Dr. Alan N Peiris MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
325 N State Of Franklin Rd Johnson City TN, 37604About
Dr. Alan Peiris practices Endocrinology in Johnson City, TN. Dr. Peiris 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. Peiris examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University Of London St Bartholomew`S Hospital 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Concise update to managing adult diabetes.
- Insulin: a novel factor in carcinogenesis.
- Interpretation of laboratory thyroid function tests for the primary care
- Cost-effective management of thyroid nodules and nodular thyroid goiters.
- Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis.
- Infectious causes of adrenal insufficiency.
- Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary tumor and Hashimoto's disease: a novel association.
- Cardiopathia fantastica: the cardiac variant of Munchausen syndrome.
- Treating amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis with radioactive iodine.
- Body fat distribution and peripheral insulin sensitivity in healthy men: role of insulin pulsatility.
- Surgical aspects of pediatric obesity.
- Role of total thyroidectomy in the treatment of thyroid diseases.
- Marked bilateral parotid enlargement in metabolic syndrome: a case report and review of the literature.
- Marked insulin resistance in pregnancy: a case report and literature review.
- Psychiatric manifestations of thyroid disease.
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