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1223 gateway drive
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Melbourne, FL 32901Phone+1 321-725-4500Fax+1 321-956-2539- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Gaston Ponte is an endocrinologist in Melbourne, FL and is affiliated with Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil and has been in practice 14 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in diabetes and lipid metabolism and is experienced in parathyroid adenoma, graves' disease, hypothyroidism, toxic thyroid nodule, and osteoporosis. He has more than 10 publications and over 500 citings.
Education & Training
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2010 - 2012
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoResidency, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Universidad Catolica de Santiago de GuayaquilClass of 2002
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2012 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2007 - 2014- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 71 citationsLong-term insulin independence and improvement in insulin secretion after supplemental islet infusion under exenatide and etanercept.Raquel N. Faradji, Thipaporn Tharavanij, Shari Messinger, Tatiana Froud, Antonello Pileggi, Kathy Monroy, Davide Mineo, David A. Baidal, Pablo Cure, Gaston Ponte, Arma...> ;Transplantation. 2008 Dec 27
- The use of exenatide in islet transplant recipients with chronic allograft dysfunction: safety, efficacy, and metabolic effects.Froud, T., Faradji, R.N., Pileggi, A., Messinger, S., Baidal, D.A., Ponte, G.M., Cure, P.E., Monroy, K., Mendez, A., Selvaggi, G., Ricordi, C., Alejandro, R.> ;Transplantation. 2008 Jul 15
- 7 citationsNutritional status and behavior in subjects with type 1 diabetes, before and after islet transplantationRaffaella Poggioli, Gwen Enfield, Shari Messinger, Raquel N. Faradji, Thipaporn Tharavanij, Leandro Pisani, Pablo Cure, Gaston Ponte, David A. Baidal, Tatiana Froud, C...> ;Transplantation. 2008 Feb 27
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Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
Health First Holmes Regional Medical CenterMelbourne, Florida
External Links
- Health First Medical Grouphttp://www.health-first.org/index.cfm
- University of Central Floridahttp://med.ucf.edu/directory/profile/gaston-m-ponte/
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