Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, University Massachusetts Medical School

Pediatric Endocrinology

Benjamin U. Nwosu, MB is an expert in the field of Pediatric Endocrinology. He over the years received 1 awards: "Regional Top Doctor". Benjamin Nwosu is a published MD. He has 17 publications published. The most current publication "The vitamin d status in inflammatory bowel disease."

Publications

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• Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels do not correlate with asthma severity in a case-controlled study of children and adolescents.
• Stroke in a child with Adams-Oliver Syndrome and mixed diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar Syndrome.
• Newborn with klinefelter Syndrome and posterior urethral valves.
• Evaluation of short and tall stature in children.
• A novel activating mutation in transmembrane helix 6 of the thyrotropin receptor as cause of hereditary nonautoimmune hyperthyroidism.
• The vitamin d status in inflammatory bowel disease.
• The effects of vitamin d supplementation on hepatic dysfunction, vitamin d status, and glycemic control in children and adolescents with vitamin d deficiency and eithe...
• The Relationship between Subnormal Peak-Stimulated Growth Hormone Levels and Auxological Characteristics in Obese Children.
• The vitamin d status of prison inmates.
• Lactose intolerance: lack of evidence for short stature or vitamin d deficiency in prepubertal children.
• Rieger''s anomaly and other ocular abnormalities in association with osteogenesis imperfecta and a COL1A1 mutation.
• Lack of telomere shortening with age in mouse resting zone chondrocytes.
• Short stature with normal growth hormone stimulation testing: lack of evidence for partial growth hormone deficiency or insensitivity.
• A potential role for adjunctive vitamin D therapy in the management of weight gain and metabolic side effects of second-generation antipsychotics.
• Evidence of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 proteolysis during growth hormone stimulation testing.
• Pseudohypoparathyroidism type 1a and insulin resistance in a child.

Schools

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• Howard University

• University Nigeria Tchg Hospital

• Howard University HospItal

• National Institute Of Health

Conditions Treated

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• Diabetes Mellitus, Secondary
• Hypothyroidism
• Obesity
• Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome

Doctors Specialties

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• Pediatric Endocrinology

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• Regional Top Doctor

Education

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• National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
• Howard University
• University of Nigeria Faculty of Medicine

Hospital

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• UMass Memorial Medical Center

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