Gita Erta

Endocrinologist

Provides consultations and treatment for internal secretion gland disorders or hormone secretion regulation disorders and diseases resulting from internal secretion disorders: diabetes, thyroid disorders, adrenal disorders and pituitary disorders, obesity, osteoporosis, gout, metabolic disorders and other endocrine disorders.

Provides preventive examinations and health risk assessment, general endocrine diagnostics and health check- up.

The Doctor emphasizes the positive impact of a healthy lifestyle, healthy diet and weight loss, importance of diabetes prevention, newest medical technologies in diabetology (insulin pump, etc.).

The Doctor recommends: “To be here and now and receive this very minute as the most important thing!”

Work experience:

• since 2000 – Endocrinologist in a number of medical institutions, including P. Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Endocrinology Center, Jurmala hospital and KRC Jaunkemeri;
• since the opening of Capital Clinic Riga in January, 2014 – Endocrinologist in this clinic and Health Center 4 Diagnostics Center;
• currently a guest lecturer at the Department of Human Physiology and Biochemistry at the Riga Stradiņš University;
• regularly participates in postgraduate training courses, symposia and conferences organized by Riga Stradins University, the University of Latvia, professional associations and societies;
• author and co-author of several local and international scientific and popular scientific publications;
• since 2005 participates in international clinical trials.

Education:

• 2000 – she graduated from the Latvian Academy of Medicine, the Faculty of Medicine;
• 2003 – she graduated from Family Medicine Residency and received a certificate in Family Medicine;
• 2007 – she graduated from the University of Latvia, Residency in Endocrinology and received a certificate in Endocrinology specialty;
• currently a PhD student at the Riga Stradiņš University.

Additional courses:

• 2007 – Steno Diabetes Center Gentofte, Denmark, Practical diabetology;
• 2015 – Molecular Genetic Testing Methods, The Harvard Medical School;
• 2016 – Lifestyle Medicine. Nutrition and the Metabolic Syndrome, The Harvard Medical School.

Membership in professional associations:

• Latvian Association of Endocrinologists,
• European Association of Endocrinologists,
• EYES (European Young Endocrine Scientists),
• ECE European Society of Endocrinology,
• Endocrine Society.

Provides consultations in Latvian, English and Russian.