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  DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY
 
   
  FACULTY
   
 


Theodore Friedman, M.D., Ph.D. - Division Chief
Email: tefriedm@cdrewu.edu
M.D., Ph.D.: Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Residency: University of Michigan
Fellowship: NIH
Clinical Interests:
  • Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
  • Adrenal Diseases
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Research Interests:
  • Prohormone processing as related to drug addiction
  • Diabetes and thyroid disease
  • Metabolism

 

Olga M. Calof, MD
E mail: ocalof@med,cdrewu.edu
M.D.: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: San Joaquin General Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: King/Drew - Endocrinology
Clinical Interests:
Research Interests:

  • Reproductive Endocrinology
     
  Robert Christiansen, M.D. - Pediatric Endocrinology – Emeritus
Email: orsopadre@yahoo.com
M.D/Residency: Stanford University
Fellowship Endocrine: Stanford University
Clinical Interests:
  • Pediatric Endocrinology
  • Calcium and Phosphate
Research Interest:
  • Hypoglycemia
     


Mayer B. Davidson, M.D.
Email: madavids@cdrewu.edu
M.D.: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Bellevue / Univ.of Washington
Fellowship: University of Washington
Clinical Interest:
  • Diabetes Mellitus
Research Interests:
  • Quality of Diabetes Care
  • Insulin Resistance

  Diana Echeverry, M.D.
-Internal Medicine Residency Associate Program Director
Email: diecheve@cdrewu.edu
M.D.: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, WI
Residency: King/Drew Med Ctr- Internal Medicine
Fellowship: King/Drew - Endocrinology
Clinical interests:
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Thyroid disorders
  • Thyroid cancer
Research interests:
  • Psychosocial factors affecting diabetes care
  • Insulin resistance



Charles Ellis Fisher, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Email: cfisher@ucla.edu
M.D.: University of Southern California
Residency: Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Southern California
Interests:
  • Endocrine Hypertension
  • Diabetes Mellitus

     


Nestor Gonzalez-Cadavid, Ph.D.
Email: ncadavid@ucla.edu
Ph.D.: University of Buenos Aires, University of London
Fellowships: National Council of Scientific Research, (Argentina).University of London,
Research Interests:
  • Molecular and cell biology of:
    1. modulation of skeletal mass by myostatin and steroid hormones;
    2. gene therapy of erectile dysfunction with nitric oxide synthase cDNA constructs;
    3. role of nitric oxide and myofibroblasts in urogenital fibrosis

     
     


Stan Hsia, M.D., FRCPC - Fellowship Program Director
Email: sthsia@telemed.cdrewu.edu
M.D.: University of Toronto
Residency: Queens University Canada
Fellowship: Univ. of Toronto/UCSD
Research Interests:
  • Pathophysiology of Insulin Resistance
  • Lipoproteins



Behrouz Salehian, M.D.
Email: besalehi@cdrewu.edu
M.D/Residency.: Tehran University
Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA
Clinical Interests:
  • Hypogonadism
  • Obesity
  • HIV Endocrinopathies
Research Interests:
  • HIV-Metabolism
  • Obesity
  • Hypogonadism



Atam Bir Singh MD,MRCPI
Email: atamshakti@aol.com
MD/Residency: Medical College of Ohio at Toledo
Fellowship: Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science Research
Interest:
  • Androgen deficiency in aging
  • HIV infection
  • Erectile dysfunction

     
 

Shalender Bhasin, M.D. – (Part Time)
Email:
M.D.: All India Institute of Medical Sciences,
Residency: Northwestern University Medical School,
Fellowship: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
Clinical Interest:

  • Reproductive Endocrinology

Research Interests:

  • Androgen Deficiency
  • Androgen Effects on Muscle
  • Genetics of Infertility
  • Mechanism of Muscle Loss in Aging and Chronic Illness
  • Regulation of Muscle Growth
Role of Androgens in Women
     
Basic Science Research Faculty


(Left to right:) Suzanne Porszasz-Reisz, Ph.D., Wayne Taylor, Ph. D.,
Ma Kun, Ph.D., Linda Woodhouse, Ph.D., Tom Storer, Ph.D.
 
  Sample Research Articles