Mrs. Gita Singh Sikand MD
Pediatrician
9141 Grant St #100 Denver CO, 80229About
Dr. Gita Sikand is a pediatrician practicing in Denver, CO. Dr. Sikand is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Sikand diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Sikand can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Education and Training
Butler University in Indianapolis 1974
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Changes in immunoreactive somatostatin in brain following lidocaine-induced kindling in rat.
- Changes in beta-endorphin content in discrete areas of the hypothalamus throughout proestrus and diestrus of the rat.
- Changes in somatostatin-like activity in discrete areas of the rat hypothalamus during different stages of proestrus and diestrus and their relation to serum gonadotropin, prolactin, and growth hormone levels.
- Trisomy 21 in bone marrow cells of a patient with a prolonged preleukemic phase.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Sleep Disorders
- Ear Infection
- Birthmark
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (copd)
- Tonsillitis
- Varicocele
- Nearsightedness
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