Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, FACE
Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
Current Positions
- Professor of Internal Medicine-Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
- Verna Funke Chair in Diabetes Research, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC)
- Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Internal Medicine
Education
- PhD, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
- MD, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
- Intern, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- Resident, Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
- Fellow, Endocrinology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
Graduate Program Affiliations
Center, Program and Institute Affiliations
Licenses & Certifications
- Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Selected Publications
- Singh MV and Dokun AO. Diabetes mellitus in peripheral artery disease: Beyond a risk factor. Front. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023 10:1148040. doi: 10.339/fcvm.2023.1148040
- Shams E, Kamalumpundi V, Cheng L, Taiwo A, Shibli-Rahhal A, Dokun AO, and Correia MLG. Association Between RAAS Antagonism on COVID19-related Mortality in Patients with Overweight/Obesity-related Hypertension, Retrospective Cohort Study. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia. 2023 Mar;120(4):e20220277. doi: 10.36660/abc.20220277
- Herman WH, Albright A, Bolen S, Boltri JM, Bullock A, Chong W, Conlin PR, Cook IV JW, Dokun AO, Fukagawa N, Gonzalvo J, Greenlee MC, Hawkins M, Idzik S, Leake E, Linder B, Lopata AM, Marx B, Schillinger D, Schumacher P, Shell D, Strogatz D, Towne J, Tracer H, Wu S. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Recommendations to Better Leverage Federal Policies and Programs to Prevent and Control Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Feb 1;46(2):255-261. doi: 10.2337/dc22-1587
- Greenlee MC, Bolen S, Chong W, Dokun A, Gonzalvo J, Hawkins M, Herman WH, Leake E, Linder B, Conlin PR. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Leveraging Federal Policies and Programs to Improve Diabetes Treatment and Reduce Complications. Diabetes Care. 2023 Feb 1;46(2):e51-e59. doi: 10.2337/dc22-0621. PMID: 36701593
- Mani AM, Dhanabalan K, Lamin V, Wong T, Singh MV and Dokun AO. BAG3 attenuates ischemia induced skeletal muscle necroptosis in diabetic experimental peripheral artery disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 14;23(18):10715. doi: 10.3390/ijms231810715.
- Lamin V, Mani AM, Singh MV, and Dokun AO. Endothelial progenitor cells and macrophage subsets recruitment in post-ischemic mouse hind limbs. Journal of Vascular Research (in revision).
- Lamin V, Verry J, Dokun OS, Kronemberger A, Lira V, Wong T, and Dokun AO. MicroRNA-29a regulates ADAM12 through direct interaction with ADAM12 mRNA and modulates post-ischemic perfusion recovery. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2022;11:e025727. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.122.025727
- Singh M, Dhanabalan K, Verry J and Dokun AO. MicroRNA regulation of BAG3. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) . 2022 Apr;247(8):617-623. doi: 10.1177/15353702211066908
- Alleboina S, Wong T, Singh MV, Dokun AO. Inhibition of protein kinase C beta phosphorylation activates nuclear factor-kappa B and improves postischemic recovery in type 1 diabetes. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2020 May;245(9):785-796. doi: 10.1177/1535370220920832. Epub 2020 Apr 23. PMID: 32326759; PMCID: PMC7273893.
- Jain N, Agarwal MA, Jalal D, Dokun AO. Individuals with Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) and Type 1 Diabetes Are More Likely to Undergo Limb Amputation than Those with PAD and Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Med. 2020 Aug 31;9(9):2809. doi: 10.3390/jcm9092809. PMID: 32878057; PMCID: PMC7563979.