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Maka Siamashvili, MD

Academic Title:

Assistant Professor

Primary Appointment:

Medicine

Email:

msiamashvili@som.umaryland.edu

Education and Training

  • Master of Business Administration, University of Maryland University College, Baltimore, MD, 2014
  • Medical Doctor, Aieti Medical School, Tbilisi, Georgia
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship. Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Metabolism. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN. Mentor: Stephen N Davis, MBBS
  • Internship/Specialty Training. Pediatric Cardiology. Jo Ann Medical Center. Tbilisi, Georgia. Mentor: Vakhtang Khelashvili, MD

Biosketch

Maka Siamashvili, MD, MBA, is a graduate of Aieti Medical School. She trained in cardiology at Jo Ann Medical Center in Tbilisi, Georgia and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. She is also a 2014 Phi Kappa Phi graduate of the University of Maryland University College Master in Business Administration program.

In December 2009, Dr. Siamashvili joined the faculty of the University of Maryland. She investigates mechanisms that defend against hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Some of the projects she has been working on are: (1) How different levels of hypoglycemia affect the blood vessels; (2) How the selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor, fluoxetine (Prozac), an antidepressant often used to treat depression, affects body’s ability to defend itself from hypoglycemia that can occur during or after exercise; (3) How alprazolam (Xanax), an anti-anxiety drug, affects specialized molecules in the brain called GABA (A) receptors that alter the body’s ability to defend itself from hypoglycemia.

Dr. Siamashvili has published over 35 original and review articles and has also served as a peer reviewer.

Research/Clinical Keywords

Type 1 diabetes, GABA, exercise, hypoglycemia, xanax, fluoxetine

Highlighted Publications

  • Hedrington MS, Mikeladze M, Tate DB, Younk LM, Davis I, Davis SN. Effect of GABA A receptor activation on counterregulatory responses to subsequent exercise in individuals with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes. 2016.
  • Hedrington MS, Tate DB, Younk LM, Davis SN. Effect of antecedent GABA A receptor activation on counterregulatory responses to exercise in healthy man. Diabetes. 2015 Apr 21. doi:pii: db150212. PMID: 25901095
  • Hedrington MS, Farmerie S, Tate DB, Ertl AC and Davis SN. The Effects of GABAA Activation on Subsequent Counterregulatory Responses to Hypoglycemia in Healthy Man. Diabetes. 2010 Apr;59(4):1074-81

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