Dr. Rajagopal Viswanath Sekhar M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1504 Taub Loop Ben Taub General Hos Houston TX, 77030Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Rajagopal Sekhar practices Endocrinology in Houston, TX. Dr. Sekhar 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. Sekhar examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute 1993
St. John's Medical College 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- Interplay of pregnancy, lactation, and hyperthyroidism leading to severe osteoporosis in a young woman.
- Short- and long-term effects of growth hormone (GH) replacement on protein metabolism in GH-deficient adults.
- Pathophysiology of dyslipidemia and increased cardiovascular risk in HIV lipodystrophy: a model of 'systemic steatosis'.
- Severely dysregulated disposal of postprandial triacylglycerols exacerbates
- Heart positive: design of a randomized controlled clinical trial of intensive lifestyle intervention, niacin and fenofibrate for HIV lipodystrophy/dyslipidemia.
- HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome: an accelerated form of the metabolic syndrome of insulin resistance due to altered fat distribution.
- Treatment of dyslipidemia in HIV-infected patients.
- Effects of rosiglitazone on abnormal lipid kinetics in HIV-associated dyslipidemic lipodystrophy: a stable isotope study.
- Glutathione synthesis is diminished in patients with uncontrolled diabetes and restored by dietary supplementation with cysteine and glycine.
- Leptin replacement therapy does not improve the abnormal lipid kinetics of hypoleptinemic patients with HIV-associated lipodystrophy syndrome.
- Lack of evidence to support a beneficial role for glutathione depletion on body weight or glucose tolerance.
- Impaired mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation and insulin resistance in aging: novel protective role of glutathione.
- Relationship of ethnicity and CD4 Count with glucose metabolism among HIV patients on Highly-Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART).
- Effect of increasing glutathione with cysteine and glycine supplementation on mitochondrial fuel oxidation, insulin sensitivity, and body composition in older HIV-infected patients.
- Treatment of dyslipidemia in HIV.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Hives
- Thyroid Cancer
- Goiter
- Graves' Disease
Dr. Rajagopal Viswanath Sekhar M.D.'s Practice location
Practice At 1504 Taub Loop Ben Taub General Hospital
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