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Dr. Richard Auchus is a professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes (MEND) and Chief of the Endocrinology & Metabolism Section at the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center. He received his medical degree and Ph.D. in pharmacology from Washington University in St. Louis. Then Dr. Auchus completed a residency at the University of Iowa and an endocrinology fellowship at UTHSC-San Antonio/Wilford Hall Medical Center. Dr. Auchus came to UMHS from the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Southwestern Medical School, University of Texas, where he was a Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology.Dr. Auchus is a steroid biologist with expertise both in basic science and clinical/translational science. His work has included translational research into: molecular and genetic mechanisms of human hypertension, improved diagnostic studies and management in primary aldosteronism and Cushing syndromes, modifier genes in 21-hydroxylase deficiency, cardiovascular disease in polycystic ovary syndrome, and the endocrinology of traumatic brain injury. Dr. Auchus is highly rated in 20 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Intersex, Isolated ACTH Deficiency, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), and Orchiectomy. Dr. Auchus is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. Dr. Auchus is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Adina Turcu completed her Internal Medicine residency at Norwalk Hospital/Yale University, CT, where she also served a year as Chief Resident. She completed her Endocrinology fellowship at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, where she was the recipient of the Randall G. Sprague Award for outstanding clinical, investigative, and academic achievement in Endocrinology.Dr. Turcu pursued a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Michigan, prior to joining the UoM faculty team in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology & Diabetes. Her research work focuses on adrenal disorders, including congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing’s syndrome, primary aldosteronism, and pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma. Dr. Turcu is highly rated in 23 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Hyperaldosteronism, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH), Adrenal Gland Adenoma, Ovarian Overproduction of Androgens, and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Dr. Turcu is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. Dr. Turcu is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Elif Oral is a professor in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes (MEND) at the University of Michigan. She completed her medical education in her home country of Turkey at the University of Istanbul. In 1996, she completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Sinai Hospital Detroit (Michigan). She then completed a fellowship in Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes at the National Institute of Health, where she also chose to stay as a Senior Fellow under the mentorship of Drs SimeonTaylor and Phillip Gorden in in the Diabetes Branch of NIDDK.Since joining the University of Michigan in 2002 as an Assistant Professor of Medicine, along with her regular faculty responsibilities, Dr. Oral also completed a Masters of Science Degree in Clinical Research Design and Biostatistics at the School of Public Health. Her clinical interests are in insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, and diabetes.Dr Oral's research focuses on the importance of adipocytes in human metabolism and adipocyte hormones such as leptin. She is best known for her work showing the remarkable efficacy of leptin in rare lipodystrophy syndromes. Metreleptin received approval by the FDA (2014) and EMA (2016) as a treatment for lipodystrophy owing to a large part to her original vision and work. These studies provided the basis for her current work with three big goals: identification of novel metabolic diseases, discovery of new disease mechanisms and finding treatments for patients afflicted with these disorders. In addition to her roles as physician, educator, and researcher, Dr Oral is also the director of two programs at MEND: Atypical Diabetes Program and Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Program. She directed the Post-Bariatric Surgery Care Program from 2012 to 2021 and continues to conduct research on the cohort of patients who had bariatric surgery performed in the Michigan Bariatric Surgery program. Dr. Oral is highly rated in 16 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Familial Partial Lipodystrophy, Congenital Generalized Lipodystrophy, Familial Hypertriglyceridemia, Gastric Bypass, and Sleeve Gastrectomy. Dr. Oral is board certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. Dr. Oral is currently accepting new patients.