Family, Internal Medicine, General Medical Questions/Expert Profile

Glen F. Aukerman, M.D.

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27 years of private practice, 16 years of Academic Family Medicine, 12 years of Managed Care activities, 6 years of integrative holistic medicine and nutrigenomic consultations

Experience in the area

I have been President of the American Academy of Family Physicians, served on the Health Reform Task Force at the White House, Have Chaired 2 University Depts of Family Medicine, Have practiced private family medicine for 30 years and University family medicine for 12 years. I am board certified in Family Medicine, Holistic Medicine and managed care. I am consultant for several pharmaceutical companies,past Medical Director of two managed care companies. I have 4 children, 3 in medicine, 2 are family physicians, one in sports medicine, one in internal medicine residency and 6 grand children.

Organizations

AMA AAFP AHMA ACPM ACHIM ABQAURP

Publications

JAMA ABFP

Education/Credentials

MD FABFM FABHIM FACPM

Awards and Honors

Excellence in Clinical Medicine Award Best Doctors, 2004-present

Past/Present Clients

Nationwide Health Plan Your Plan for Health

What do you like about this subject?

Integrative Family Medicine deals with all of medicine, health, nutritionals, herbs, supplements and especially wellness.

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

I am teaching medical students and residents how to be successful in practice and life, how to do Integrative Medicine(Holistic Medicine)as well as how to effectively work with managed care.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Family Medicine deals with the quality of life and wellness versus just life saving illnesses. Holistic or Integrative Medicine deals with the mind, body, and spiritual components of health as well as to the best way to integrate complementary and alternative medicine into the field of traditional medicine.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

As a Medical Director of two managed care companies and an educator with a private practice I experience both sides of managed care conflicts on a daily basis. As a Holistic Integrative physician I experience the anguish of my patients in trying to incorporate complementary and alternative treatments into their traditionally treated and not treated medical and psychosocial problems.

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Recent Answers from Glen F. Aukerman, M.D.

2009-10-02 MRSA and contagious:

Could I have caught MRSA from her? Yes, you could I used the hand sanitzers frequntly when there, could I have gotten it from kissing her goodbye? Yes Could I have given it to my wife? Yes

2009-08-26 Hypoglycemia / Endometriosis:

If a woman has hypoglycemia as well as endometriosis are her eggs still viable? Yes or are they negatively affected by these conditions. Yes, but viable Could her eggs be harvested, fertilized and

2009-08-19 blood thickness:

Is there a way I can self test my blood to see if it not too thick or too thin? PT/INR 2. Is the PT test vaild if a person is NOT on blood thinners? Yes, plus Hemoglobin and hematocrit 3. How long

2009-08-08 Thyroid:

They missed the TPO thyroid test which shows the gluten in your diet and your antigliadin test which confirms either HLA DQ 2,8 or Autosomal celiac disease. That causes you further malabsorption of Vit

2009-08-05 left side chest pain:

1. What could cause that type of pain, and the nature of it, does it sound cardiac? Answer: it sounds like esophageal reflux or magnesium deficiency 2. What could cause the feelings I have when it

 

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