Christopher McCartney, MD, is the current Chair of the Endocrine Society’s Clinical Guidelines Committee (term 2018-2021) and President of the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism (term 2018-2020).
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Su Hee Kim, MD, recently completed an NIH F32 NRSA grant (“Role of hyperandrogenemia in abnormal pubertal gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) secretion and development of PCOS”). She was first author on a 2018 J Clin Endocrinol Metab manuscript entitled “Progesterone-mediated inhibition of the GnRH pulse generator: differential sensitivity as a function of sleep status,” and first author on a 2018 Physiology Reports manuscript entitled “Progesterone administration does not acutely alter LH pulse secretion in the mid-follicular phase in women.” She was co-author on an additional J Clin Endocrinol Metab manuscript published in 2018. Dr. Kim has received a fundable priority score of 21 for her K23 grant proposal entitled “Pathophysiology and therapeutic strategy for late reproductive aged women with PCOS.”
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CURRENT & RECENTLY GRADUATED FELLOWS
Shreela Mishra, MD, graduated from fellowship in June 2018 and is now a faculty member at the University of California – Fresno. While a fellow, her research was supported by an Endocrine Fellows Foundation grant, and she co-authored a chapter on diabetes in pregnancy (Lavin’s Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 5th edition).
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Nyrene Haque, MD, is a second-year fellow on the two-year clinical track. In addition to her clinical training, she has been evaluating gamma knife outcomes for patients with Cushing’s Disease with biochemical remission but apparent incomplete resection.
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Meaghan Stumpf, MD, graduated from fellowship in June 2018 and is currently a UVA Assistant Professor spearheading our transplant endocrinology section and participating in the newly-initiated diabetes technology clinic. While a fellow, she co-authored a case report published in Journal of the Endocrine Society (2017).
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Kaitlin Love, MD, is a second-year fellow on the three-year clinical/research track. She is supported by the Research Training in Neuroendocrinology T32 NRSA grant. In addition, Dr. Love received a fundable NIH F32 NRSA priority score (20) for her application entitled “Effect of GLP-1 on microvascular insulin responses in type 1 diabetes.”
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Charity Kwamanakweenda, MD, is a second-year fellow on the two-year clinical track. In addition to her clinical training, she is organizing endocrine division’s involvement with Project ECHO (a national telehealth model for rural health care).
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William (Ben) Horton, MD, is a third year fellow supported on an NIH F32 NRSA entitled “Examining the effects of acute hyperglycemia on skeletal and cardiac muscle microvasculature.” He was first author on a 2017 case report published in Journal of the Endocrine Society (2017), and he was co-author on a Neurology manuscript related to DM neuropathy (2018).
Additionally, Dr. Horton is serving as an advisor to the ADA’s Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease Interest Group Leadership Team, and he was recently chosen as a fellow member of the ACGME’s Milestones 2.0 Working Group for Endocrinology.
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Jessica Lundgren, MD, graduated from fellowship in June 2018 and currently remains at UVA performing research under the auspices of an NIH F32 NRSA grant entitled “Impaired Gonadotropin Surges in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Role of Hyperandrogenemia in Positive Feedback.” She was first author on a 2018 J Clin Endocrinol Metab manuscript entitled “Progesterone suppression of LH pulse frequency in adolescent girls with hyperandrogenism: effects of metformin.” Dr. Lundgren was co-author on an additional J Clin Endocrinol Metab manuscript published in 2018.
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FIRST YEAR FELLOWS
In July 2018, Suhail Dar, MD, (pictured from left) entered the two-year clinical track; Jeanette Owusu, MD, entered the three-year clinical/research track; and Tarunya Vedere, MD, entered the two-year clinical track.
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