EDUCATION:
1979 B.A, Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
1986, M.D., Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany
Residency at Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine
ACADEMIC AND CLINICAL INVOLVEMENT:
Program Director, Fellowship Training Program, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2005-current
Associate Professor of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2003-present
Staff Physician, Section Endocrinology & Metabolism, Atlanta VA Medical Center 1995-present
Faculty Member, Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB) Metabolic and Secretory Organs Georgia Institute of Technology 2005-present
Development of insulin gene therapy as a treatment for diabetes mellitus, and investigations into hepatocellular effects of ectopic insulin production. Our animal model utilizes a metabolically regulated, hepatic specific gene promoter to drive expression of an insulin transgene in the livers of diabetic rats. Administration of viral vectors containing these promoters coupled to a human insulin cDNA, normalizes blood sugars in diabetic rodents.
Staff Physician, Section Endocrinology & Metabolism Atlanta VA Medical Center 1995-present
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