Hamdee Attallah, MD

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Sees patients age 18 and up
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Section Chief, Endocrinology, Philadelphia VA Medical Center
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Wayne State University
  • Residency: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
  • Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Attallah is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Panvelker S, Attallah H, Kim C. Benign pathology in a thyroid nodule with TERT and NRAS mutations. , Presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association in Chicago, IL.: 2019

Sirisena I, Attallah H. Thyroid hormone resistance associated with difficult to control atrial arrhythmias. , Presented at ICE/ENDO 2014 96th Annual Conference of the Endocrine Society, Chicago, IL.: 2014

Cumbo-Nacheli G., Torres-Heisecke R., Attallah H. Persistently Low Glucose Levels despite High-dose Methylprednisolone in a Woman with Mixed Connective Tissue Disease , Eur J Intern Med, 19(6): 2008,e18-e19

Attallah H., Friedlander AL., Nino-Murcia M., Hoffman AR. Effects of Growth Hormone and Pioglitazone in Viscerally Obese Adults with Impaired Glucose Tolerance: A Factorial Clinical Trial , PLoS Clin Trials, 2(5): 2007,e21

Attallah, HY. Interviewed for article: Diabetes: Michigan's Epidemic , Health and Leisure Magazine: 2007

Attallah HY. Provided an in-depth interview on Obesity and Diabetes-related topics , Local Radio, Farmington, MI: 2007

Attallah H., Friedlander AL., Hoffman AR. Visceral Obesity, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Metabolic Syndrome and Growth Hormone Therapy , Growth Horm IGF Res. 16 Suppl: 2006,S62-67

Hsu AR., Hagobian TA., Jacobs KA., Attallah H., Friedlander AL. Effects of Heat Removal through the Hand on Metabolism and Performance during Cycling Exercise in the Heat , Can J Appl Physiol, 30(1): 2005,87-104

Ma TP., Lynch JC., Donahoe DK., Attallah H., Rafols JA. Organization of the Medial Pulvinar Nucleus in the Macaque , Anat Rec, 250(2): 1998,220-237