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
- Endocrine management in solid organ transplant recipients
- Evaluation and treatment of obesity in veterans (at the VA Nebraska- Western Iowa Health Care System)
- Neuroendocrine and adrenal
- Metabolic bone disease in addition to osteoporosis
- Post bariatric
- Endocrinopathies related to oncologic therapies
The DEM division has active clinical and basic research programs at UNMC and VA Nebraska- Western Iowa Health Care System. Division members direct activities of the Nebraska Medical Center's (NMC) Diabetes and Endocrinology Center which provides adult and adolescent patient care, professional education and training, and basic and translational research.
Patient Appointments:
Diabetes and Endocrinology 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
Internal Medicine - Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
984130 Nebraska Medical Ctr
Omaha, NE 68198-4130
Phone: (402) 559-6208
Fax: (402) 559-9110