The Clinical Care and Science of Diabetes & Endocrine Diseases.

The Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism (DEM) is involved in the educational and clinical care of diabetes, endocrine, and metabolic diseases. Areas of expertise include the following:

• all aspects of diabetes and general endocrinology;
• evaluation and treatment of pituitary disease,
• biopsy and treatment of thyroid conditions including thyroid cancer,
• evaluation and treatment of osteoporosis,
• women's health issues, including diabetes in pregnancy;
• evaluation and treatment of female and male hypogonadism,
• initiation and management of subcutaneous insulin pump therapies,
• pancreas transplantation,
• evaluation and treatment of obesity in veterans (at the Omaha VAMC)

The DEM division has active clinical and basic research programs at UNMC and Omaha VA Medical Center. Division members direct activities of the Nebraska Medical Center's (NMC) Diabetes Center which provides adult and adolescent patient care, professional education and training, and basic and translational research.

Patient Appointments:
Diabetes Center (Clinic):
Phone: (402) 559-8700
Fax: (402) 559-5080

Division Chief: Cyrus V. Desouza, MBBS
Fellowship Program Director: Brian Boerner, MD
Associate Fellowship Director: Vijay Shivaswamy, MBBS
Administrator: Vonnetta Byington, CRA

Mailing Address:

UNMC Division of Endocrinology
984130 Nebraska Medical Ctr
Omaha, NE 68198-4130
Phone: (402) 559-6208
Fax: (402) 559-9110