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Present	Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Tufts University School of Medicine
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Present	Department of Pediatrics, Baystate Health
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Baystate Education and Research

Department of Pediatrics
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Springfield,MA 01199

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Premature pubarche in a child with abnormal 3b-hyroxysteroid dehydrogenase function and Klinefelter Syndrome: The intriguing relationship between androgen deficiency and excess (Michele Gortakowski, Luisa Aguiar, Holley Allen, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Recombinant human leptin does not alter gut hormone levels after gastric bypass but may attenuate sweet cravings (Rushika Conroy) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Bariatric surgery improves glucose homeostasis and alters gut hormones partly independent of weight loss. Leptin plays a role in these processes; levels are decreased following bariatric surgery, creating a relative leptin insufficiency. We previously showed ...

Luteoma of pregnancy associated with nearly complete virilization of genetically female twins (Thomas Wadzinski, Yousef Altowaireb, Raavi Gupta, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2014)

Objective: To describe a pregnancy that was complicated by the virilization of the mother and two 46XX infants.Methods: We outline the clinical presentation and diagnosis of the virilization of a mother and her twins, reviewing ...

Weight loss after bariatric surgery in morbidly obese adolescents with MC4R mutations (Rushika Conroy) All Scholarly Works (2014)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of Melanocortin 4 Receptor (MC4R) mutations in morbidly obese adolescents undergoing bariatric surgery and compare weight loss outcomes in patients with and without mutations. DESIGN AND METHODS: In this prospective ...

Plasma advanced glycation end products (AGEs), receptors for AGEs and their correlation with inflammatory markers in middle school-age children (Rushika Conroy) All Scholarly Works (2013)

AIM: Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and/or their receptors (RAGE) are significantly positively correlated with adiposity, inflammation, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in adults. However, the relationships between AGEs, RAGE, and adiposity-related comorbidites in children have ...

The effect of patient education in decision making regarding elective percutaneous coronary intervention (Rushika Conroy) All Scholarly Works (2013)

OBJECTIVE: Obese individuals have high levels of circulating leptin and are resistant to the weight-reducing effect of leptin administration at physiological doses. Although Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is an effective weight loss procedure, there is ...

Cerebellar metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma in a pediatric patient with complex congenital heart disease. (Rushika Conroy) All Scholarly Works (2012)

This case describes the first pediatric case of metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) to the cerebellum as the presenting sign of cancer in a child with CHARGE syndrome and complex congenital heart disease. Diagnostic radiation ...