David A. Prentice is an endocrinologist based in Nedlands, WA. His practice is at 8 Verdun St, Nedlands, and he looks after people with hormone and metabolism-related health issues that can affect the whole body.
Hormones help control things like energy, growth, how your body uses food, and how you handle stress. When hormone levels are off, it can show up in many ways, not just one symptom. In many cases, patients also need help with tricky body chemistry, like changes in salts in the blood and other balance problems.
David’s work includes conditions such as Addison’s disease and isolated ACTH deficiency, where the body doesn’t make enough of key hormones. He also manages problems linked to low electrolytes, including low potassium and low sodium, as well as low phosphate (hypophosphatemia) and related low phosphate levels like hypophosphatasia (HPP). These issues can make people feel weak, unwell, or “not themselves”, and they often need careful monitoring over time.
He also supports patients who have broader metabolic concerns, such as lactic acidosis and metabolic acidosis, along with issues around malnutrition. Sometimes these conditions come after a period of poor intake, long illness, or other health problems. At times, they can be part of a larger picture, so the goal is to understand what is driving the imbalance.
David also has experience dealing with complex, multi-system problems. For example, endocrine changes can happen alongside serious neurological events like stroke, and there can be overlap with other conditions that affect immunity, inflammation, and how the nervous system works. People may come in with more than one issue happening at once, and that can be stressful.
When things are complicated, clear steps matter. David focuses on getting the basics right first, then working through what the body is telling us through blood results and overall symptoms. It’s about helping patients feel steadier and safer as the plan is put in place and followed up.