Medical Director and Sports Medicine Physician, Doctors Express

Family Medicine

Marco Alcala is an expert in the field of Family Medicine. He went to St. George's University School of Medicine. He received awards:"Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award Recipient". Doctor Marco A. Alcala Jr., MD is also a published doctor. He has 6 paper published. The most recent paper is: Preferential accumulation within tumors and in vivo imaging by functionalized luminescent dendrimer lanthanide complexes. Marco Alcala accepts all Medicare patients.

Publications

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• Preferential accumulation within tumors and in vivo imaging by functionalized luminescent dendrimer lanthanide complexes.
• Luminescence targeting and imaging using a nanoscale generation 3 dendrimer in an in vivo colorectal metastatic rat model.
• Effect of hyperthermia in combination with TRAIL on the JNK-Bim signal transduction pathway and growth of xenograft tumors.
• c-Cbl-mediated degradation of TRAIL receptors is responsible for the development of the early phase of TRAIL resistance.
• c-Cbl acts as a mediator of Src-induced activation of the PI3K-Akt signal transduction pathway during TRAIL treatment.

Schools

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• Saint George39s Unversity School Of Medicine

• Heritage Valley Beaver

• Allegheny General Hosp

• Sports Medicine With The Pittsburgh Pirates

• Rutgers University New Brunswick Campus

Procedures Preformed

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• Abscess Incision and Drainage
• EKG (Electrocardiogram, ECG)
• Immunization
• Joint Injection
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Conditions Treated

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• Allergies
• Anxiety
• Arthritis
• Asthma
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Doctors Specialties

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• Family Medicine
• Sports Medicine

Accepted Insurances

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• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Cofinity
• Coventry Health Care
• Gateway Health Plan
• Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Humana
• Medicaid
• Medicare MCR
• TriCare for Life
• United Healthcare
• UPMC Health Plan

Awards

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• Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Award Recipient

Education

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• Allegheny General Hospital - Western Pennsylvania Hospital
• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
• St. George's University School of Medicine

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