Endocrinology Research Directory
David J. Brillon, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Email: djbrillo@med.cornell.edu
Tel: 212-746-6290
Dr. Brillon is engaged in clinical trials evaluating the complications in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Azeez Farooki, MD, FACE
MSKCC, Endocrinology Service
Email: farookia@mskcc.org
Tel: 646-888-2711
As an endocrinologist at MSKCC, my research subjects are ones with osteonecrosis of the jaw (a complication of bisphosphonate therapy), bone loss due to cancer treatments, bone metastases from thyroid cancer, and the relationship between vitamin D and cancer.
Recent Resident Mentored: Nina Sundaram
Julianne Imperato-McGinley, MD
Professor of Medicine; Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
(With Dr. Yuan-Shan Zhu, see below.)
Email: jimperato@med.cornell.edu
Tel: 212-746-6277
Clinical and translational research projects include: (1) androgens and cognitive function; (2) molecular genetics of sexual differentiation and development; (3) androgens and cardiovascular disease; (4) molecular basis of sex steroid hormone interaction in prostate diseases; (5) effects and mechanisms of diet, botanicals and phytochemicals on prostate tumorigenesis, prostate cancer prevention and therapy.
Mabel Ryder, MD
MSKCC, Endocrinology Service
Email: ryderm@mskcc.org
Tel: 646-888-2713 (office) or 646-888-2164 (lab)
Research is focused on understanding how the tumor microenvironment facilitates thyroid cancer progression (for example, by manipulating tumor-associated macrophages in models of thyroid cancer). Preclinical studies are being performed using an immunotherapy to activate cytotoxic T cells in thyroid cancers, with the goal of developing an immunotherapy clinical trial for patients with treatment-refractory, advanced stage thyroid cancer.
Yuan-Shan Zhu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
(With Dr. Imperato-McGinley, see above.)
Email: yuz2002@med.cornell.edu
Tel: 212-746-8348
Clinical and translational research projects include: (1) androgens and cognitive function; (2) molecular genetics of sexual differentiation and development; (3) androgens and cardiovascular disease; (4) molecular basis of sex steroid hormone interaction in prostate diseases; (5) effects and mechanisms of diet, botanicals and phytochemicals on prostate tumorigenesis, prostate cancer prevention and therapy.
For More Information
For additional information regarding the medical research track and a description of research projects pursued by our faculty, please refer to the following sites:
Research at Weill Cornell Medical College
Research at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Research at the Hospital for Special Surgery
Research at The Rockefeller University
