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Kashif M Munir
 

Kashif M Munir M.D.

Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Medicine
kmunir@medicine.umaryland.edu
Location: UMMC, N3W130
Phone: (410) 328-6219
Fax: (410) 328-1623

Personal History

1994-1998: M.D.; Temple University School of Medicine
1998-2001: Residency, Deparment of Internal Medicine; University of Maryland Medical Center
2001-2003: Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; University of Maryland Medical Center

Research Interests

Insulin signaling, insulin resistance, complementary therapies for diabetes and novel therapies for pituitary disorders

Clinical Speciality

* Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes: insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes in pregnancy
* Pituitary and adrenal disorders
* Thyroid cancer and thyroid dysfunction: fine needle biopsy of thyroid


Publications

Hull K, Horenstein R, Naglieri R, Munir K, Ghani M, Celi FS. Two Cases of Thyroid Storm-Associated Cholestatic Jaundice. Endocrine Practice 2007; 13:476-480.

Streeten EA, Munir K, Hines S, Mohamed A, Mangano C, Ryan K, PostW. Coronary Artery Calcification is Not Increased in Primary Hyperparathyroidism Compared to Controls from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Endocrine Practice 2008; 14:155-161.

Shuldiner AR, Munir KM. Genetics of Obesity: More complicated than initially thought. Lipids 2003; 38:97-101.

Shuldiner AR, Yang R, Munir KM, Horenstein RB, Gong D. New Progress in Adipocytokine Research. Current Opinions in Endocrinology and Diabetes 2003; 10:115-121.

Munir KM, Mitchell B, Shuldiner AR (2003). Genome Scans for Obesity: The U.S.A. Studies. Chapter 72. In: Progress In Obesity Research: 9, eds. G Medeiros-Neto, A Halpern, C Bouchard. London: John Libbey.