Dima L Diab , MD

Dr. Diab is Professor of Medicine and Associate Program Director of the Endocrinology Fellowship Program. She is  a member of the American College of Physicians, Endocrine Society, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Bachelor's Degree: American University of Beirut (AUB) 1998 (Biology)

Medical Degree: American University of Beirut (AUB) 2002

Internship : American University of Beirut Medical Center 2003 (Internal Medicine )

Residency : University of Cincinnati 2006 (Internal Medicine)

Fellowship : Cleveland Clinic Foundation 2008 (Endocrinology )

American Board of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology-Diabetes and Metabolism) (Certification Date: 10-24-2008 ) - (Recertification Date: to 11-15-2018 )

Calciphylaxis

Calcium Metabolism Disorders

Endocrine Bone Disease

Hypercalcemia

Hyperparathyroidism

Hypocalcemia

Hypoparathyroidism

Hypophosphatemia

Metabolic Bone Disease

Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica

Osteoporosis

Paget's Disease of the Bone

Parathyroid Cancer

Parathyroid Disease

Parathyroid Disorders

Parathyroid Problems

Pathologic Decalcification

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Pseudohypoparathyroidism

Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism

Secondary Hyperparathyroidism

Vitamin D Deficiency

X-Linked Dominant Hypophosphatemic Rickets

Endocrinology-Diabetes and Metabolism

Internal Medicine

• Bone disorders
• Parathyroid disorders

07-2008 -08-2014 Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

09-2014 -08-2021 Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

09-2021 -To Present Professor of Clinical Medicine Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

Grant: #VA IPA Investigators:Diab, Dima 06-30-2014 -12-31-2014 Department of Veterans Affairs VA IPA - Diab Role:PI $65,009.34 Active Level:Federal

Peer Reviewed Publications

Watts, Nelson B; Diab, Dima L (2011. ) A backbone for FRAX?.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, , 26 (3 ) ,458-9 More Information

Diab, Dima L; D'Alessio, D. (2010. ) The contribution of enteroinsular hormones to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus.Current diabetes reports, , 10 (3 ) ,192-8 More Information

Watts, Nelson B; Diab, Dima L (2010. ) Long-term use of bisphosphonates in osteoporosis.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, , 95 (4 ) ,1555-65 More Information

Kashyap, Sangeeta R; Diab, Dima L; Baker, Allison R; Yerian, Lisa; Bajaj, Harpreet; Gray-McGuire, Courtney; Schauer, Philip R; Gupta, Manjula; Feldstein, Ariel E; Hazen, Stanley L; Stein, Catherine M (2009. ) Triglyceride levels and not adipokine concentrations are closely related to severity of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in an obesity surgery cohort.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), , 17 (9 ) ,1696-701 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Yerian, Lisa; Schauer, Philip; Kashyap, Sangeeta R; Lopez, Rocio; Hazen, Stanley L; Feldstein, Ariel E (2008. ) Cytokeratin 18 fragment levels as a noninvasive biomarker for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis in bariatric surgery patients.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association, , 6 (11 ) ,1249-54 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Faiman, Charles; Siperstein, Allan E; Zhou, Ming; Zimmerman, Robert S (2008. ) Virilizing adrenal ganglioneuroma in a woman with subclinical Cushing syndrome. Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, , 14 (5 ) ,584-7

Diab, Dima L; Faiman, Charles; Siperstein, Allan E; Grossman, William F; Rabinowitz, Laura O; Hamrahian, Amir H (2008. ) Virilizing ovarian Leydig cell tumor in a woman with subclinical Cushing syndrome. Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, , 14 (3 ) ,358-61

Diab, DL, Watts, NB, and Miller, PD. (2013. ) Bisphosphonates: Pharmacology and Use in the Treatment of Osteoporosis . Osteoporosis, , 4 , 1859-1872

Diab DL, Watts NB. (2013. ) Secondary Osteoporosis: Differential Diagnosis and Workup. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology, , 4 (56 ) ,:686-93

