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Encyclopedia > Gerald Reaven

Gerald Reaven is an American endocrinologist and professor emeritus in medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California. Endocrinology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the endocrine system and its specific secretions called hormones. ... Stanford Medical School Stanford University School of Medicine is affiliated with Stanford University and is located at Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, adjacent to Palo Alto and Menlo Park. ... Stanford is a census-designated place (CDP) located in Santa Clara County, California. ...


He obtained his academic qualifications at the University of Chicago and did his internship there. After research work in Stanford and two years in the U.S. Army medical corps he completed his residency at the University of Michigan. He then took up a US Public Health Service research post at Stanford, where he progressed to a full professorship in 1970. He led endocrinology and gerontology research.[1] The University of Chicago is a private university located principally in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... The United States Army Medical Department (AMEDD) comprises the six medical Special Branches of the Army. ... This article is about the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. ... Gerontology is the study of the elderly, and of the aging process itself. ...


A long-term researcher into diabetes, he achieved significant notability with his 1988 Banting Lecture (organised annually by the American Diabetes Association in memory of Frederick Banting. In his lecture, he propounded the theory that central obesity (male-type or apple-shaped obesity), diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) have a common cause in insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance.[2] Initially titled "syndrome X", the constellation of symptoms is now known as the metabolic syndrome and an object of extensive scientific enquiry, especially given that the combination strongly predisposes for cardiovascular disease. For the disease characterized by excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine, see diabetes insipidus. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The American Diabetes Association, or the ADA, is an American health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy. ... Sir Frederick Banting (1891-1941) Sir Frederick Grant Banting, KBE , MC , MD , FRSC (November 14, 1891 – February 21, 1941) was a Canadian medical scientist, doctor and Nobel laureate noted as one of the co-discoverers of insulin. ... Central obesity (or apple-shaped or masculine obesity) occurs when the main deposits of body fat are localised around the abdomen and the upper body. ... For other forms of hypertension see hypertension (disambiguation). ... In medicine, insulin resistance is a decompensation of glucose homeostasis where tissues appear to be less responsive to insulin. ... Impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) is a pre-diabetic state, associated with insulin resistance and increased risk cardiovascular pathology. ... Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that affect a large number of people in a clustered fashion. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Coronary heart disease. ...


Apart from his work at Stanford he is also Senior Vice President for Research for Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in South San Francisco, a post he has held since his official emeritate from Stanford.[1]


He is a member of several research organisations and has received numerous prizes for his research achievements. He is co-author of a popular book on Syndrome X and its repercussions on cardiovascular disease.[3]


References

  1. ^ a b Official CV at Stanford
  2. ^ Reaven GM. Banting lecture 1988. Role of insulin resistance in human disease. Diabetes 1988;37:1595-607. PMID 3056758.
  3. ^ Gerald Reaven, Terry Kirsten Strom, Barry Fox. Syndrome X - Overcoming the Silent Killer that Can Give You a Heart Attack. Simon & Schuster, 2000. ISBN 0684868628.

External links

  • Syndrome X - page of Dr Reaven's research group at Stanford
  • Interview - Canadian Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation

 

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