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Dr. Gail D. Gutman, MD is an adolescent medicine doctor in New York, NY specializing in adolescent medicine and general pediatrics. She graduated from Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Gail D. Gutman, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian and ColumbiaDoctors.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders are mental and physical illnesses that impact behavior, emotions, and thoughts about eating, food, body appearance, and weight. These disorders are characterized by preoccupations with food and physical size, resulting in dramatic lifestyle changes and adverse health effects. In the past, eating disorders were often diagnosed using BMI (body mass index), or by assessing someone's weight. Eating disorders specialists now recognize that eating disorders may occur in people of all sizes. The most common eating disorders are anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder (BED).
Anorexia nervosa, frequently referred to as anorexia, is a disorder where people severely restrict the types and quantity of food they eat. Those with anorexia have an extreme fear of eating and gaining weight and may repeatedly weigh themselves or engage in harmful behaviors such as excessive exercise or starvation. Those with anorexia often find themselves preoccupied with food, but unable to consume a healthy amount of it. This results in symptoms such as abnormally low BMI, vitamin deficiency, fatigue, fainting, and amenorrhea (lack of menstruation in women). Anorexia may cause bluish discoloration of the hands, brittle and falling out hair, yellowish skin, and lanugo (fine, downy hair). Left untreated, anorexia can lead to organ failure, brain damage, and even death.
Bulimia nervosa, typically called bulimia, is a disorder where people binge (eat large quantities of food) and purge the food that they just consumed by vomiting, laxative abuse, fasting, or excessive exercise. This behavior is usually motivated by a feeling of powerlessness over eating and a fear of weight gain or desire for weight loss. Bulimia can occur in underweight, normal weight, and overweight people. Symptoms of bulimia include acid reflux, intestinal distress, dehydration from purging, amenorrhea, and dental erosion from vomiting. Some people with bulimia have swollen parotid glands (salivary glands near the cheeks) and red scars and marks on the backs of their knuckles. Electrolyte imbalance from bulimia can be particularly severe and may lead to heart attack or stroke.
Binge eating disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder. People with BED feel that they are unable to control the amount of food they eat and may continue to binge after reaching a point of fullness. BED binges (consuming large amounts of food) are often accompanied by feelings of sadness, guilt, and shame. Symptoms of BED include obesity, acid reflux, weight gain, and dissatisfaction with one's body. People with BED tend to experience cycles of negative emotions and binges. Binges or BED episodes can be provoked by stress, boredom, restrictive dieting, depression, and other triggers.
Other common eating disorders include:
Many people with eating disorders do not consciously develop them, and have difficulty seeking treatment. For this reason, it's important to detect and treat eating disorders as early as possible. Treatment for eating disorders can vary from therapy visits to inpatient treatment, depending on the disorder and its severity. Treatment aims to not only restore physical health and correct negative behaviors, but to also promote psychological well-being and self-confidence.
Dr. Gail D. Gutman, MD graduated from Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine. She completed residency at Jacobi Medical Center. She is certified by the Pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Medical School: Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine
Residency: Jacobi Medical Center
Board Certification: Pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
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Dr. Gail D. Gutman, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: GHI PPO, Group Health Incorporated (GHI), CIGNA PPO, CIGNA POS, CIGNA HMO, Blue Shield PPO, Aetna Signature Administrators, CIGNA EPO, Blue Shield HMO, EmblemHealth, MVP Health Care, WellCare, Blue Shield EPO, Medicaid Managed Care, MultiPlan, HealthSpring, United Healthcare PPO, United Healthcare POS, United Healthcare HMO, Aetna, Railroad Medicare, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna POS, Vytra, Affinity Health Plan, MagnaCare, United Healthcare, HIP EPO, Great-West Healthcare, Medicare, Medicaid, Cigna, Oxford HMO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield HMO, 1199SEIU, Fidelis Care, HIP PPO, HIP POS, Healthfirst, HIP HMO, Aetna EPO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield PPO, Empire BlueCross BlueShield, Aetna PPO, Aetna HMO, Medicare - Traditional Medicare, VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare Managed Care, VNSNY CHOICE, World Trade Center Health Plan, World Trade Center Health Plan - World Trade Center Health Plan, Healthfirst - Leaf (Exchange), Healthfirst - Child/Family Health Plus, AETNA - Medicare Managed Care, VNSNY CHOICE - Special Needs, MVP Health Care - Essential Plan, AETNA - NY Signature, Empire Blue Cross - EPO, MVP Health Care - HMO, Amida Care, Healthfirst - Medicare Managed Care, AETNA - Student Health, Amida Care - Special Needs, RiverSpring, VNSNY CHOICE - SelectHealth, MVP Health Care - Child/Family Health Plus and ElderServe - Special Needs.
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Dr. Gail Gutman specializes in adolescent medicine and general pediatrics and practices in New York, NY and New Hyde Park, NY. She takes Aetna EPO, Blue California, and Healthfirst, in addition to other insurance carriers. Dr. Gutman graduated from Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine and then she performed her residency at Jacobi Medical Center. She is professionally affiliated with ColumbiaDoctors. Dr. Gutman welcomes new patients at her office inNew York, NY as reported by ColumbiaDoctors.
