Annual Report 2010 Annual Report 2010 - University of Kansas ...

ENDOCRINOLOGY, METABOLISM AND GENETICSLeland Graves, MD, Division DirectorThe Division supports a largeclinical practice as a regionalreferral center for patients withdiabetes, osteoporosis, thyroidcancer and other thyroid disease,as well as a wide range of adrenal,pituitary, ovarian, testicular andgenetic disorders. The Division hascoordinated a multidisciplinaryDiabetes Care Team to improveoutcomes for hospitalized patients.Physicians provide 3,000inpatient visits every year at theUniversity of Kansas Hospital.In the outpatient clinics, the EndocrineDivision provides 8,000visits to our physicians, diabeteseducators and bone-densityservices yearly.The Cray Diabetes and SelfManagement Center and theHiatt Osteoporosis Center areacknowledged for their excellenceand leadership. Such performanceis the work of eight committedfaculty members and a staff ofadvanced care providers, nurses,research personnel and administrativestaff.David Robbins, MD, founderand Director of the Cray DiabetesInstitute and the MidwestDiabetes Coalition, has built aninter-organizational, cross-statecollaboration of institutions andindividuals devoted to research,patient care, and education. TheDiabetes Institute applies $12million in external funding to researchin basic, translational, andpatient care. Statewide projectsadvance the education and careof patients with diabetes in ruralareas. A number of ongoing trialsare investigating new treatmentagents.Barbara Lukert, MD, directsthe newly organized MusculoskeletalInstitute, which bringstogether organizations and individualswithin different disciplinesworking on research in bone andskeletal health. Projects withinthe Hiatt Clinic are investigatingthe effect of vitamin D on bonehealth and vascular disease, andclinical trials are studying newagents to treat osteoporosis.Outside the classrooms,Internal Medicine residents rotatethrough inpatient and outpatientservices, learning diabetes managementfor acutely ill patientsand long-term management strategiesfor diabetes and other endocrinediseases. An EndocrinologyFellowship trains internists in thespecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetesand Metabolism.The Division’seducational mission reaches outdirectly to patients with diabetes,osteoporosis and other endocrinedisorders via classes, one-on-oneeducation, online learning, andcommunity-based programs.Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center Annual Report 2010 20