118) Providers willing to prescribe oxytocin: name, speciality, location

I have written a Letter to the Editor to (the journal) Obesity and it was accepted for publication (link): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329187211_Hypothalamic_Obesity_Treatment_Demands_Thinking_Outside_the_Box. I wrote about the need to "think outside-the-box" when it comes to treating hypothalamic obesity.  I am hopeful that it will change the minds of some providers to become more willing to prescribe an off-label intervention like oxytocin to their HO patients. Please keep in mind that oxytocin for HO is considered "experimental" because dosing trials have not been done yet and it does not have FDA approval.  One could say that the providers who prescribe oxytocin for HO are practicing "out-of-the-box."

Since I have started this blog and published our case report, I have been learning of a few more providers who are willing to prescribe.  It is still very much a tiny minority of endocrinologists who appear to be willing to use oxytocin in this off-label manner, but it is a start!   Like my updated list of research papers in post #8, I will update this list as I learn about more prescribing providers.

If you know a physician who is willing to prescribe oxytocin, please share her/his name, speciality, whether s/he treats children or adults, and location and I will add them to this list.  Please note that I am not including them on this list as an endorsement; I am merely sharing them as providers who have been willing to prescribe oxytocin to their patients. Additionally, it goes without saying (but I will say it anyway as a caveat) that physicians will use their own clinical discretion on a case-by-case basis as to how they decide to treat their patients and just because they are listed here as providers who have prescribed oxytocin to a patient, does not mean that they will necessarily prescribe it to other patients.

Here's what I have so far:

USA
1.  Dr. Theodore Friedman; adult endocrinology, Los Angeles, CA
2.  Dr. Lewis Blevins; adult endocrinology, San Francisco, CA
3.  Dr. Kurt Midyett; pedi and adult endocrinology, Overland, KS
4.  Dr. Emily Gutierrez; pedi and adult functional and integrative medicine, Austin TX
5.  Dr. Scott Moreland; pedi and adult psychiatry, Sugarland, TX
6.  Dr. Justin Saya, Defy Medical Group Practice; adult endocrinology, Tampa, FL
7.  Dr. Jennifer Miller; pedi endocrinology, Gainesville, FL
8.  Dr. Nelly Mauras; pedi endocrinology, Jacksonville, FL
9.  Dr. Brian Childers; pedi general practice, Douglas, GA
10. Dr. Timothy Petersen; adult endocrinology, Virginia Beach, VA
11. Dr. Rebecca Ryder; adult gynecology, Chesapeake, VA
12. Dr. Jose Alvarado; pedi general practice, Salisbury, MD
13. Dr. Andrew Scrogin; adult endocrinology, Auburn Hills, MI
14. Dr. Jennifer Abuzzahab, pedi endocrinology, St. Paul, MN
15. Dr. Tayma Shayna, pedi and adult primary care, Sugarland, TX
16. Dr. Charles Upchurch, adult endocrinology, Charlotte, NC
17. Dr. Christian Roth, pedi endocrinology, Seattle, WA
18. Dr. Kathryn Weaver, adolescents and adults, endocrinology, Seattle, WA
19. Dr Bethany Peterson, adult gynecology, Katy, TX

Australia
1. Dr. John Hart; adult functional and integrative medicine, Sydney, NSW
2. Dr. Rory Clifton-Bligh; adult endocrinology, Sydney, NSW
3. Dr. David Torpy; adult endocrinology, Adelaide, SA
4. Dr. Andrew Oliver; adult general practice, Lake Cathie, NSW
5. Dr Nick Davies; adult general practice, Gorokan, NSW

Canada
1. Dr. Jill Hamilton, pedi endocrinology, Toronto, ON
2. Dr. Alexander Chesover, pedi endocrinology, Toronto, ON
3. Dr. Munish Khosla; adult endocrinology, Calgary, AB

New Zealand
1. Dr. Helen Smith; pedi and adult holistic practice, Auckland