Patient Services
Patient Eligibility
The clinical care program accepts patients two years of age or older and provides evaluation and care for patients with:
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Hyperlipidemia
- Metabolic Bone Disease (Osteoporosis)
- Endocrinopathies
- Recurrent Nephrolithiasis (Kidney Stones)
- Thyroid Disorders
- Pituitary Disorders
- Hypogonadism
- Hypoglycemia
Special Focus Programs Include:
- Diabetic Neuropathy
- Insulin Pumps
- Neuroendocrine Tumors
- Flushing Disorders
- Hyperlipidemias
- Metabolic Bone Disease
Clinical Care Location
Comprehensive patient evaluation and treatment are available at the Strelitz Diabetes Center at Eastern Virginia Medical School, located at 855 West Brambleton Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23510. Appointments can be made by calling 757-446-5908.
Resources
- Diabetes Care and Education Team
- Outpatient Clinical Center
- Metabolic Reference Laboratory
- Clinical Research Program
- "New Treatment" Research Studies
Available Services
- Consultation and medical treatment
- Nutritional and nursing evaluation and counseling
- Assessment of diabetic complications
- Psychosocial evaluation
- Outpatient kinetic endocrine and metabolic testing
- Thyroid biopsy
- Labeled bone biopsy
- Nonmydriatic retinal photography
- Testing for Peripheral and autonomic diabetic neuropathies
- Testing for neurogenic impotence
- DEXA (Dual X-ray Absortiometry) scanning for measuring bone density and loss
Metabolic Reference Laboratory
This is a resource to provide state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and services for the enhanced evaluation necessary in many referred clinical situations.
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