Rocio A Harbison Md, PA

Endocrinology / Diabetes & Metabolism Medicine

Rocio A Harbison Md, PA is an Endocrinology / Diabetes & Metabolism Medicine practice in Houston, TX with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in maintaining and treating the endocrine system (the network of glands and hormones that regulates human metabolism, growth, musculature, and sexual and reproductive function). Endocrinologist / Diabetes & Metabolism Doctors at Rocio A Harbison Md, PA perform diagnostic and treatment procedures to identify and treat hormonal metabolic dysfunctions. Endocrinology / Diabetes & Metabolism Medicine is the study, diagnosis, and treatment of endocrine and metabolic dysfunctions to achieve patients' healthy hormone balance. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Endocrinology / Diabetes & Metabolism Medicine practices include hormone imbalance, hypo and hyperthyroidism, thyroiditis, goiters, diabetes, pituitary gland tumors, osteoporosis, lipid disorders, hypogonadism, and Cushing's syndrome. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Endocrinology / Diabetes & Metabolism Medicine practices include blood, saliva, and urine hormone level testing, insulin management, Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy, CT scans, thyroid biopsies, and endocrine tumor radiation or surgery.

An internist who concentrates on disorders of the internal (endocrine) glands such as the thyroid and adrenal glands. This specialist also deals with disorders such as diabetes, metabolic and nutritional disorders, obesity, pituitary diseases and menstrual and sexual problems.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Rocio A Harbison Md, PA is a Pediatric Endocrinology practice in Houston, TX with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in treating childhood endocrine, metabolism, and hormonal disorders. Pediatric Endocrinologists at Rocio A Harbison Md, PA perform medical diagnosis, prevention, assessment, and treatment of glandular disorders in children. Pediatric Endocrinology is a specialty of medicine that deals with preventing, diagnosing, and treating children's conditions affecting the adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, and other glands. Significant diseases and conditions treated at Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, childhood obesity, parathyroidism, developmental disorders, diabetes, and glandular cancers. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Endocrinology practices include hormone and thyroid level testing, urine and blood testing, childhood nutrition education, diabetes treatment, bariatric surgery assessment, radioactive iodine treatment, adrenal and thyroid surgery, and intensive insulin therapy.

A pediatrician who provides expert care to infants, children and adolescents who have diseases that result from an abnormality in the endocrine glands (glands which secrete hormones). These diseases include diabetes mellitus, growth failure, unusual size for age, early or late pubertal development, birth defects, the genital region and disorders of the thyroid, the adrenal and pituitary glands.