Dr. Lewis Stuart Blevins MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
3601 Tvc Nashville TN, 37232About
Dr. Lewis Blevins is an endocrinologist specializing in the evaluation and management of pituitary and hypothalamus disorders, including acromegaly, prolactinoma, other pituitary tumors, diabetes insipidus, ...
Education and Training
Quillen College of Medicine 1987
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The utility of external beam radiation and intracystic 32P radiation in the treatment of craniopharyngiomas.
- Hypertension in an adolescent boy.
- Pitfalls to avoid while interpreting thyroid function tests: five illustrative
- Treatment of adult patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency: a clinical practice audit.
- The efficacy of linear accelerator radiosurgery in the management of patients with Cushing's disease.
- Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone hypersecretion due to a primary pulmonary paraganglioma.
- Visual vignette. Hypopituitarism with central diabetes insipidus attributable to traumatic brain injury.
- Markedly impaired fibrinolytic balance contributes to cardiovascular risk in adults with growth hormone deficiency.
- Malignant pheochromocytoma of the organ of Zuckerkandl requiring aortic and vena caval reconstruction.
- Low-dose growth hormone administration mobilizes endothelial progenitor cells in healthy adults.
- Pre-operative dopamine agonist therapy improves post-operative tumor control following prolactinoma resection.
- Prevalence of valvular heart disease in a cohort of patients taking cabergoline
- Recent advances in the treatment of acromegaly.
- Long term outcome following repeat transsphenoidal surgery for recurrent endocrine-inactive pituitary adenomas.
- Extreme correction of hyponatremia in a patient treated with intravenous conivaptan.
Fellowships
- Johns Hopkins Hospital 1993
- Johns Hopkins Hospital, Endocrinology 1993
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