Diabetes And Endocrinology
In 1998, two well-known specialists in the field of Endocrinology & Diabetes
in Jordan Dr. Mohamed El-Zaheri, (a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal
Medicine and the American Board of Endocrinology and Metabolism ) and Dr. Omar Abu-Hijleh
(Membership of the Royal Colleges of United Kingdom and Masters Degree in Endocrinology
and Diabetes (U.K.)) combined their private practices and efforts to establish the
Jordan Center for Diabetes & Endocrinology ( JCDE ) which deal with :
- All types of diabetes
- Comprehensive counseling regarding the dietary management of diabetes , lipid disorders,
body weight disorders,hypertension , renal diseases and varieties of other medical
conditions by a highly qualified dietitian
- Obesity and weight disorders
- Disorders of thyroid , pituitary , adrenal and other endocrine glands
- Abnormal hair growth and menstrual irregularities in females
- Lipid disorders
The center is equipped to carry out the following procedures :
- Thyroid Ultrasound and fine needle aspiration ( FNA )
- Dynamic testing of various endocrine functions
- Assessment of diabetes control by blood and urine testing
- Electrocardiogram and Peripheral Vascular Doppler
- Other sophisticated studies are available at hospital facilities like : MRI , CT-scan,
Angiography , bone densitometry and nuclear medicine scanning.