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Ugis Gruntmanis, MD

Title(s)
Professor of Medicine

Additional Titles/Positions/Affiliations
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes

Department(s)
Medicine

Education
Medical School at Riga Stradins University
Internship in Internal Medicine at Yale University
Residency in Internal Medicine at University of Rochester
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at Cedars-Sinai/UCLA

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Professional Interests

Osteoporosis. Post-fracture care. Male hypogonadism. Gynecomastia. Medical Education. Comparing different health care systems around the world.

Biography

11/2018 to now. Adjunct Professor. UT Southwestern Medical Center
9/2015 to now. President. Latvian Medical and Dental Association. http://www.lazariga.lv/english
2016-2018 Professor. UT Southwestern Medical Center
2008-2018 Associate Director. Internal Medicine Residency Program. UT Southwestern Medical Center
2007-2016 Associate Professor. UT Southwestern Medical Center
2001-2007 Assistant Professor. UT Southwestern Medical Center
2007- 2014 Chief. Endocrinology Section. Dallas Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Selected Publications
 

  • DeFina LF, Radford NB, Leonard D, Wilson RK, Cooper TC, Clark SM, Willis BL, Vega GL, Barlow CE, Farrell SW, Gibbons LW, Yildiz BO, Gruntmanis U. The association of cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index, and age with testosterone levels at screening of healthy men undergoing preventive medical examinations: The Cooper Center Longitudinal Study. Maturitas. 2018 Dec;118:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2018.09.004. Epub 2018 Sep 29. (view details in PubMed)

  • Gupta A, Sadeghi N, Gruntmanis U. Could Grape Seed Extract Be an Alternative Treatment in the Management of Hot Flashes? JAMA Oncol. 2018 Aug 1;4(8):1139. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1108. (view details in PubMed)

  • Gupta A, Arora N, Gruntmanis U. Unnecessary Thyroid Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Laboratory Thyroid Abnormalities. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Dec 1;177(12):1851-1852. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.5521. (view details in PubMed)

  • Neubecker K, Adams-Huet B, Farukhi IM, Castanon R, Gruntmanis U. Predictors of Fracture Risk and Bone Mineral Density in Men with Prostate Cancer on Androgen Deprivation Therapy. J Osteoporos. 2017;2017:4982312. doi: 10.1155/2017/4982312. Epub 2017 Jul 12. (view details in PubMed)

  • Gupta A, Gruntmanis U. Value in the Step 2 Clinical Skills Examination. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Feb 1;177(2):292. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.8227. (view details in PubMed)

  • Wainstein HM, Feldman M, Shen CL, Leonard D, Willis BL, Finley CE, Gruntmanis U, DeFina LF. The Relationship Between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Bone Mineral Density in Men: A Cross-sectional Study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2016 Jun;91(6):726-34. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2016.02.025. Epub 2016 Apr 14. (view details in PubMed)

  • Zechner C, Gruntmanis U. Systemic Mastocytosis With Decreased Bone Density and Fractures. Mayo Clin Proc. 2015 Jun;90(6):843-4. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.10.014. (view details in PubMed)

  • Manthripragada AD, O'Malley CD, Gruntmanis U, Hall JW, Wagman RB, Miller PD. Fracture incidence in a large cohort of men age 30 years and older with osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int. 2015 May;26(5):1619-27. doi: 10.1007/s00198-015-3035-z. Epub 2015 Jan 24. (view details in PubMed)

  • Langdahl BL, Teglbjærg CS, Ho PR, Chapurlat R, Czerwinski E, Kendler DL, Reginster JY, Kivitz A, Lewiecki EM, Miller PD, Bolognese MA, McClung MR, Bone HG, Ljunggren Ö, Abrahamsen B, Gruntmanis U, Yang YC, Wagman RB, Mirza F, Siddhanti S, Orwoll E. A 24-month study evaluating the efficacy and safety of denosumab for the treatment of men with low bone mineral density: results from the ADAMO trial. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr;100(4):1335-42. doi: 10.1210/jc.2014-4079. Epub 2015 Jan 21. (view details in PubMed)

  • Gruntmanis U. The role of 5α-reductase inhibition in men receiving testosterone replacement therapy. JAMA. 2012 Mar 7;307(9):968-70. doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.259. (view details in PubMed)

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