Dr. Steven K. Branch M.D., PH.D.
Surgeon
250 Green St Suite 210 Gardner MA, 01440Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Steven Branch is a general surgeon practicing in Gardner, MA. Dr. Branch specializes in abdominal contents including the esophagus, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas and often thyroid glands. General surgeons are able to deal with almost any surgical or critical care emergency, also involving the skin or soft tissue trauma. Dr. Branch provides quality surgical service for gravely ill or injured patients and is able to respond quickly due to knowledge of various surgical procedures.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Enhancement of sterol synthesis by the monoterpene perillyl alcohol is unaffected by competitive 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase inhibition.
- Isolation and partial purification of a melanocyte-stimulating hormone receptor from B16 murine melanoma cells. A novel approach using a cleavable biotinylated photoactivated ligand and streptavidin-coated magnetic beads.
- Application of 1H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to the analysis of beta-lactam antibiotics and their common degradation products.
- Microderivatization of 4-[18O]hydroxyproline and quantitation with a benchtop mass spectrometer.
- Applications of modern-high-field NMR spectroscopy in medicinal chemistry.
- Racemic and optically active trans 2,6-dimethyl analogues of the reversed ester of pethidine.
- The structure of phenindamine base and salts in the solute state.
- Identification of a melanocortin receptor expressed by murine brain microvascular endothelial cells in culture.
- Chiral discrimination of phenethylamines with beta-cyclodextrin and heptakis(2,3-di-O-acetyl)beta-cyclodextrin by capillary electrophoresis and NMR spectroscopy.
- Synthesis and biological evaluation of alpha-MSH analogues substituted with alanine.
- Influence of alpha-MSH terminal amino acids on binding affinity and biological activity in melanoma cells.
- The melanocortin (MC3) receptor from rat hypothalamus: photoaffinity labelling and binding of alanine-substituted alpha-MSH analogues.
- Evidence for the internalization of [125I-Tyr2, Nle4, D-Phe7] alpha-MSH following binding to the MSH receptor of B16 murine melanoma cells.
- A cleavable biotinylated photoactivable derivative of alpha-MSH. Its application to the characterization and isolation of the alpha-MSH receptor.
- Melanocortin probes for the melanoma MC1 receptor: synthesis, receptor binding and biological activity.
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