Dr. Alan Myron Siegal M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
840 Montclair Rd Suite 317 Birmingham AL, 35213About
Dr. Alan Siegal practices Endocrinology in Birmingham, AL. Dr. Siegal 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. Siegal examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University of Alabama School of Medicine 1964
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Recurrent Cushing's disease following "total" adrenalectomy.
- Hyperlacticacidemia in man: ethanol-phenformin synergism.
- Nutrition and endocrine disease.
- Leukemia in a rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) following exposure to whole-body proton irradiation.
- Some biological effects of low-energy protons on skin.
- Early effects of 150-MEV proton irradiation in rhesus monkeys. SAM-TR-68-87.
- Some aspects of "acute phase" insulin release in healthy subjects.
- Alanine and gluconeogenesis in man: effect of ethanol.
- Ethanol-induced hyperlacticacidemia: inhibition of lactate utilization.
- Glucose-lactate interrelationships: effect of ethanol.
- Carbohydrate-induced hypertriglyceridemia: inhibition by phenformin.
- A connective tissue disease complicated by insulin resistance due to receptor antibodies: report of a case with high titer nuclear ribonucleoprotein antibodies.
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