Dr. Susan Leanne Samson M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
1504 Taub Loop Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Susan Samson practices Endocrinology in Houston, TX. Dr. Samson 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. Samson examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Gene therapy for diabetes: reinventing the islet.
- Glycemic control and use of the insulin sliding scale in hospitalized patients with diabetes.
- Gene therapy for diabetes: metabolic effects of helper-dependent adenoviral exendin 4 expression in a diet-induced obesity mouse model.
- The Krüppel-like zinc finger protein Glis3 directly and indirectly activates insulin gene transcription.
- Ectopic corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) syndrome from metastatic small cell carcinoma: a case report and review of the literature.
- Effects of combined exenatide and pioglitazone therapy on hepatic fat content in type 2 diabetes.
- Direct actions of GLP-1 analogues on AMP-activated protein kinase activity are distinct from cyclic AMP accumulation.
- Potential of incretin-based therapies for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
- GLP-1R agonist therapy for diabetes: benefits and potential risks.
- Ghrelin: much more than a hunger hormone.
- Prospective trial of a short hospital stay protocol after endoscopic endonasal pituitary adenoma surgery.
- Metabolic syndrome.
- Cardiovascular effects of incretin therapy in diabetes care.
- AACE/ACE Disease State Clinical Review: Dopamine Agonists for Hyperprolactinemia and the Risk of Cardiac Valve Disease.
- Pasireotide in Acromegaly: An Overview of Current Mechanistic and Clinical Data.
Treatments
- Pituitary Diseases And Disorders
Fellowships
- Baylor College of Medicine, Endocrinology 2005
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