Usha Sriram
Present position
Section Chief Section of Endocrinology : Advocate Illinois Masonic medical Center Chicago IL
Section Chief Section of Endocrinology : Resurrection St Joseph hospital Chicago
Director
Associates in Clinical Endocrinology Education and Research Chennai India
Board Certifications:
Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine – 1983
Diplomate of American Board of Endocrinology – 1985
Academic appointments:
Assistant Prof Rush University Chicago IL
Honorary Clinical Professor of Medicine: Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai
Practice areas:
Actively involved in post-graduate teaching program in internal medicine and endocrinology.
High volume private practice involving complex endocrine problems, including pituitary disorders, osteoporosis, reproductive endocrinology, women’s health, diabetes mellitus with focus on gestational diabetes, thyroid & parathyroid disorders.
Medical Societies
Research society for the study of Diabetes in India
Endocrine Society of India
Endocrine Society of USA
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Membership in Committees
Executive Committee Member: Indian Society of Bone and Mineral Research
Scientific Advisory Board, PEARL Study Pfizer USA
TWIN EPIDEMIC task force USA
Editorial board
Hormone and metabolic research
Research Activities:
Study coordinator: Humulin study for Eli Lilly, 1984
Principal Investigator: Raloxifene in Asia Pacific women, 2000. Manuscript preparation in progress
Principal investigator: Post Menopausal Evaluation and Risk Assessment with Lasofoxifene (PEARL Study), 2001
Principal investigator: SHOX (Short homeobox gene deletion in idiopathic short stature) study, in progress
Publications:
- Chapter on Childhood Obesity: Textbook on Pediatric Endocrinology: Editors-Drs Meena Desai, PSN Menon, V Bhatia, Orient Longman, India, 2000.
- Chapter on Hyperprolactinemia: Manual of Ovulation Induction. Editor: Dr Ahluwalia. Rotanda Press, Bombay, India
- Chapter on Thyroid disorders in pregnancy: FOGSI (Federation of Obstetric Gynec Society of India), Textbook of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy, 2000
- Chapter on Pituitary disorders in pregnancy: FOGSI Textbook of Medical Disorders in Pregnancy, 2000.
- Subclinical hypothyroidism: Special situations like elderly women and dyslipidemia, Journal of Association of Physicians of India, January 2001
- Childhood obesity. Asian Journal of Pediatrics. Jan/March 2001.
- Estrogen and osteoporosis. Proceedings of the Endocrine Society of India, December 1997.
- Efficacy and safety of Raloxifene 60 mg/day in postmenopausal Asian Women.
- Kung and others. J Clin Endo Metab 2003; 88(7):3130-3136.
Special interests:
Women’s health with special focus on osteoporosis and gestational diabetes
Childhood obesity
Medical ethics
