David Saxon, MD

Professional Titles

• Medical Director, Peer Mentored Care Collaborative
• VA Endocrinology Section Chief

Publications

• Choy K, Abbitt D, Kovar A, Jones TS, McCallum M, Thomas EA, Saxon DR, Wikiel KJ, Jones EL. Weighing your options-intragastric balloon versus semaglutide. Surg Endosc. 2024 Oct;38(10):6070-6075. PubMed PMID: 39138683
• Wool CR, Shaw K, Saxon DR. A quality improvement project to improve treatment of severe hypertriglyceridemia in veterans. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2024 Dec 1;36(12):719-727. PubMed PMID: 38652650
• Ni K, Rogowitz E, Farahmand AK, Kaizer LK, Arbet J, Cunningham CR, Thomas EA, Saxon DR. Weight Loss Outcomes in a Veterans Affairs Pharmacotherapy-based Weight Management Clinic. J Endocr Soc. 2024 Mar 12;8(5):bvae042. PubMed PMID: 38515583
• Enright C, Thomas E, Saxon DR. An Updated Approach to Antiobesity Pharmacotherapy: Moving Beyond the 5% Weight Loss Goal. J Endocr Soc. 2023 Jan 6;7(3):bvac195. PubMed PMID: 36686585
• Hoffner-Heinike A, Iwamoto SJ, Saxon DR, Cogdall NA, Davies RD, Lee RS, Chiappone A, Thomas JF, Rothman MS. ECHO "Bootcamp": An Innovative Training Model to Onboard Providers in the Care of Gender Diverse Patients. Telemed J E Health. 2023 Jul 27. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37499094
• Raghavan S, Warsavage T, Liu WG, Raffle K, Josey K, Saxon DR, Phillips LS, Caplan L, Reusch JEB. Trends in Timing of and Glycemia at Initiation of Second-line Type 2 Diabetes Treatment in U.S. Adults. Diabetes Care. 2022 Jun 2;45(6):1335-1345. PubMed PMID: 35344584
• Kobe EA, Lewinski AA, Jeffreys AS, Smith VA, Coffman CJ, Danus SM, Sidoli E, Greck BD, Horne L, Saxon DR, Shook S, Aguirre LE, Esquibel MG, Evenson C, Elizagaray C, Nelson V, Zeek A, Weppner WG, Scodellaro S, Perdew CJ, Jackson GL, Steinhauser K, Bosworth HB, Edelman D, Crowley MJ. Implementation of an Intensive Telehealth Intervention for Rural Patients with Clinic-Refractory Diabetes. J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Sep;37(12):3080-3088. PubMed PMID: 34981358
• Salahuddin T, Richardson V, McNeal DM, Henderson K, Hess PL, Raghavan S, Saxon DR, Valle JA, Waldo SW, Ho PM, Schwartz GG. Potential unrealized mortality benefit of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists and sodium-glucose co-transport-2 inhibitors: A report from the Veterans Health Administration Clinical Assessment, Reporting and Tracking program. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2021 Jan;23(1):97-105. PubMed PMID: 32902128
• Cunningham C, Saxon D. Weight Management in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes Secrets.
• Saxon D, Bessesen DH. Obesity as a Disease. Primary Care: Evaluation and Management of Obesity.
• Kheniser K, Saxon DR, Kashyap SR. Long-Term Weight Loss Strategies for Obesity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 Jun 16;106(7):1854-1866. PubMed PMID: 33595666
• Thompson MA, Fuhlbrigge AL, Pearson DW, Saxon DR, Oberst-Walsh LA, Thomas JF. Building eConsult (Electronic Consults) Capability at an Academic Medical Center to Improve Efficiencies in Delivering Specialty Care. J Prim Care Community Health. 2021 Jan-Dec;12:21501327211005303. PubMed PMID: 33759622
• Glodowski M, Christen S, Saxon DR, Hegele RA, Eckel RH. Novel PPARG mutation in multiple family members with chylomicronemia. J Clin Lipidol. 2021 May-Jun;15(3):431-434. PubMed PMID: 33832869
• Saxon DR, Kaboli PJ, Haraldsson B, Wilson C, Ohl M, Augustine MR. Growth of electronic consultations in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Manag Care. 2021 Jan;27(1):12-19. PubMed PMID: 33471457
• Reiter-Brennan C, Cainzos-Achirica M, Soroosh G, Saxon DR, Blaha MJ, Eckel RH. Cardiometabolic medicine - the US perspective on a new subspecialty. Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep;9(3):70-80. PubMed PMID: 32803138
• Saxon DR, Reiter-Brennan C, Blaha MJ, Eckel RH. Cardiometabolic Medicine: Development of a New Subspecialty. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jul 1;105(7). PubMed PMID: 32407515
• Saxon DR, Iwamoto SJ, Mettenbrink CJ, McCormick E, Arterburn D, Daley MF, Oshiro CE, Koebnick C, Horberg M, Young DR, Bessesen DH. Antiobesity Medication Use in 2.2 Million Adults Across Eight Large Health Care Organizations: 2009-2015. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2019 Dec;27(12):1975-1981. PubMed PMID: 31603630
