Dr. Edward J Boyko M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
1660 S Columbian Way # S-111pcc Seattle WA, 98108Rating
5/5
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Edward Boyko is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in Seattle, WA. Boyko specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Boyko participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Univ of Pittsburgh Sch of Med, Pittsburgh Pa 1979
University of Pittsburgh / Main Campus 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Glucose tolerance and insulin-resistance syndrome among St. Lawrence Island Eskimos.
- Impact of new diagnostic criteria for diabetes on different populations.
- Diagnosing pneumonia by physical examination: relevant or relic?
- Breast cancer screening by Asian-American women in a managed care environment.
- Visceral adiposity and incident coronary heart disease in Japanese-American men. The 10-year follow-up results of the Seattle Japanese-American Community Diabetes Study.
- Low serum testosterone level as a predictor of increased visceral fat in Japanese-American men.
- Etiology of the metabolic syndrome: potential role of insulin resistance, leptin resistance, and other players.
- Visceral adiposity and risk of type 2 diabetes: a prospective study among Japanese Americans.
- Responsiveness of the SF-36 among veterans with diabetes mellitus.
- Features of the metabolic syndrome predict higher risk of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance: a prospective study in Mauritius.
- Proportion of type 2 diabetes cases resulting from impaired fetal growth.
- Abnormal glucose tolerance and increased risk for cardiovascular disease in Japanese-Americans with normal fasting glucose.
- Preventing diabetes--applying pathophysiological and epidemiological evidence.
- Leptin and other components of the Metabolic Syndrome in Mauritius--a factor analysis.
- Assessment of vital status in Department of Veterans Affairs national databases. comparison with state death certificates.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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