Clinical Expertise Highlights
Clinical Expertise Highlights
Dr. Albu is Board-certified in Internal Medicine and in Endocrinology and Metabolism and has special expertise in the evaluation and treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus. She is an Associate Attending in Medicine, a full time member of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition and the Chief of the Metabolism and Diabetes Clinic at the St. Luke’s site of the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center. Dr. Albu is also closely associated with the Joslin - affiliated Diabetes Clinic and the Van Itallie Center for Weight Management at the St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital Center. Dr. Albu has been listed in the Woodward and White’s Best Doctors in America, Northwest region. She is a member of the American College of Physicians, American Diabetes Association, Endocrine Society and North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
Academic/Research Highlights
Dr. Albu is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Her research
interest in Obesity and Metabolism includes: a) obesity - related
metabolic abnormalities such as glucose intolerance,
hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance , hyperlipidemia and the
insulin action on lipid metabolism b) body fat distribution and
body composition and their influence on metabolism c) energy
metabolism and substrate utilization. Dr. Albu is a recipient of
a Clinical Investigator Award from the National Institutes of
Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases and she has many
publications including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and
abstracts in her area of research interest. In addition Dr. Albu
has conducted phase 1, 2 and 3 trials of potential agents in the
treatment of diabetes and metabolism, sponsored by the
pharmaceutical industry. Click here
for ads regarding recruitment for these studies.
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CONTACT INFORMATION:Address for correspondence: (Research matters):
Obesity Research Center, 1111 Amsterdam Ave. NY 10025
phone: 212-523-4183,
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fax: __212-523-4830
Email: jba1@columbia.edu