deiodinase activity.
- Localization of type I iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase to the basolateral plasma
Awards
- 2011 Boston Super Doctors
- 1990 Fellow American College Of Physicians .
- 2009-2010 Best Doctors in America
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Cancer
- Thyroiditis
- Goiter
- Graves' Disease
Fellowships
- Umass Medical Center, Fellow 1987
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