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ALFRED E.OKEKE, MD, FACE. - CV

1501 East Franklin Street Monroe NC 28112.
W. 704.225.0400 | C. 803.316.8825
drokeke@hotmail.com

CAREER GOALS:
Practice of endocrinology in an environment that provides an opportunity for excellent patient care, academic growth and advancement of medical knowledge through clinical research.

PERSONAL DATA:
Date of Birth: March 15, 1966
Citizenship: United States

CLINICAL PRACTICE:
Clinical Endocrinologist and Medical Director,
Carolina Diabetes and Endocrine Clinics
1501 East Franklin Street, Monroe, NC 28112

Clinical Endocrinologist: September 2000 - June 2004
Carolina Diabetes and Kidney Center
635 W. Wesmark Blvd., Sumter, SC 29150

HOSPITAL AFFILIATION:
Carolina Medical Center – Union: October 2004 - Present
Toumey Hospital, Sumter, South Carolina: September 2000 - July 2004
Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, Michigan: January 1997 - Dec1997
(Attending Physician, Lansing House Physician Service)

BOARD CERTIFICATION/ LICENSURE:
Elected Fellow, American College of Endocrinology: May 2003
Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism: November 2001
American Board of Internal Medicine: 1996
Licensed in Michigan, Missouri and South Carolina

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
Fellowship training
Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism: January 1998 - August 2000
Washington University School of Medicine
Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri

Residency program
Internal Medicine: July 1993 - June 1996
William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
University of Nigeria, Teaching Hospital: August 1989 - October 1992
Enugu, Nigeria

Medical Officer
Ministry of Health, Port-Harcourt, Nigeria: August 1988 - July 1989
(Flying Doctor Service)

Internship
University of Nigeria, Teaching Hospital: August 1987 - July 1988
Enugu, Nigeria

EDUCATION:
College of Medicine, University of Nigeria: September 1981 - July 1987
MBBS

PROFFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
American College of Physicians
Endocrine Society
American Diabetes Association
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Nigerian Medical Association

RESEARCH INTEREST:
Inositol Phosphoglycans as insulin mediators and their role in insulin resistance in type 2 diabetics

Cholesterol metabolism and plant sterols

PAPERS and ABSTRACTS:
Okeke A, Davis A, Ostlund R:
D-Chiro-Inositol (DCI) Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes (suppl.1582) May 1999

Effects of Oxidized sterols on Cholesterol Biosynthesis in cultured cell using deuterated medium. (Paper in preparation)

Ostlund R, Racette S, Okeke A, Stenson W.
Phytosterols Naturally present in Commercial Corn Oil Significantly Reduce Cholesterol Absorption in Human
Am J Clin. Nutrition 2002 June 75 (6) 1000-4

Lilavivat U, Driggers D, Bocchicchia K, Okeke A.
Erroneous Diagnosis of Diabetes from Using Improper Storage of Blood Glucose Test Strips-A
Case Report with the Study in the Effects of Exposed Glucose Test Strips on Erroneous Self
Monitoring of Blood Glucose Results.
Diabetes volume 51, (suppl.2) June 2002

SEMINAR PRESENTATION:
HDL Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Atherosclerosis
Endocrine Fellows seminar Washington University, February 23, 1999

Alternative mediators of Insulin action
PRI, Johnson and Johnson, Torrey Pines SD, December 13, 1999

DCI metabolism in diabetic and non-Diabetic Subjects
Insmed Pharmaceutical, Richmond Virginia, February 1, 2000

CLINICAL STUDIES:
A Double-Blinded, Placebo Controlled Study of the Effects of Plant Sterol / Mixed Emulsifier Formulation on the Level of Serum LDL-Cholesterol Lifeline Technology Inc.

Efficacy and Safety of Inhaled Compared with Subcutaneous Human Insulin Therapy in Subjects with Type 1 Diabetes. A Six Months Outpatient Parallel Comparative Study Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

REFERENCES:
Available on request