Dr. Emmanuel Chiwueze Opara M.D
Internist
16701 Creek Bend Dr # 500 Sugar Land TX, 77478Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Emmanuel Opara is an internist practicing in Sugar Land, TX. Dr. Opara specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Opara provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.
Education and Training
Nnamdi Azikiwe University College of Health Sciences 1996
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Geriatric Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Depletion of total antioxidant capacity in type 2 diabetes.
- Role of protein kinase C isoenzymes in fatty acid stimulation of insulin secretion.
- Storage and microencapsulation of islets for transplantation.
- Total antioxidant capacity of colon in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis.
- Durability of sodium sulfate-treated polylysine-alginate microcapsules.
- Induction of enlarged intestinal lymphoid aggregates during acute glutathione depletion in a murine model.
- A reliable method for isolation of viable porcine islet cells.
- Islet cell transplantation for the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
- Prevention of morphological changes in alginate microcapsules for islet xenotransplantation.
- Oxidative stress, micronutrients, diabetes mellitus and its complications.
- Effects of omeprazole and ascorbate on gastric emptying and antioxidant levels in a mouse model of glutathione depletion.
- Total antioxidant capacity following extrinsic denervation and small intestinal transplantation in the rat.
- Role of oxidative stress in the etiology of type 2 diabetes and the effect of antioxidant supplementation on glycemic control.
- Polyvinyl pyrrolidone: a novel cryoprotectant in islet cell cryopreservation.
- Effect of the H, K-ATPase inhibitor, esomeprazole magnesium, on gut total antioxidant capacity in mice.
Treatments
- Arthritis
- Heart Disease
- Stroke
- Osteoarthritis
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Pneumonia
- Vascular Disease
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Practice At 16701 Creek Bend Dr # 500
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