Paresh
Dandona, MD, PhD, has been named a State University of New York
Distinguished Professor, the highest faculty rank in the SUNY
system.
Dandona was one of 21 SUNY faculty appointed to the
distinguished ranks earlier this month.
The distinguished professorship is conferred upon instructional
faculty who have achieved national or international prominence and
a distinguished reputation in their field.
A UB Distinguished Professor of Medicine and
chief of the Division of
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dandona is a world-renowned
physician-scientist who has devoted his career to understanding and
treating endocrine disorders, particularly diabetes and
obesity.
He has consistently conducted translational research studies
that have implications for improving human health. These include
groundbreaking discoveries of the body’s inflammatory
responses to obesity and the anti-inflammatory, cardio-protective
effects of insulin.
Dandona serves as adjunct professor in the Department of
Pharmacology and Toxicology and director of the
Diabetes-Endocrinology Center of Western New York.