As you know this year we had to host The Sweet Ride virtually due to COVID-19. We appreciate everyone who’s donated and/or participated in our second fundraiser. With your support we will continue to fund the following research projects list here: https://bit.ly/3jsPDlK. If you would like to donate you can go to [...]
Medicine Grand Rounds are back! OCTOBER 6, 2020 | noon to 1PM Parathyroid Related Protein (PTHrp): From bad to good presented by Dr. Subash Kukreja Register in advance: https://uic.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqduyrrT8qGdd_MIoo7d-mvMoSUBmBC12E More News
The UI Health Diabetes Center is having its second Bike Ride fundraiser, ‘The Sweet Ride’, on September 13, 2020. 100% of the proceeds go directly to our mission, which is Transforming Diabetes Care & Research in the city of Chicago. Cost is $50 per person (T-shirt & water bottle included). Distances range from a couple [...]
Dear Colleagues, I am excited to present our inaugural Annual Report of the Department of Medicine (DOM) at the University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago. The report highlights accomplishments for the fiscal year 2018. Since arriving in the DOM, it has been my pleasure to welcome seven new division chiefs, all who are [...]
We are excited to announce that the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, and Dr. Bryan Layden has received a philanthropic gift from one of the University of Illinois College of Medicine most accomplished medical school alumni, Dr. Lester Salans. Dr. Salans is internationally recognized in the fields of diabetes mellitus, obesity and [...]
Twenty two department of medicine providers were named among the region's top physicians by Castle Connolly, the consumer healthcare guide. Seven of the recognized providers were featured in Chicago magazine's January 2019 "Top Doctors" list. More News
Getting enough of the omega 3 fatty acids DHA and EPA into the brain to study their effects on conditions such as Alzheimer’s and depression — which they have been shown to help — is no easy task. While supplements containing these fatty acids exist, there is scant evidence showing that these supplements actually increase [...]
Fellow Sara Matani published the below articles during her fellowship: Matani, S. & Mihailescu, D. A Rare but Threatening Reaction - Respiratory distress after RAI. Oral Presentation at AACE Illinois Chapter Meeting – Loyola University – October 2018. Matani, S. & Barengolts, E. Cinacalcet as an Adjuvant Treatment and Prevention of Hypercalcemia in FGF-23 Tumors Two Case Reports of [...]
An article titled “Adult-onset hepatocyte GH resistance promotes NASH in male mice, without severe systemic metabolic dysfunction” has been recently co-published by one of our doctors. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2018-00669 The manuscript is co-authored by: Jose Cordoba-Chacon, Andre Sarmento-Cabral, Mercedes del Rio-Moreno, Alberto Diaz-Ruiz, Papasani V Subbaiah, Rhonda D Kineman; Dr. Kineman serves as the corresponding [...]
