Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship - Faculty

Christian Nasr, MD

Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona Medical College – Phoenix

Medical School: Saint Joseph University Medical School – Beirut, Lebanon
Residency: Staten Island University Hospital
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Mahmoud Alsayed, MD

Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship

Medical School: University of Damascus
Residency: Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Fellowship: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix
Area(s) of Interest: Adrenal insufficiencies and hematology

Karyne Vinales, MD

Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Medicine Service, Phoenix VA Health Care System
Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Associate Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship

Medical School: Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Brazil
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Fellowship: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Area(s) of Interest: Metabolism, thrifty and spendthrift metabolic phenotypes, overfeeding, obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, transgender medicine

S. Mitchell Harman, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor, Medicine, UArizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Attending Endocrinologist, Phoenix VA Medical Center

Medical School: State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn
Residency: Yale New Haven Hospital
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health Clinical Associate Program
Area(s) of Interest: Reproductive hormones, pituitary, hormones and aging, menopause

Peter Reaven, MD 

Director, Diabetes Research Program, Phoenix VA Health Care System

Medical School: University of Chicago-Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois
Residency: University of California, San Diego
Fellowship: University of California, San Diego
Area(s) of Interest: Clinical research of diabetes, dyslipidemia and vascular disease

Jerome Targovnik, MD

Staff Endocrinologist, Phoenix VA Health Care System

Medical School: Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, New York
Residency: New York University Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital Center and University Colorado School of Medicine
Area(s) of Interest: Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism

Ming Li, MD

Staff Endocrinologist, Phoenix VA Health Care System

Medical School: Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Fellowship: Endocrinology, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Area(s) of Interest: Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism

Leena Shahla, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Medical School: Al-Baath University Faculty of Medicine, Syria
Residency: St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center at New York Medical College
Fellowship: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Area(s) of Interest: Endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism with main interest in pituitary and adrenal disease

Stephanie Kristofic, RN
 

Nursing School: Grand Canyon University
Area(s) of Interest: Dynamic testing in endocrinology, diabetes education, transgender education