Dev Abraham, M.D.

Dr. Dev Abraham is a Board Certified Endocrinologist and an Associate Professor in Medicine. He did his training in Endocrinology in England and completed his Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. He is involved in diabetes research, studying glucose homeostasis by the euglycemic clamp technique and FSIVGTT with hemochromatosis. He performs ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration. He is among few who perform ultrasound guided parathyroid fine needle aspiration to pinpoint malfunctioning parathyroid glands prior to surgery. He has a general endocrinology practice at the University of Utah and the VA Hospital.

EDUCATION:

MBBS University of Madras, India 1987
MRCP (U K) Member of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom 1993

RESIDENCY, FELLOWSHIP AND OTHER POST GRADUATE TRAINING:
Residency: General Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Thanjavur Medical College, Thanjavur, India.
October 1987 to Dec 1988

Senior House Officer: General Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals, Norwich, England, Leighton Hospital, Crewe, England, and Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, England.
October 1989 to January 1992

Registrar: General Medicine, Norfolk and Norwich Hospitals, Norwich, England.
February 1992 to July 1993

Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Utah Hospital SLC, UT.
September 1993 to June 1995

Fellowship: Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Mayo Clinic,
Rochester, MN. July 1995 to Nov 1997

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

Membership of the Royal Colleges of Physicians U.K. June 1993
USMLE / ECFMG : Certificate no: 04818092 issued 04/16/1993
Valid indefinitely 7974 E
American Board of Internal Medicine August 1995,
American Board of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes. November 1997, Recertified Oct 2007

TEACHING AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich, U.K. 1991-1993.
Instructor, Leighton Hospital, Crewe, U.K. 1990-1991.
Instructor for the Endocrine Physiology Course, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN - 1997.

Assistant Professor Dept of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT. Mar 1998 to June 2005
Associate professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Utah School of Medicine, SLC, UT. July 2005 to present.

Attending Physician Dept of Internal Medicine & Endocrinology and Diabetes VA Medical center Salt Lake City, UT. Dec 1997 to present.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR FOR AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGIST ULTRASOUND ACCREDITATION COURSE: January 13-15, 2006 - to present.
COURSE INSTRUCTOR MAYO ENDOCRINE UNIVERSITY (thyroid ultrasound course): MAYO CLINIC Rochester MN, March 2006 to present.

SCHOLASTIC AWARDS AND HONORS:

Honors in Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology and Microbiology.
Dr. N.R.Subramanian gold medal in Pathology - 1986.
Savithri Nageswaran gold medal in Surgery - 1986.
Pharm products award - 1984.
Dr. Jothi Pandian gold medal in Ophthalmology - 1985.
The Tamilnadu tuberculosis and chest medicine Association gold medal - 1985.
Dr. R.E.S. Muthiah memorial gold medal in Medicine - University of Madras - 1986.
The Rajappa memorial gold medal for the Best Outgoing Student (Blue ribbon) Award of the Medical School. Thanjavur Medical College, India - 1986.

TEACHING AND FACULTY AWARDS:

Department of Veterans Affairs Award, SLC, UT - July 2000.
Employee Recognition of Quality Award, SLC, UT - Jan 2001.
Department of Veterans Affairs Award, SLC, UT - Jan 2001.
Outstanding Faculty Teaching award, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, UT - 2000-2001.
Aventis metabolism scholar - American federation of medical research meeting, Carmel, CA 2004 January..
Outstanding Faculty Teaching award, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, UT - 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008.

VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND AWARDS:

Camp Williams clinic Volunteer during Katrina Disaster.
Heather Belsy Award - Volunteer Homeless Clinic (4^th Street Clinic) - 2006-2007.

UNITED STATES LICENSURE EXAM:

USMLE     step 1    April 1992
USMLE     step 2    September 1992
USMLE     step 3    December 1994
USMLE / ECFMG : Certificate no: 04818092 issued 04/16/1993
Valid indefinitely 7974 E

MEDICAL COUNCIL:

Indian Medical Council 1987
General Medical Council U.K. 1989 to1993

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION:

1.Effect of L- Dopa on visual evoked potential in patients with Parkinson's Disease. Neurology 1986;36:1119-1121. Bhaskar PA, Vanchilingam S, Bhaskar EA, Devaprabu Abraham, Ganesan RA.

