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Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Bio for Muriel Nathan, M.D., Ph.D.

Muriel Nathan, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Contact Information

E-mail: muriel.nathan@vtmednet.org
Office Location: Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic, 62 Tilley Drive, Suite 202, South Burlington, VT 05403

Education

B.S. in Zoology (Honors), University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI, 1972
M.S. in Zoology, University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Ann Arbor, MI, 1974
Ph.D. in Anatomy, University of Michigan Rackham School of Graduate Studies, Department of Anatomy, Dr. Sarah Winans, Ann Arbor, MI, 1979
M.D., Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI, 1984

Expertise

Evaluation and treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and diabetic complications

Treatment of thyroid (hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer), parathyroid, adrenal and pituitary disorders

Treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome and hirsutism in women

Treatment of impotence in men

Islet cell tumors

MEN syndromes and polyglandular autoimmune syndromes

Certified in thyroid ultrasound and fine needle aspiration

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, 1990-1998
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 1998-2008
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, 2008-present

Certification/Board Eligibility

National Board Examination in Medicine, 1985
National Board of Internal Medicine, 1987
National Board of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty Endocrinology & Metabolism examination,1991; Recertification, 2011
American Board of Internal Medicine, November 2000; Recertification Final Examination in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 2000

Publications (Peer Reviewed)

Sofferman RA, Nathan MH, Fairbank JT, Foster RS, Krag DN. Preoperative technetium Tc 99m sestimibi imaging: Paving the way to minimal access parathyroid surgery. Arch Otolaryngol Neck Surg. 1996; 122(4):369-374.

Sofferman RA, Nathan MN. The ectopic parathyroid adenoma: A cost justification for routine preoperative localization with technetium Tc 99m sestimibi scan. Arch Otolargngol Heead Neck Surg. 1998; 124:649-654.

Ihm PS, Dray T, Sofferman RA, Nathan M, Hardin NJ. Parathyroid cysts: Diagnosis and management. Laryngoscope. 2001; 111:1576-1578.

Sherman JF, Leiman G, Naud S, Nathan MH, Ambaye AB. Follicular and Hurthle cell lesions of the thyroid: Can inconslucive results be minimized? Acta Cytol. 2008; 52:659-664.

Dumitrescu CE, Kelly MH, Khpsravi A, Hart TC, Brahim J, White KE, Farrow EG, Nathan MH, Murphy MD, Collins MT. A case of familial tumoral calcinosis/hyperostosis-hyperphosphatemia syndrome due to a compound heterozygous mutation in GALNT3 demonstrating new phenotypic features. Osteoporos Int. 2009; 20:1273-1278.

For a complete list of Dr. Nathan's publications, please visit Pub Med