Irl B Hirsch
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
University Of Washington Medical Center 4225 Roosevelt Way N Seattle WA, 98105About
Dr. Hirsch is a professor of medicine and holds the Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. Dr. Hirsch went to medical school at the University ...
Education and Training
Univ of Mo, Columbia Sch of Med, Columbia Mo 1984
University of Missouri / Columbia Campus 1984
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1984
University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism- 1989
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metformin added to insulin therapy in poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
- Pulmonary edema associated with troglitazone therapy.
- Plasmapheresis and immunosuppression in stiff-man syndrome with type 1 diabetes: a 2-year study.
- Type 1 diabetes mellitus and the use of flexible insulin regimens.
- Nonhypoglycemic drug reactions of agents used to treat diabetes.
- Insulin pump therapy: no longer a fad.
- Using the continuous glucose monitoring system to improve the management of type 1 diabetes.
- Hypoglycemia and the hypoglycemic unawareness syndrome.
- Improving the quality of outpatient care for older patients with diabetes: lessons from a comparison of rural and urban communities.
- Hyperglycemic crises in diabetes mellitus type 2.
- Frequency of blood glucose monitoring in relation to glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- In-patient hyperglycemia--are we ready to treat it yet?
- Interpersonal predictors of HbA(1c) in patients with type 1 diabetes.
- Intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients.
- A path model of chronic stress, the metabolic syndrome, and coronary heart
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- Washington Univ. School of Medicine
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