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2609 Michael Angelo DriveEdinburg, TX 78539
Phone+1 956-362-5650
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Education & Training
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1995 - 1997
New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1995
Universidad de Montemorelos School of MedicineClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
TX State Medical License 1997 - 2025
PA State Medical License 1996 - 2000
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 9 citationsDapagliflozin and Kidney Outcomes in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 Infection: An Analysis of the DARE-19 Randomized Controlled Trial.Hiddo J L Heerspink, Remo H M Furtado, Otavio Berwanger, Gary G Koch, Felipe Martinez
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 2022-05-01 - 16 citationsHyperglycemia and dyslipidemia: Reduced HLA-DR expression in monocyte subpopulations from diabetes patientsBlanca I. Restrepo, Marcel Twahirwa, Chinnaswamy Jagannath
Human Immunology. 2021-02-01 - 78 citationsPhagocytosis via complement or Fc-gamma receptors is compromised in monocytes from type 2 diabetes patients with chronic hyperglycemia.Blanca I. Restrepo, Marcel Twahirwa, Mohammad H. Rahbar, Larry S. Schlesinger
Plos One. 2014-03-26
Press Mentions
Diabetes Awareness in the Rio Grande ValleyNovember 5th, 2021
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