Dr. Susan Shapiro Braithwaite M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
5316 Highgate Dr Durham NC, 27713Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Susan Braithwaite practices Endocrinology in Durham, NC. Dr. Braithwaite 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. Braithwaite examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1969
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Expectations and outcomes in organ transplantation.
- Collective actions by physicians that do not endanger patients.
- Studies on a 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase from human placenta. Purification and partial characterization.
- Anticruelty care: commentary.
- Description and evaluation of a glycemic management protocol for patients with diabetes undergoing heart surgery.
- Diabetes management during glucocorticoid therapy for nonendocrine disease.
- Intravenous insulin infusion therapy: indications, methods, and transition to subcutaneous insulin therapy.
- Hospital hypoglycemia: not only treatment but also prevention.
- Silent corticotroph adenoma: case report and literature review.
- Effects of outcome on in-hospital transition from intravenous insulin infusion to subcutaneous therapy.
- No patient left behind: evaluation and design of intravenous insulin infusion algorithms.
- Glucose measurement: confounding issues in setting targets for inpatient management.
- Avoiding complications in the hospitalized patient: the case for tight glycemic control.
- Defining the benefits of euglycemia in the hospitalized patient.
- Practical aspects of intensive insulinization in the intensive care unit.
Fellowships
- University of Chicago Hospital
- (Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism), UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, CHICAGO, IL 1972
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