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Education & Training

  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1991 - 1994
  • Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
    Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenResidency, Pediatrics, 1987 - 1991
  • Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine
    Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center School of MedicineClass of 1987
  • Haverford College
    Haverford CollegeB.S., Biology, With high honors, 1983

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1991 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1988 - 1992
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Diabetes Recognition Program National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2010-2015
  • Finalist for the Kaiser National Vohs Quality Award 2006
  • Father of the Year Orange County Father�s Day Council, 2004
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Hypercalcemia in malignant paraganglioma due to parathyroid hormone- related protein  
    Loh K, Matthay KM, Hoover M, Bracho FA, Cortez AB, Conte FA, Albanese CTA, Miller TR, Price DC, Flores AJ, Kaviani A, Shoback, Horm Res, 1/1/1998
  • IGF-I resistance in virus-transformed B-lymphocytes from African Efe Pygmies  
    Cortez AB, Van Dop C, Bailey RC, Bersch N, Scott M, Golde DW, Geffner ME, Biochem Molec Med, 1/1/1996
  • Growth-promoting actions of PTH, ACTH, and TSH: studies in normal and pygmy T-cell lines  
    Geffner ME, Bersch N, Cortez AB, Bailey RC, Golde DW, Pediatr Res, 1/1/1995
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Abstracts/Posters

  • EBV-transformed B-lymphocytes from Efe Pygmies are resistant to clonal proliferation induced by IGF-I
    Cortez AB, Van Dop C, Geffner ME, J Inv Med, 1/1/1995
  • Resistance to IGF-I in EBV-transformed B-lymphocytes from Efe Pygmies
    Cortez AB, Van Dop C, Geffner ME, Pediatr Res, 1/1/1995
  • PTH stimulates proliferation of virus-transformed T- and B- lymphoblasts established from subjects with pseudohypoparathyroidism
    Cortez AB, Van Dop C, Geffner ME, 76th annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, 1/1/1994
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Lectures

  • Health-related quality of life in adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes 
    1/1/2000
  • Long term complications detected in 194 patients treated for leukemia and a variety of solid tumors followed at least two years off therapy 
    1/1/1998
  • 4-hydroxybutyric acid, not always a marker for succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase 
    1/5/1997
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Hospital Affiliations