Cerebellar ataxia in Coeliac Disease - No evidence of Neurohumoral etiology. Postgraduate Journal 1995;71(833):186. Dick DJ, Abraham D, Falkous G, Hishon S.

3.Issues concerning androgen replacement therapy in postmenopausal women. Mayo Clinic Proc 1997;72:1051-1055. D. Abraham & P.C. Carpenter
4.Pituitary radiographic abnormalities and clinical correlates of hypogonadism in elderly males presenting with erectile dysfunction T. J. Bunch, D. Abraham, S. Wang and A.W.Meikle. Aging Male. Volume 5 Number 1 March 38-46. 2002.
5.Bilateral testicular enlargement and seminoma in a patient with acromegaly D. Abraham and W.T. Couldwell. British Journal of Neurosurgery, Dec 2004; 18(6): 630-632.
6. Thyroxine malabsorption in a patient with type 1 diabetes and celiac disease. Endocr Pract. 2005 May-Jun;11(3):203-4. Chamberland D, Weight C, Rasmussen M and Abraham D.
7.Unilateral carotid vascular atherosclerosis. Endocr Pract. 2005 Sep-Oct;11(5):352. Martin H and Abraham D
8.High prevalence of abnormal glucose homeostasis secondary to decreased insulin secretion in individuals with hereditary haemochromatosis. Diabetologia. 2006 Jul;49(7):1661-9. Epub 2006 Mar 15. McClain DA, Abraham D, Rogers J, Brady R, Gault P, Ajioka R, Kushner JP.
9.Increased insulin secretory capacity but decreased insulin sensitivity after correction of iron overload by phlebotomy in hereditary haemochromatosis. Diabetologia. 2006 Nov;49(11):2546-51. Epub 2006 Sep 22. Abraham D, Rogers J, Gault P, Kushner JP, McClain DA.
10. The utility of Ultrasound guided FNA of Parathyroid adenomas for pre-operative localization prior to minimally invasive parathyroidectomy. D. Abraham¹, P.K. Sharma ², J. Bentz ³, P. M. Gault¹, L. Neumayer⁴, D.A McClain¹, Departments of ¹Medicine, ² ENT, ³Cytopathology and ⁴ General Surgery, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Accepted for publication in Endocrine Practice 2007 Endocr Pract. 2007; 13:333-337.
11. Appropriate administration of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy on selective parathyroid adenomas is safe. Abraham D, Duick AS and Baskin HJ. Thyroid. 2008 May;18(5):581-2
12. Parathyroid fine-needle aspiration cytology in the evaluation of parathyroid adenoma: Cytologic findings from 53 patients. Agarwal AM, Bentz JS, Hungerford R, Abraham D. Diagn Cytopathol. 2009 Mar 12.

TEXT BOOK CHAPTERS:

1. Chapter: Human Reproduction in Clinical Laboratory medicine. Clinical Chemistry Book by Bishop, Fody and Schoeff 2004.
2. Endocrine Core Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents 2001.
3. Parathyroid Ultrasonography: Chapter 9: Thyroid Ultrasonography, 2^nd Editon. Edited by H. Jack Baskin, Daniel S. Duick, and Robert A. Levine. ISBN 9780387776330. Springer. 2008.

ABSTRACTS:

