Welcome to the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, providing the very best in patient-centered care, in a caring and compassionate environment. Our physicians are faculty members in the Department of Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, applying the newest research and therapies to patients with diabetes, endocrine and metabolic diseases. We continually strive to improve the quality of patient care with our comprehensive approach, teaching the science and best practices of endocrine care.
Our physicians provide outpatient and inpatient consultative care for patients with diagnostic or treatment issues, for endocrine and metabolic diseases. Learn more about the patient care we provide and our clinic.
The Division has a long tradition of excellence in basic science, and translational and clinical research. Faculty research focuses on new modalities for treatment of diabetes and obesity, the factors that are responsible for improving bone mineral density, molecular mechanisms of obesity, and lipid metabolism, particularly as it relates to insulin secretion.
Our greatest teaching efforts focus on clinical training of students (future doctors, nurses, dietitians, physician assistants, and researchers). This includes the interns and residents who will be the primary care doctors and specialists of the future, and in particular, the fellows who are fully trained doctors preparing for a future career in endocrinology. Fellows are also full members of the division, and with support from faculty, fully participate in clinical care, teaching and research. We also provide continuing education for physicians throughout the UNC Health Care System, through national and international programs.
Thank you for your interest in our programs, and please contact us to learn more. We look forward to serving you.
Endocrinology & Metabolism News
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Rubin Discusses Bone Health in Margaret Martin Video Series
Janet Rubin, MD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, provides patient education in a new four-part video series produced by Margaret Martin, a physical therapist specializing in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis through exercise, safe movement and fall prevention. In “Bone Remodelling and Osteoporosis” (March … Continued
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vTv Therapeutics Announces Results from SimpliciT-1 Study of TTP399 in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Led by Klara Klein, MD, PhD, a fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, the study showed that treatment with 800mg of TTP399 demonstrated statistically significant reductions in HbA1c and clinically relevant reduction in the frequency of severe or symptomatic hypoglycemia. Learn more from the UNC Health and UNC School of Medicine Newsroom. Dr. … Continued
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Buse Appointed Co-Chair of the CTSA Program Steering Committee
John Buse, MD, PhD, has been appointed the Co-Chair of the Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) Program Steering Committee, along with Christopher P. Austin, MD, the Director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health. The CTSA Program Steering Committee provides direction to NCATS and the ~60 … Continued