VijayK.YechoorMD

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Professor, Endocrinology, University of Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2002
Baylor College of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1995
University of Illinois College of Medicine at ChicagoInternship, Internal Medicine, 1992 - 1993
All India Institute of Medical SciencesClass of 1991

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013

PubMed

A metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver acinus biomimetic induces pancreatic islet dysfunction in a coupled microphysiology system.
Julio Aleman, Ravikumar K, Connor Wiegand, Mark E Schurdak, Lawrence Vernetti
Communications Biology. 2024-10-14
25 citations
Untimely oxidative stress in β-cells leads to diabetes – Role of circadian clock in β-cell function
Janet S. Lee, Ke Ma, Mousumi Moulik, V. Yechoor
Free Radical Biology & Medicine. 2018-05-01
26 citations
Circadian control of β‐cell function and stress responses
Jeongkyung Lee, Ruya Liu, D. de Jesus, Byung S. Kim, Ke Ma
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism. 2015-09-01

Lectures

Regulation of ß-Cell ER Stress Response by the Molecular Clock
Houston, TX - 6/14/2014

Clock modulation in circadian desynchrony induced diabetes and atherovascular disease - mechanisms and interventionsUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2021–2026
Circadian disruption-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetesUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2021–2025
Circadian disruption-induced mitochondrial dysfunction in diabetesUNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH2021–2025
Novel Regulators of Beta Cell Proliferation and FunctionVETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION2016–2025
Novel Regulators of Beta Cell Proliferation and FunctionVETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION2016–2025
Novel Regulators of Beta Cell Proliferation and FunctionVETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION2016–2025
Circadian Control Of Islet FunctionNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2010–2011
Reversing Autoimmune Diabetes With Gene Therapy Induced Islet NeogenesisNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2010
Islet Neogenesis With Ngn3 Therapy Reverses DiabetesNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2004–2008