Abbas E. Kitabchi, PhD, MD, FACP, FACE
Specialty: Medicine - Endocrinology
Location(s):
| Methodist - Physicians Building 1325 Eastmoreland Avenue, Suite 360 Memphis, Tennessee 38104-7514 Office: 901-866-8801 Fax: 901-302-2445 |
Certification(s): Dr. Kitabchi is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Doctorate: Ph.D., Medical Sciences, Graduate College, University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City
Medical Degree: University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City
Internship: (Straight Medicine) University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City
Post-Doctoral: (Biochemistry) Oklahoma Medical Research Institute, Oklahoma City
Fellowship: (Senior fellow in Endocrinology) Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle
Academic Title: Professor of Medicine and Molecular Science; Director of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Director, Training Program in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
Special Interest:
- Diabetes
- Endocrinology
- Obesity
Professional Memberships:
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Fellow
- American College of Physicians, Fellow
- American Diabetes Association
- American Federation for Clinical Research
- American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- American Society for Clinical Investigation
- Association of American Physicians
- Endrocrine Society
- International Diabetes Federation
- Memphis Academy of Internal Medicine
- Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
- Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
- Tennessee Diabetes Association
- Tennessee Diabetes Prevention and Control Program, State Coalition
Additional Information:
- Author, Pocket Reference Guide to Diabetes Management, Adelphi Inc., 2003
- Listed as one of "The Best Doctors in America," 2000-2003
- Golden Apple Award for Best Second Year Medical Student Lecturer, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
- National Institutes of Health Grants on Diabetes Control and Complication, Diabetes Prevention Program and Prevention of Obesity in Type 2 Diabetes
- Attending physician and consultant to several Memphis area hospitals
- Editorial member and reviewer for several medical journals
- Author of more than 200 publications
