"Pituitary Issues after TBI" Casual Conversations 38 🧠 Dr. Tamara Wexler

Katherine Snedaker, PINK Concussions, discusses deficiencies in pituitary hormones after TBI with Dr. Tamara Wexler.

On her first appearance on the show on Thurs Oct 28, 2020, Dr. Wexler and I discussed the higher rates of deficiencies in pituitary hormones (growth hormone, sex hormones, thyroid hormone, stress hormone) after concussions. Now she is coming back to take us on a deeper dive into this very important, and much neglected, outcome after brain injury.

Pituitary deficiencies impact health and quality of life; symptoms overlap with post-concussive symptoms, and may include fatigue, mood changes, decreased libido, irregular periods, and difficulty with memory or thinking.

And the reason to rule out a hormone deficiency is if one is found, there are medical treatments to replace what is missing, and any symptoms due to those deficiencies should be ameliorated or reversed. .

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Tamara L. Wexler, MD, PhD, is an endocrinologist specializing in neuroendocrinology and reproductive endocrinology, nationally recognized for her expertise in post-TBI pituitary dysfunction. Dr. Tamara Wexler who is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Pennsylvania and the Director of Neuroendocrine Associates, VA.

She has served as an Attending Physician in Internal Medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital and as the founding Director of the NYU Langone Medical Center Pituitary Center.
Dr. Wexler received her MD and her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Internal Medicine residency and Endocrinology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was part of the Neuroendocrine Unit, designed and ran national clinical trials on the effects of growth hormone, and served for 12 years on the Optimum Care Committee.

While on staff at the MGH, Dr. Wexler spent four years at McKinsey & Company, where she served as the Global Endocrinology Lead. Dr. Tamara Wexler is a member of the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Guidelines Committee, and of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Leadership Council. She is a speaker and moderator at academic medical centers and national conferences on the topic of pituitary function, reproductive endocrinology, and post-TBI endocrine disorders. Her publications appear in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Clinical Endocrinology, among other journals.

Dr. Wexler is a Clinical Associate Professor at NYU, where she continues to direct pituitary research within the Rusk Rehabilitation Center, and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is now seeing patients via Neuroendocrine Associates, in New York and the DC/Virginia area, and via telemedicine.

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