Dr. David Allen Chappell M.D.
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
141 Lynch Creek Way Suite A Petaluma CA, 94954Rating
4/5
About
Dr. David Chappell practices Endocrinology in Petaluma, CA. Dr. Chappell 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. Chappell examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Southwestern Medical School 1979
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Agonist-specific impairment of coronary vascular function in genetically altered, hyperlipidemic mice.
- Receptor-mediated mechanisms of lipoprotein remnant catabolism.
- Hepatic triglyceride lipase promotes low density lipoprotein receptor-mediated catabolism of very low density lipoproteins in vitro.
- Lipoprotein lipase- and hepatic triglyceride lipase- promoted very low density lipoprotein degradation proceeds via an apolipoprotein E-dependent mechanism.
- Macrophage-specific expression of human lipoprotein lipase accelerates atherosclerosis in transgenic apolipoprotein e knockout mice but not in C57BL/6 mice.
- Mixing and bottling unit for preparing biological fluids used in quality control.
- Evidence for isomerization during binding of apolipoprotein-B100 to low density lipoprotein receptors.
- Ligand size as a determinant for catabolism by the low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor pathway. A lattice model for LDL binding.
- High receptor binding affinity of lipoproteins in atypical dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III hyperlipoproteinemia).
- Pre-beta-very low density lipoproteins as precursors of beta-very low density lipoproteins. A model for the pathogenesis of familial dysbetalipoproteinemia (type III hyperlipoproteinemia).
- Hyperthyroidism in a healthy pregnant woman.
- Regulation of low density lipoprotein receptors by adrenocorticotropin in the adrenal gland of mice and rats in vivo.
- Hypokalemia and diabetes mellitus.
- A high velocity impact device for obtaining multiple, contiguous, myocardial biopsies.
- The 39-kDa receptor-associated protein modulates lipoprotein catabolism by binding to LDL receptors.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Menopause
- High Cholesterol
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Thyroiditis
- Vascular Disease
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