1.D. Abraham, M.D., M.R.C.P, William F. Young, Jr., M.D, Bernd W. Scheithauer, M.D, Kalman Kovacs, M.D, Joseph Rubin, M.D. Ectopic GHRH Production: Acromegaly Diagnosed 30 Years After Resection of a Bronchial Carcinoid Tumor. Presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Meeting in Seattle. WA. 1996.
2.D. Abraham, R.Valyasevi, R.M. Cuddihy and R.S. Bahn. A Method for Detection and Identification of Naturally-Processed peptides in Graves' Ophthalmopathy. Presented at the American Thyroid Association in Colorado Springs CO 1997.
3. D Abraham, RS Ajioka, JP Kushner, DA McClain, Department of Medicine, VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Diabetes in hereditary hemochromatosis: Increased ferritin predicts decreased insulin secretion but not insulin resistance. Presented at the Western American Federation of Medical Research, Carmel, CA, January 2004.
4. D Abraham, RS Ajioka, JP Kushner, DA McClain, Department of Medicine, VA and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT. Diabetes in Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Increased Ferritin Predicts Decreased Insulin Secretion but Not Insulin Resistance. Abstract Presentation and Publication Number: 1661. Poster Presentation at the American Diabetes Association's 64th Scientific Sessions June 4-8, 2004 in Orlando, Florida.
5. D Abraham, P.M. Gault, P.K. Sharma, L.Neumayer, D.A. McClain; Parathormone estimation in fine needle aspirate specimens - A novel technique for pre-operative localization of parathyroid adenomas - Accepted for oral presentation at the Western American Federation of Medical Research, Carmel, CA - February, 2005.
6. Utility of calcitonin estimation in syringe aspirate fluid in the evaluation of metastatic medullary thyroid cancer. P M Gault, D A McClain, D Abraham - Oral presentation at the Western American Federation of Medical Research, Carmel, CA - February, 2005.
7. D. Abraham & D.A. McClain. Parathyroid hormone estimation in fine needle aspirate fluid as a pre-operative localization tool in identifying parathyroid adenomas. Abstract (OR 30-3)- June 5-7, 2005, 87^th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
8. Marissa P. Grotzke, M.D.1, Steve Chin, M.D.2, Pramod K. Sharma, M.D.3, Kathy Morton, M.D.4 and D. Abraham, M.D. Anomalous Iodine 131 uptake by intracranial esophageal cancer metastasis in a patient undergoing therapeutic ablation for co-existent differentiated papillary thyroid cancer. Presentation #1585, Endocrine Society 89^th annual meeting June 2-7th, Toronto, CA.

ON GOING PROJECTS:

1. Glucose homeostasis in Hereditary Hemochromatosis. This is a conjoint project that is conducted by Drs. J.P.Kushner MD and D.A.McClain MD PHD. The incidence, correlation to iron over load and development of diabetes in relation to hepatic dysfunction are being studied.
2. Percutaneous localization of parathyroid adenoma using real time ultrasound guided fine needle biopsy.
3. Validity of estimation of thyroglobulin, PTH and calcitonin in left over syringe aspirate following fine needle aspiration biopsy.

GRANDROUNDS, INVITED LECTURES AND CONFERENCE TALKS:

1. Internal medicine Grand Rounds CPC - Nov 2002. Topic: Spells and Syncope in a patient presenting with Systemic Mastocytosis.
2. Utah Valley Park City Endocrine conference - 2002. Topic: Ectopic Cushing's Syndrome.
3. Utah Valley Park City Endocrine Conference - 2003. Topic: Hemochromatosis and Diabetes Mellitus, Is there a connection? Preliminary data from the hemachromatosis and diabetes research was presented.
4. Cardiology Thanks Giving Point Conference: Topic: Diabetic Dyslipidemia. June 28^th 2003.
5. Utah Valley Park City Endocrine conference - 2004. Topic: The pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus in hereditary hemochromatosis: Insights learnt from studying animal model and human disease.
6. AFMR Western regional meeting Carmel, CA - 2004 Oral presentation in the metabolism section.
7. Post graduate course 2005 - General surgery, Parathyroid hormone estimation in FNA specimens - A novel technique for parathyroid adenoma localization. Presentation and panel moderator. 15 Feb 2005.
8. Parathyroid ultrsonography: AACE May 2008, Advances in neck ultrasonography.
9. Ultrasound localization of Parathyroid adenomas. Endocrine Grand Rounds, University of Nebraska, Nebraska. Sep 2008
10. Parathyroid Ultrasonography: Renal NP Utah Chapter. Sep 2008

NVITED JUDGE- ACP - ASIM - Resident abstract presentation:

1. 2001 ACP-ASIM Utah Associates Clinical Vignette Competition
2. 2004 ACP-ASIM Utah Associates Clinical Vignette Competition.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

1. American Federation of Medical Research.
2. American Association of Clinical Endocrinology.
3. Endocrine society.

Reviewer for the following journals:

1) Endocrine practice
2) Laryngoscope
3) European Journal of Clinical Investigation
4) Clinical Endocrinology