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Office
500 W Court St
Kankakee, IL 60901Phone+1 815-937-2237Fax+1 815-937-2258
Education & Training
- University of Kansas (Wichita)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2011 - 2012
- King Edward Medical UniversityClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
- IL State Medical License 2014 - 2026
- GA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
- KS State Medical License Active through 2014
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 23 citationsLong-term stabilization effects of leptin on brain functions in a leptin-deficient patient.Sabine Frank, Martin Heni, Anja Moss, Julia von Schnurbein, Sadaf Farooqi
Plos One. 2013-06-14 - 44 citationsLeptin therapy in a congenital leptin-deficient patient leads to acute and long-term changes in homeostatic, reward, and food-related brain areasSabine Frank, Martin Heni, Anja Moss, Julia von Schnurbein, Andreas Fritsche
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2011-05-18 - 50 citationsPrevalence and functionality of paucimorphic and private MC4R mutations in a large, unselected European British population, scanned by meltMADGE.Khalid Khalaf Alharbi, Emmanuel Spanakis, Karen Tan, Matt J. Smith, Mohammed A. Aldahmesh
Human Mutation. 2007-03-01
Press Mentions
- From Menstruation to Menopause: How Hormonal Shifts Shape Women's Brain HealthOctober 11th, 2024
- Obesity Causes COVID Vaccines to Lose Their Efficacy More RapidlyJune 16th, 2022
- 'Unbiased' Genetic Screening Turns up Cause of Kids' ObesityOctober 6th, 2021
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