Summary
My research interests include investigating the various mechanisms responsible for abnormal glucose metabolism in individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetes. I am interested in the reasons for higher fasting and post-meal glucose concentrations in people with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes. I am also looking at the mechanisms by which cortisol plays a role in carbohydrate metabolism. Recent studies that we conducted have shown that the splanchnic bed makes cortisol in humans via the enzyme 11betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, and now I am looking at what modulates splanchnic and whole-body cortisol production. Is it mediated by the pituitary-hypothalamic axis or by degree of visceral adiposity, and does nutrient ingestion and/or incretins/insulin modulate this process?
Recent Publications
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Professional Details
Primary Appointment
- Endocrinology
Academic Rank
- Professor of Medicine
Education
- BSc - Passed with highest honors and Top Rank in the
University ( Chemistry,Physics,Biology and English) Dayanand Anglo - Vedic College, Abohar, University of Punjab
- MB BS Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, University of Madras
- Internship/Residency Department of Internal Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, University of Madras
- Post Doctoral Fellowship - Endocrinology and Metabolism Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic
- Senior Research Fellowship - Endocrinology and Metabolism Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic