
Dr. Karl Patrick Ober MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Karl Ober practices Endocrinology in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Ober 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. Ober examines patients, determines means of testing, diagnoses, and decides the best treatment methods.
Education and Training
Univ of Fl Coll of Med, Gainesville Fl 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology and Metabolism
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis in the United States. Report of 7 cases and review of the literature.
- From amusement to anger: Samuel Clemens's shifting attitude toward patent medicines.
- Pheochromocytoma in a patient with hyperthyroxinemia.
- Endocrine crises. Diabetes insipidus.
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
- Postpartum hypopituitarism with preservation of the pituitary-ovarian axis.
- Mark Twain's "watermelon cure".
- Commentary on "gynecomastia: etiologies, clinical presentations, diagnosis, and management".
- Massive hyperthyroxinemia in a euthyroid patient with hepatocellular carcinoma.
- Diabetes mellitus: prognostic implications of certain complications.
- Commentary on "Limitations of A1c Interpretation".
- Return of gonadal function with resection of nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma.
- Radioiodide imaging of struma cordis.
- Plasma catecholamine levels in patients transported by helicopter for acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris.
- Uncle Remus and the cascade effect in clinical medicine. Brer Rabbit kicks the Tar-Baby.
Dr. Karl Patrick Ober MD's Practice location
UCSF Medical Center San Francisco
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 -San Francisco, CA 94143Get Direction
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