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US News Ranks 黑料网-CH #8 in List of 鈥淏est Global Universities for Endocrinology and Metabolism鈥�

John Buse, MD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has been recognized as one of the 鈥淏est Global Universities for Endocrinology and Metabolism鈥� by U.S. News and World Report. 鈥淲e are very excited to take this opportunity to celebrate the research strengths in diabetes, nutrition, and obesity across the University,鈥� 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鈥檚 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 黑料网H Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic at Meadowmont.聽 Led by Dr. Josh Evron, our thyroid and endocrine tumor service line includes a weekly thyroid biopsy clinic … Read more

Published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, a paper co-authored by seven leading diabetes experts in Europe and the United Sates, including the 黑料网 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 鈥榗urbside consults鈥�, launched in 2019 through the Value-Care Action Group which encourages redesigning care in ways that increase value. Since then, specialists in the 黑料网 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.聽 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

黑料网 Participates in First Nationwide Network to Study Rare Forms of Diabetes

John Buse, MD, PhD John Buse, MD, PhD, will lead the 黑料网-Chapel Hill site for a collaborative NIH research effort to discover new forms of diabetes, understand their differences, and identify their causes. 黑料网-Chapel Hill is participating in a nationwide study funded by the National Institutes of Health that will seek to discover the cause of several unusual forms of diabetes. Fo … Read more

Department of Medicine Grants & Funding: August 1 鈥� August 31, 2020

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism Laura Young, MD, PhD, and聽Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, received a聽PCORI grant聽to study the impact of COVID-19 on glucose monitoring in diabetes patients. Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Silvia Kreda, PhD, was awarded an NIH SBIR Phase II grant to study molecules that enhance delivery of therapeutic oligonucleotides to correct … Read more

Medicine鈥檚 “Value-Care Action Group” Introduces Specialized Inpatient Diabetes Management Services

Signs are now placed on doors to patient rooms to identify people at risk of hyper or hypoglycemia. Hospitalized patients with diabetes are dependent on hospital staff to monitor blood glucose, administer medications and deliver meals in a coordinated manner. Inconsistency in the timing of these tasks can increase the risk for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. The 黑料网 Department of … Read more

Donahue, Young Receive PCORI Grant to Study COVID-19 Impact On Glucose Monitoring in Diabetes Patients

Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH Katrina Donahue, MD, MPH, professor and vice chair for research in the department of family medicine, and Laura Young, MD, PhD, associate professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism,聽are co-primary researchers of a study to investigate the impact of COVID-19 on glucose monitoring in primary care patients with diabetes. The team was awarded $ … Read more

Young, Bergamo Publish Studies On Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Elders and in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes

Laura Young, MD, PhD Laura Young, MD, PhD, and Katherine Bergamo, FNP-C, are local principal investigators for two papers recently published in the Journal of American Medicine Association. Young, associate professor in the division of endocrinology and metabolism, published the Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Hypoglycemia in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes. In this … Read more