Find a Doctor: UTMB Health Care Providers Clear all filters Refine Search Search Near Me Provider Gender City Name Clinic Name Refine Specialty Provider Credentials Language Spoken Click to Refine Search Results All Search Results Randall Urban, MD UTMB Health Provider Provider Details Locations Biography Education/Training Ratings/Reviews Scheduling Not accepting new patients. Established patients please use MyChart Specialties: Endocrinology Languages: English UTMB Health Endocrinology Stark Diabetes, PCP Galveston 400 Harborside Drive Suite 100, Entrance A Galveston, TX 77555 Phone: (409) 772-0700 Fax: (409) 747-7012 Dr. Urban is a native Texan, born in Victoria, Texas. He received his B.S. in Biochemistry and Medical Degree from Texas A&M University. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and Endocrinology fellowship at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Dr. Urban joined UTMB in 1990. He has served as Fellowship Program Director and Division Director of the Endocrinology Division. In 2000, he founded and directed the Nelda C. & H.J. Lutcher Stark Diabetes Center. From 2005 to early 2018, he served as Professor and Chair of Internal Medicine. Since March 2018, he has served as Vice Dean, Clinical Research in the School of Medicine. In September of the same year, he was named Vice President and Chief Research Officer.Dr. Urban is a Fellow, American College of Physicians and a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha, the Endocrine Society, the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the American Clinical and Climatological Association. He has received the NIH Clinical Associate Physician Award and served on NIH Study Sections.Dr. Urban has 130 peer-review publications. He is the Principle Investigator of UTMB's Clinical Translational Science Award. He has three major research interests funded by NIH and foundations such as the McCoy Foundation and Moody Endowment. The projects include expansion of human umbilical cord blood stem cells to provide progenitors for granulocytes to fight infection (recently funded by an NIH STTR grant), use of cycled doses of testosterone in disease and aging to prevent the loss of skeletal muscle mass, and defining a new syndrome- Brain Injury Associated Fatigue and Altered Cognition (BIAFAC) that develops after brain injury and can be alleviated with growth hormone treatment. Medical/Professional School: Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center College of Medicine - College Station, TX, MD, 1982 Internships: Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, 1983 Residencies: Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic - Rochester, MN, 1985 Fellowships: Endocrinology, University of Virginia - Charlottesville, Virginia, 1987 Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Treatment Discussion (154) Explanation Provided (154) Include in care decision (154) Show Concern (154) Recommend Provider (153)