Dinesh Edem

Director, Medical Weight Management Program

UAMS

Also affiliated: Virginia Commonwealth University (2024); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2023); Baptist Health Foundation (2023); Wentworth Douglass Hospital (2023–2024); Lafayette School Corporation (2018); Parkview Medical Center (2023); Indiana University School of Medicine (2018); Indiana University (2018); Anderson University - South Carolina (2024)

Faculty Researcher

4 h-index 18 pubs 245 cited

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Dinesh Edem's research focuses on the management of type 2 diabetes and related metabolic conditions. He has investigated pharmacological approaches for diabetes prevention and the role of gut microbiome supplementation in treating metabolic syndrome. Edem has also led efforts to develop and assess diabetes self-management education programs, particularly within specific cultural contexts, such as the Marshallese population. His work includes study protocols for family-based interventions and assessments of self-care behaviors and knowledge among adults with type 2 diabetes in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Edem also contributes to the medical literature through case reports on conditions like recurrent Graves' disease and mixed cortico-medullary tumors of the adrenal gland. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 4, with 18 total publications and 208 total citations. He has collaborated with researchers including Lakshmi Menon, Jonell Hudson, Sheldon Riklon, and Williamina Ioanna Bing.

Metrics

h-index: 4
Publications: 18
Citations: 245

Selected Publications

Family model diabetes self-management education and support in faith-based organizations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: A study protocol (2024)

Contemporary Clinical Trials DOI OpenAlex
Associations Between Sociodemographic Factors and Interest in Remote Patient Monitoring Among Arkansas Residents (2024)

Telemedicine Journal and e-Health DOI OpenAlex
Persistent Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome in a Caucasian Male in the Absence of Triggers (2024)

Cureus DOI OpenAlex
Recurrent Graves' Disease Following Near-Total Thyroidectomy: A Case Report and Literature Review (2024)

Cureus 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Assessment of diabetes self-care behaviors and knowledge among Marshallese adults with type 2 diabetes in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2023)

Primary care diabetes 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Factors Associated with Online Patient Portal Utilization Experience in an Arkansas Phone Survey (2023)

Telemedicine Journal and e-Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
New-onset primary adrenal insufficiency in pregnancy associated with a unilateral adrenal infarction: a case report (2023)

Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Gut microbiome supplementation as therapy for metabolic syndrome (2023)

World Journal of Diabetes 27 citations DOI OpenAlex
SAT173 Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A Rare Diagnosis With Unique Features (2023)

Journal of the Endocrine Society DOI OpenAlex
Ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone-Producing Metastatic Gastrinoma: A Case Report (2023)

Cureus DOI OpenAlex
A case of giant prolactinoma and pituitary hemorrhage with the late recovery of pituitary function: A case report (2023)

SAGE Open Medical Case Reports 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Lessons learned from the pilot family model of diabetes self-management intervention in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (2023)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Adverse Events Related to Tirzepatide (2023)

Journal of the Endocrine Society 107 citations DOI OpenAlex
Study protocol for family model diabetes self-management education with Marshallese participants in faith-based organizations (2022)

Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications 4 citations DOI OpenAlex