Robert E. Jones, M.D.

Robert E. Jones, M.D. received his undergraduate degree from Utah State University and earned his MD from the University of Utah. He received postgraduate training in Internal Medicine in San Francisco and Denver and completed his fellowship in Endocrinology at Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American College of Endocrinology. He has held clinical faculty appointments at the University of Washington and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Following his retirement from the military in 1997, he joined the faculty of the University of Utah, and he is currently a clinical professor of medicine and medical director of the Utah Diabetes Center. Dr. Jones works very closely with state-sponsored programs that are dedicated to improve both provider and patient education programs designed to improve the quality of care for diabetes management. He has authored over 90 articles, book chapters and abstracts and has edited 2 textbooks on diabetes management.

EDUCATION

1972-1976 M.D., University of Utah Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah
(medicine honors)


TRAINING

1979 – 1981 FELLOWSHIP, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
1977 – 1979 RESIDENCY, Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center, Denver, Colorado
1976 – 1977 INTERNSHIP, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, California


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Pathogenesis and management of type 2 diabetes
Incorporating emerging technologies into diabetes treatment

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

  1. Stults B, Jones RE: Treatment of hypertension in diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum 19(1):25-31 (2006).
  2. Jones RE: Introduction to hormones and pituitary function. Clinical Chemistry, 5th ed. (ML Bishop, EP Fody, and L Schoeff, eds.), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers (2005) pp 399-411; revision for 4th Edition (2008).
  3. Jones RE, Wang CLC: Adrenal insufficiency. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 2nd Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (1998). Revision for 3rd Edition (2001); revision for 4th Edition (2005).
  4. Jones RE, Clement S: Diabetes mellitus. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 4th Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2005) pp 9-19.
  5. Jones RE, Clement S: Acute and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 4th Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2005) pp 20-34.
  6. Huether SE, Jones RE: Alterations of hormonal regulation. [eds: McCance KL, Huether SE]. Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children, 5th Edition. Mosby, St. Louis. (2006) pp 683-734.
  7. Jones RE, Brashers VL, Huether SE: Alterations of hormonal regulation. [eds: McCance KL, Huether SE]. Understanding Pathophysiology, 4th Edition. Mosby, St. Louis. (2006) pp 447-480.
  8. Grotzke M, Jones RE: Acute and chronic complications of diabetes mellitus. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 5th Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2008, in press).
  9. Grotzke M, Jones RE: Diabetes mellitus. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 5th Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2008, in press).
  10. Wang CLC, Grotzke M , Jones RE: Adrenal insufficiency. In: McDermott MT (Ed). Endocrinology Secrets, 5th Edition. Hanley & Belfus Medical Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. (2008, in press).
  11. Jones RE, Huether SE: Alterations of hormonal regulation. [eds: McCance KL, Huether SE]. Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children, 5th Edition. Mosby, St. Louis. (2009, in press).