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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Division
Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi

Ernesto Bernal-Mizrachi, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: His research over the last 15 years has focused on the regulation of pancreatic beta cell mass and function, with a particular interest in Akt and mTOR signaling pathways in beta cell proliferation. His laboratory has made major contributions to our understanding of signaling pathways that regulate beta cell expansion and survival. The long term goal of these signaling...
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Diego Caicedo Vierkant

Alejandro Caicedo-Vierkant, Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine
Publications
Biography: During his training years in Germany and France Dr. Caicedo focused his research on the neuroanatomy of the auditory system at the brainstem level and inner ear. His main contribution to the field was to map the connections between the inferior colliculus and lower nuclei of the auditory brainstem using anterograde axonal tracing. During his postdoctoral training with...
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Ayse Canturk, M.D.

Ayse A. Canturk, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Biography: Dr. Ayse A. Canturk is a board-certified Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami and Jackson Memorial Hospital.
She obtained her medical degree from Kocaeli University School of Medicine in Turkey and engaged in various public and global health projects. During her medical school education in Turkey, she received a scholarship from...
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Matthias G. von Herrath

Matthias G. von Herrath

Director Diabetes Research Institute

Biography: A native of Germany, Dr. von Herrath earned his medical degree in 1988 from Freiburg Medical School, where he also completed a Ph.D. equivalent thesis on biochemistry. His postdoctoral training included an intensive care residency at Diakonie Hospital, Freiburg; a fellowship in medicine/immunology at Freiburg Medical Center; and a fellowship in virology at Scripps Research...
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Khemraj Hirani, Ph.D., RPH, CCRP, CIP, RAC, M.B.A.

Associate Vice Chair Research and Regulatory Compliance, Department of Medicine

Biography: Dr. Raj Hirani is an accomplished pharmacist-scientist and a key academic leader at the University of Miami, where he holds the position of Associate Vice Chair for Research and Regulatory Compliance in the Department of Medicine. His role at the University of Miami extends to serving as Deputy Director and Chief Regulatory and Operating Officer at the Diabetes Research...
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Gianluca Iacobellis, M.D., Ph.D.

Gianluca Iacobellis, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor
Clinical Profile | Publications
Biography: A native of Rome, Italy, Prof Iacobellis received his MD degree cum laude in 1994 from the University of Roma, La Sapienza; he was a Research Fellow at the Centrum for Metabolism & Endocrinology, Karolinska University, Stockholm, Sweden in 1999; he became Specialist in Endocrinology in 2000 and obtained his PhD in Endocrinology, Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disorders...
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Roy E. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FAAP, FACE

Roy E. Weiss, M.D., Ph.D., FACP, FAAP, FACE

Professor & Chair, Department of Medicine
Clinical Profile
Biography: Dr. Roy Weiss is the Chairman of the Department of Medicine and the Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Distinguished Chair in Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He is also the Rabbi Morris I. Esformes Endowed Professor. As Chairman of the Department of Medicine (DOM) he is responsible for the research and scholarly activity and clinical enterprise...
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