• Saxon DR, Chaussee EL, Juarez-Colunga E, Tsai AG, Iwamoto SJ, Speer RB, Heyn H, Kealey EH, Bessesen DH. A Toolbox Approach to Obesity Treatment in Urban Safety-Net Primary Care Clinics: a Pragmatic Clinical Trial. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Nov;34(11):2405-2413. PubMed PMID: 31485965
• Saxon DR, Rasouli N, Eckel RH. Pharmacological Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus: Established and Emerging Agents. Drugs. 2018 Feb;78(2):203-214. PubMed PMID: 29305768
• Raghavan S, Liu WG, Saxon DR, Grunwald GK, Maddox TM, Reusch JEB, Berkowitz SA, Caplan L. Oral diabetes medication monotherapy and short-term mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2018;6(1):e000516. PubMed PMID: 29942524
• Raghavan S, Liu WG, Michael Ho P, Plomondon ME, Barón AE, Caplan L, Joynt Maddox KE, Magid D, Saxon DR, Voils CI, Bradley SM, Maddox TM. Coronary artery disease severity modifies associations between glycemic control and both mortality and myocardial infarction. J Diabetes Complications. 2018 May;32(5):480-487. PubMed PMID: 29483016
• Saxon DR, Rasouli N, Eckel RH. Pharmacological Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus: Established and Emerging Agents. Drugs. 2018 Feb;78(2):203-214. PubMed PMID: 29305768
• Iwamoto S, Saxon D, Tsai A, Leister E, Speer R, Heyn H, Kealey E, Juarez-Colunga E, Gudzune K, Bleich S, Clark J, Bessesen D. Effects of Education and Experience on Primary Care Providers' Perspectives of Obesity Treatments during a Pragmatic Trial. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Oct;26(10):1532-1538. PubMed PMID: 30257072
• Varela D, Yu A, Saxon D. Insulinoma Masquerading as Transient Neurocognitive Impairment. Am J Med. 2018 Sep;131(9):e377-e379. PubMed PMID: 29753794
• Pfeifer EC, Saxon DR, Janson RW. Etanercept-Induced Hypoglycemia in a Patient With Psoriatic Arthritis and Diabetes. Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports. 2017 Sept 8; 5(3).
• Saxon DR, McDermott MT, Michels AW. Novel Management of Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome with Rituximab and Continuous Glucose Monitoring. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 May;101(5):1931-4. PubMed PMID: 26982011
• Liu W, Saxon DR, McNair B, Sanagorski R, Rasouli N. Endocrinology Telehealth Consultation Improved Glycemic Control Similar to Face-to-Face Visits in Veterans. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2016 Sep;10(5):1079-86. PubMed PMID: 27170633
• Saxon DR, Eckel RH. Statin Intolerance: A Literature Review and Management Strategies. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2016 Sep-Oct;59(2):153-164. PubMed PMID: 27497504
• Bullock JP, Carter E, Johnson R, Kennedy AT, Key SE, Kraft BJ, Saxon D, Underwood P. Reactivity of electrochemically generated rhenium (II) Tricarbonyl alpha-diimine complexes: a reinvestigation of the oxidation of luminescent Re(CO)3(alpha-Diimine)Cl and related compounds. Inorg Chem. 2008 Sep 1;47(17):7880-7. PubMed PMID: 18681426
• Oyer DS, Saxon D, Shah A. Quantitative assessment of diabetic peripheral neuropathy with use of the clanging tuning fork test. Endocr Pract. 2007 Jan-Feb;13(1):5-10. PubMed PMID: 17360294
• Stone NJ, Saxon D. Approach to treatment of the patient with metabolic syndrome: lifestyle therapy. Am J Cardiol. 2005 Aug 22;96(4A):15E-21E. PubMed PMID: 16098838

Professional Memberships

• Endocrine Society, Member
• Obesity Society, Member
• American Diabetes Association, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2650

Rocky Mountain Regional Veterans Administration Medical Center
1700 Wheeling St
Aurora, CO 80045
303-399-8020

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Board Certification (2015)
• Internal Medicine (2012)

Conditions & Treatments

• Endocrine System (Hormones)
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 1 Diabetes
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 2 Diabetes
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Endocrine Cancer (Parathyroid, Adrenal, Carcinoid)
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Thyroid Cancer
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Thyroid Disease
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adrenal Diseases
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Lipidosis
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Osteoporosis
• Transgender Health for Adults