Ethan J. Weiss M.D.
Cardiologist | Cardiovascular Disease
350 Parnassus Ave San Francisco CA, 94117About
Dr. Ethan Weiss is a cardiologist specializing in general cardiology. His special interests include preventive cardiology, genetics of coronary disease, risk assessment and heart disease in the young. ...
Education and Training
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Protection against thrombosis in mice lacking PAR3.
- Sex differences in thrombosis in mice are mediated by sex-specific growth hormone secretion patterns.
- Increased thrombosis susceptibility and altered fibrin formation in STAT5-deficient mice.
- Sex differences in thrombosis.
- Abrogation of growth hormone secretion rescues fatty liver in mice with
- Liver-derived IGF-I contributes to GH-dependent increases in lean mass and bone mineral density in mice with comparable levels of circulating GH.
- HIV infection is associated with decreased thrombin generation.
- Disruption of JAK2 in adipocytes impairs lipolysis and improves fatty liver in mice with elevated GH.
- Hepatocyte-Specific Disruption of CD36 Attenuates Fatty Liver and Improves Insulin Sensitivity in HFD-Fed Mice.
- Adipocyte JAK2 mediates growth hormone-induced hepatic insulin resistance.
- Growth hormone receptor antagonism with pegvisomant in insulin resistant non-diabetic men: A phase II pilot study.
Treatments
- Heart Problems, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure
- Heart Disease
- Vascular Disease
Fellowships
- UCSF Medical Center, Cardiology 2003
- University California 2003
- UCSF Medical Center, Cardiology 2003
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