Category: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Dr. John Buse’s 21-Year Career as Division Chief
John B. Buse, MD, PhD, is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor, Director of the Diabetes Center and Director of the NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute. John Buse, MD, PhD Sometimes, the path in life we think we are least likely to travel is the place we are meant to end up. “Apparently, what I was told is that my first ca … Read more
Congratulations, Carolina Care Excellence Awardees!
Every year, UNC Hospitals conducts the Press Ganey Medical Practice survey to obtain input from patients. Patients are asked if they would refer their provider’s practice to friends and family in the survey. Over the last year, 154 providers within UNC Hospitals received the highest recommendation from more than 89 percent of their patients, putting them in the top quartile natio … Read more
Emily Pfaff, PhD, Leads Study Using Machine Learning Models to Help Identify Long COVID Patients
Emily Pfaff, PhD, MS A study published in The Lancet Digital Health led by Emily R. Pfaff, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, shows how the National COVID Cohort Collaborative used XGBoost machine learning (ML) models to better define long COVID and identify potential long-COVID patients with a high degree of accuracy. Clinical scientists us … Read more
Dr. Young Awarded NIH Grant to Study Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
Laura Young, MD, PhD, Division of Endocrinology Dr. Laura Young, MD, PhD, an associate professor in the Division of Endocrinology, has received a grant from the National Institute of Health to increase uptake of diabetes self-management education. According to the Centers for Disease Control, over 37.3 million people live with diabetes. The challenges, costs, and complications of … Read more
ASBMR Webinar on Intelligent Exercise for Osteoporosis Patients
Physicians who treat osteoporosis are frequently asked by their patients for advice to exercise programs – how to use exercise to impact bone density, how to prevent falls and fractures, or just how to get moving again. Patients complain that doctor’s don’t address exercise, and don’t know the basics. The goal of this webinar, led by Dr. Janet Rubin, the Sarah Graham Kenan Distin … Read more
UNC Department of Medicine Announces New Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS Ron Falk, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine, announced today that Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS, has been named Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism effective September 1, 2022. Hwang will join UNC from the Yale School of Medicine where she has served as an assistant professor of endocrinology for the past five years while researching … Read more
Hemoglobin Glycation Index, Calculated From a Single Fasting Glucose Value, as a Prediction Tool for Severe Hypoglycemia and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in DEVOTE
Klara Klein, MD, PhD Klara R. Klein, MD, PhD, fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism and trainee in the UNC Physician Scientist Training Program, and John Buse, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endocrinology and metabolism, are authors of a new study published in BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. Hemoglobin glycation index is the difference between observed an … Read more
Acute ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction with Cystic Fibrosis and Cystic Fibrosis-Related Diabetes
Jennifer Goralski, MD, Alex Despotes, MD, Deepa Kirk, MD, and Sirisha Thambuluru, MD Ischemic heart disease is rarely reported in people with cystic fibrosis despite multiple potential risk factors. In a paper published in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis, Jennifer Goralski, MD, Sirisha Thambuluru, MD, Katherine (Alex) Despotes, MD, and Deepa Kirk, MD, report on two cases of ST ele … Read more
“Inpatient Transition to Virtual Care During COVID-19 Pandemic” One of Top 10 Downloaded Papers
What started as a VCAG project continued with a transition to virtual care during COVID. Now, “Inpatient Transition to Virtual Care During COVID-19 Pandemic” is one of the top 10 downloaded papers for 2020 and 2021. The UNC Inpatient Diabetes Co-Management Service started as a VCAG project in 2019, to improve glycemic control for hospitalized patients. It continued with a transit … Read more
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A New Stem Cell Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes Shows Early Promise in 1 Patient
John Buse, MD, PhD Type 1 diabetes management is a lifelong job that can’t be eliminated by lifestyle changes or any currently available drugs or medical devices. Because there’s no cure and no simple way to treat this chronic disease, it’s easy to understand why people might get excited about an experimental stem cell therapy that appears to reverse the condition — even if it ha … Read more
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InsideTraCS with Emily Pfaff, PhD
Emily Pfaff, PhD, MS Emily Pfaff, PhD, MS, assistant professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, is co-director of Informatics and Data Science at NC TraCS. She has a PhD in Health Informatics and a master’s in Information Science, both from UNC. Her primary expertise and research interests are in “computable phenotyping” and clinical data modeling in support of tr … Read more
Newsworthy from the Department of Medicine, Week of November 5 – 11
The below clickable headlines link directly to outside media outlets and feature Department of Medicine faculty during the past week, starting Friday, November 5, 2021. Laura Young, MD COVID-19 treatments are not vaccine replacements. Here’s why – Dr. David Wohl (ArcaMax Publishing) Is Type 2 Diabetes Ready for CGM? – Dr. Laura Young (The Journal of Healthcare Contracting) 10 gas … Read more