Dr. Subash Kukreja, Professor of Medicine, Interim Section Chief, University of Illinois at Chicago

Congratulations to Dr. Kukreja for Top Endocrinologist 2020

Education:

  1. Board certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology
  2. Medical School: New Delhi Medical School, India
  3. Residency: Internal medicine, Cook County Hospital
  4. Fellowship: Endocrinology, University of Illinois

Clinical interests:

Osteoporosis, Metabolic bone disease

Invited lectures:

  1. Paget’s disease update
  2. Corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis
  3. Osteoporosis update
  4. Male osteoporosis
  5. Osteoporosis cases

Staying up to date (continuing medical education):

  1. Endocrine Society Meeting
  2. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
  3. Medicine Grand Rounds, University of Illinois
  4. Endocrinology Grand Rounds, University of Illinois

Research interests:

PTHrP, Bone tumors, Osteoporosis

Research studies:

Role of PTHrP in the pathogenesis of prostate cancer: the effect of exogenous PTHrP and PTHrP transfection on proliferation and apoptosis in prostate cancer cells.

Recent Publications:

  1. Arjmandi BH, Birnbaum R, Goyal NV, Getlinger MJ, Juma S, Alekel L, Hasler CM, Drum ML, Hollis BW, Kukreja SC. Bone-sparing effect of soy protein in ovarian hormone-deficient rats is related to its isoflavone content. Am J Clin Nutr 68:1364S-1368S, 1998
  2. Arjmandi BH, Getlinger MJ, Goyal NV, Alekel L, Hasler CM, Juma S, Drum ML, Hollis BW, Kukreja SC. Role of soy protein with normal or reduced isoflavone content in reversing bone loss induced by ovarian hormone deficiency in rats. Am J Clin Nutr:68:1358S-1363S, 1998.
  3. Alekel DL,Mortillaro E, Hussain EA,West B, Ahmed N, Peterson CT, Werner RK, Arjmandi BH, Kukreja SC. Lifestyle and biologic contributors to proximal femoral bone mineral density and hip axis length in two distinct ethnic groups of women. Osteoporosis Int. 9:327-338,1999
  4. Arjmandi BH, Birnbaum RS, Juma S, Barengolts E, Kukreja SC. The synthetic phytoestrogen, ipriflavone, and estrogen prevent bone loss by different mechanisms.Cacif.Tissue Int. 66:61-65, 2000.