{"id":38282,"date":"2011-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/09\/dr-desouza-takes-over-as-diabetes-division-director\/"},"modified":"2022-09-02T20:34:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T01:34:09","slug":"dr-desouza-takes-over-as-diabetes-division-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2011\/05\/09\/dr-desouza-takes-over-as-diabetes-division-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Desouza takes over as diabetes division director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Cyrus Desouza, M.D., has been named chief of the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine&#8217;s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve always strived to give the best level of care available to our patients,&#8221; Dr. Desouza said. &#8220;We hope to continue to gain national prominence in patient care, research and education and allow our patients the opportunity to participate in important national diabetes and endocrinology research studies that have widespread implications in the future treatment of these conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"150\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Desouza511.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:7pt; line-height:150%;\">Cyrus Desouza, M.D.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>Dr. Desouza also serves as director of UNMC&#8217;s Endocrinology Fellowship Program. 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