Category: Endocrinology and Metabolism
UNC Researchers Lead Study of Diabetes Treatment of Severely Ill COVID-19 Patients
John Buse, MD, PhD Diabetes is one of the comorbidities most strongly associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the United States, and data from early in the pandemic suggested individuals with type 2 diabetes faced twice the risk of death from COVID-19, as well as a greater risk of requiring hospitalization and intensive care. Led by John Buse, MD, PhD, and A … Read more
Seven Autoimmune Diseases That Can Make You Gain or Lose Weight
Deepa Kirk, MD Deepa Kirk, MD, associate professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, explained autoimmune disease to Cosmopolitan magazine. “An autoimmune disease is any condition that causes your own immune system, which is designed to fend off foreign bodies, mistakenly attacks parts of your own body, said Kirk, medical director of the UNC Hospitals D … Read more
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 Osteoporo … Read more
vTv Therapeutics Announces Results from SimpliciT-1 Study of TTP399 in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Klara Klein, MD, PhD 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. … Read more
Buse Appointed Co-Chair of the CTSA Program Steering Committee
John Buse, MD, PhD 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 th … Read more
US News Ranks UNC-CH #8 in List of “Best Global Universities for Endocrinology and Metabolism”
John Buse, MD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the “Best Global Universities for Endocrinology and Metabolism” by U.S. News and World Report. “We are very excited to take this opportunity to celebrate the research strengths in diabetes, nutrition, and obesity across the University,” said Elizabeth Mayer-Davis, PhD, RD, Cary C. Boshamer … Read more
Fellows Match to the Department of Medicine
While the pandemic made this year particularly challenging for fellowship recruitment efforts and interviews, a series of videos showing each program’s strengths was a creative solution, introducing viewers to faculty and current fellows, with a brief glimpse into what it might be like to join the program. And although it was impossible to replicate the experience of visiting in- … Read more
Klein Publishes Review, Determining Glycaemia-Associated Targets For Diabetes Mellitus
Klara Klein, MD, PhD Klara Klein, MD, PhD, a fellow in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, recently published “The Trials and Tribulations of Determining HbA1c Targets For Diabetes Mellitus,” in Nature Reviews Endocrinology, the highest impact journal in endocrinology. Following is a summary of the review, published with John Buse, MD, PhD, chief of the division of endo … Read more
Diabetes Awareness Month – Spotlighting the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Clinically, the division of endocrinology and metabolism provides outpatient care for patients with diabetes, obesity, bone disease, thyroid and parathyroid conditions, gender issues and other endocrine disorders at the UNCH Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic at Meadowmont. Led by Dr. Josh Evron, our thyroid and endocrine tumor service line includes a weekly thyroid biopsy clinic … Read more
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Experts Lead Call to Action for Doctors to Heed Guidelines on Diabetes Care
Published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a paper co-authored by seven leading diabetes experts in Europe and the United Sates, including the UNC Department of Medicine’s John Buse, MD, PhD, warns against medical inertia that prevents physicians from helping patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiorenal disease.
Value-Care Action Group’s eConsults Reach Milestone, Styner Explains How They Impact Patient Care
Maya Styner, MD, and Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH eConsults are making access to high quality, specialty care easier, while also helping to increase care value. eConsults are a digitized version of ‘curbside consults’, launched in 2019 through the Value-Care Action Group which encourages redesigning care in ways that increase value. Since then, specialists in the UNC Department of Medic … Read more
Fracture Liaison Service Narrows Gap in Osteoporosis Treatment
John R. Stephens, MD Hip fracture is a common and morbid condition, and prior studies have shown that the majority of patients with fragility fracture are not treated for underlying osteoporosis. A pre-post study led by John R. Stephens, MD, professor of medicine and pediatrics in the division of hospital medicine, was designed to improve care for patients with acute hip fractur … Read more