Areas of Treatment:

• Diabetes

Specialties:

• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• Obstetrics and Gynecology

Title:

• Professor of Medicine and Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Director of the USC Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases

Department:

• Department of Medicine
• Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Locations:

• HCC II
• Keck Hospital of USC
• USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital

Background:

Dr. Mestman attended the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and received his medical degree in 1955.  He then came to Los Angeles to perform his internship and residency training at the Hospital of the Good Samaritan.  Dr. Mestman completed his fellowship training in endocrinology and metabolism at USC.  In addition to authoring over a hundred journal articles and book chapters on diabetes and thyroid disease, Dr. Mestman is the recipient of several prestigious honors, including the 2002 Norbert Frienkel Lecture Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Diabetes and Pregnancy by the American Diabetes Association.

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Education:

• Medical Doctor, University of Buenos Aires, 1955

Internships:

• Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, CA, 1965 - 1966

Residencies:

• Hospital of the Good Samaritan, Los Angeles, CA, 1966 - 1968

Fellowships:

• University of Southern California, Endocrinology & Metabolism, 1960 - 1963

Board Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine: Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Diabetes Association

Awards:

• Norbert Frienkel Lecture Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Diabetes and Pregnancy by the American Diabetes Association, 2002.
• AACE Outstanding Clinical Endocrinologist, 2004
• Dr. Mestman was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.

Languages:

• English
• Spanish