Board Certified by the American Boards of Internal Medicine, and Endocrinology and Metabolism
Dr. Pepper received his medical degree from the Tufts School of Medicine in Boston. He completed his internship and residency in internal medicine at Montefiore-Einstein Medical Center in New York. In addition, Dr. Pepper completed fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
From 1989 to 1994 Dr. Pepper served as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Lincoln Medical Center in the Bronx. From 1994 to 1996, he was Associate Chief of Medicine at Brooklyn Hospital Center, director of the hospital’s Diabetes Treatment Center, and Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine.
Dr. Pepper has published numerous articles in distinguished journals such as Archives of Internal Medicine, American Journal of Medicine, Fertility and Sterility, the New England Journal of Medicine and co-authored a textbook chapter on the relationship between hormones and psychiatric illness. In recognition of these accomplishments Dr. Pepper was selected as one of the top 100 physicians in New York City by New York Magazine. He is also a featured expert with CNBC and ivillage on topics of diabetes and endocrinology.
Dr. Pepper joined Palm Beach Diabetes and Endocrine Specialists in 1996. Of the practice of medicine he says, Almost daily I reread the words of Sir William Osler: "It’s often more important to know what sort of person this disease has than to know what disease the person has."
Contribution:
Due to the potential for abuse and high cost, growth hormone treatment in adults is the subject of much controversy. I believe that treating adults with growth hormone deficiency is many times an appropriate and beneficial choice. Firming up my conviction for treating adult growth hormone deficiency is a recent study conducted in [...]
After reading the latest research on the metabolic hazards associated with chubby necks I am more sensitive to the size of people’s necks then ever. Of course I look at the size of my patient’s neck but people who I pass in the street or supermarket may find me staring. Watching TV a few days [...]
Written on August 20, 2010 | Posted in
diabetes,
diet,
diet and weight loss,
general health & nutrition,
health,
hormones,
metabolism,
nutrition,
weight gain,
weight loss
Large Neck Size Equals Big Metabolic Problems:
A bulging stomach is widely accepted as a sign of poor metabolic health. A recent study published in the August Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (95:3701, 2010), finds a chubby neck is likely to hold even a worse prognosis for metabolic health.
The research team evaluated the relationship between waist [...]
One of our members notes loss of sex drive, strength, motivation. He is concerned that this could be due to low testosterone levels;
Here is his comment;
I’m 64 years old. Excellent health. 6 ft tall, 177 pounds, work out three times a week…….finding my self depressed, losing strength…..haven’t had any sexual desire in last 3 years……..I [...]
A patient advocacy group in the UK is fighting for recognition of combination therapy (t4 plus t3) to treat hypothyroidism (low thyroid levels). They are asking for people who have benefited from combination therapy to visit their website and demonstrate their support for this form of treatment. Why not have a look and decide for [...]
Here is a question from our member nBarnard in Texas, about the failure to achieve an adequate clinical response to t4 treatment, and what to do about it. My response follows.
*************************************
Hello Dr. Pepper,
I just found your blog and decided to join. I admire you for helping so many people this way. As with many people [...]
Metabolism.com is pleased to share the following article provided by our guest contributor, Tom Hines.
**********************************************************
In some ways, your body is like a machine — it works best when it’s properly maintained and tuned up. Food is your fuel and when you fill your tank with lousy fuel, your engine sputters and stalls. If [...]
A member of metabolism.com, Louise Infante, is a great enthusiast of the vegetarian life style. Louise submitted this blog to metabolism.com so we could help her get the word out. I found the article extremely informative and hope you do too. Thanks Louise for your effort.
Here is what Louise has to say:
*********************************************************
Give me five [...]
It’s over between me and Oprah. If you are a regular reader of metabolism.com you probably know about my proposal to Oprah. Don’t get worked up, it wasn’t a marriage proposal. It was a proposal to create a Diabetes Lifestyles reality show for her new cable network. Here’s the background. Oprah is starting her “Own” [...]
What comes to mind when considering the term “inflammation”? A festering pimple, or perhaps a high fever, an infected tooth, toe, abscess? These are typical examples of inflammation. Inflammation may exist in many other forms however, including possibly obesity.
Inflammation describes the immune system when it is activated. The presence of pus or fever are [...]
