| | Medstar Research Institute Faculty
|  | Wayman W. Cheatham, MD, FACE
Assistant Vice President, Clinical Research & Medical Director
MedStar Clinical Research Centers
MedStar Research Institute | | Address: | 650 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 50
Washington D.C. SE, 20003 | | Phone: | 202-787-5383 Fax: 202-787-5308 | | Medical Degree: | Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, 1975 | | Internship: | Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX 1976 | | Residency: | Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1978 | | Chief Residency: | Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 1978 | | Fellowship: | Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1980 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1978
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1980
| | Special Interests: | • Insulin action, clinical diabetes outcomes
• Glucose, lipid and protein metabolism; calcium metabolism • Reproductive endocrinology
• Disorders of thyroid function and energy utilization |
|  | Barbara V. Howard, PhD
Senior Scientist, MedStar Research Institute, and Professor, Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital | | Address: | 108 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20010 | | Phone: | 202-877-6530 Fax: 202-877-0845 | | Graduate Degree: | Ph.D. | | Special Interests: | • Coronary vascular disease and risk factors in diabetes
• Nutrition and coronary vascular disease |
 | Robert E. Ratner, MD
Vice-President, Scientific Affairs | | Address: | MedStar Research Institute,
650 Pennsylvania Ave. SE #50, WDC 20003 | | Phone: | 202-675-1042 Fax: 202-675-1049 | | Medical Degree: | Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1977 | | Internship and Residency: | Baylor Affiliated Hospitals,
Houston, Texas, 1980 | | Fellowship: | Harvard Medical School/Joslin Diabetes Center,
Boston, MA, 1982 | | Certifications: | Internal Medicine, 1980
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1983
National Certification for Diabetes Educators, 1991 | | Special Interests: | Diabetes in pregnancy, Diabetes therapeutics, Diabetes
complications, Pancreas transplantation, Islet neogenesis |
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