Diab DL, Watts NB. (2013. ) Postmenopausal Osteoporosis. Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes, , 6 (20 ) ,501-9

Diab DL, Watts NB. (2014. ) Acute Medical Aspects Related to Osteoporosis and its Therapy .Endocrine and Metabolic Medical Emergencies,, , 1 ,

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2014. ) Denosumab in osteoporosis.Expert opinion on drug safety, , 13 (2 ) ,247-53 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2014. ) Use of drug holidays in women taking bisphosphonates.Menopause (New York, N.Y.), , 21 (2 ) ,195-7 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2013. ) Secondary osteoporosis: differential diagnosis and workup.Clinical obstetrics and gynecology, , 56 (4 ) ,686-93 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2013. ) Postmenopausal osteoporosis.Current opinion in endocrinology, diabetes, and obesity, , 20 (6 ) ,501-9 More Information

Bhattacharya, Amit; Watts, Nelson B; Dwivedi, Alok; Shukla, Rakesh; Mani, Ashutosh; Diab, Dima (2015. ) Combined Measures of Dynamic Bone Quality and Postural Balance-A Fracture Risk Assessment Approach in Osteoporosis.Journal of clinical densitometry : the official journal of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, , More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2013. ) Diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis in older adults.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, , 42 (2 ) ,305-17 More Information

Camacho, Pauline M; Petak, Steven M; Binkley, Neil; Diab, Dima L; Eldeiry, Leslie S; Farooki, Azeez; Harris, Steven T; Hurley, Daniel L; Kelly, Jennifer; Lewiecki, E Michael; Pessah-Pollack, Rachel; McClung, Michael; Wimalawansa, Sunil J; Watts, Nelson B (2020. ) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS/AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS- 2020 UPDATE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, , 26 (5 ) ,564-570 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2013. ) Bisphosphonate drug holiday: who, when and how long.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease, , 5 (3 ) ,107-11 More Information

Camacho, Pauline M; Petak, Steven M; Binkley, Neil; Diab, Dima L; Eldeiry, Leslie S; Farooki, Azeez; Harris, Steven T; Hurley, Daniel L; Kelly, Jennifer; Lewiecki, E Michael; Pessah-Pollack, Rachel; McClung, Michael; Wimalawansa, Sunil J; Watts, Nelson B (2020. ) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS/AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY CLINICAL PRACTICE GUIDELINES FOR THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS-2020 UPDATE.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, , 26 (Suppl 1 ) ,1-46 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2012. ) Bisphosphonates in the treatment of osteoporosis.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, , 41 (3 ) ,487-506 More Information

Hurley, Daniel L; Binkley, Neil; Camacho, Pauline M; Diab, Dima L; Kennel, Kurt A; Malabanan, Alan; Tangpricha, Vin (2018. ) THE USE OF VITAMINS AND MINERALS IN SKELETAL HEALTH: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY POSITION STATEMENT.Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, , 24 (10 ) ,915-924 More Information

Hoogwerf, Byron J; Doshi, Krupa B; Diab, Dima (2008. ) Pramlintide, the synthetic analogue of amylin: physiology, pathophysiology, and effects on glycemic control, body weight, and selected biomarkers of vascular risk.Vascular health and risk management, , 4 (2 ) ,355-62 More Information

Diab, Dima L; Watts, Nelson B (2021. ) Updates on Osteoporosis in Men.Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America, , 50 (2 ) ,239-249 More Information

Book Chapter

Diab DL, D'Alessio, D (2014 ) GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders, 6th Edition .

Invited Presentations

(09-2011. ) Clinical Endocrinology Update (CEU) Meeting . Level:National

Recognized as one of the Top Doctors in Cincinnati by Cincinnati Magazine

05-01-2014 Received the designation of Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE)

06-15-2008 Winner of the “CLINICAL – Physiological Causes and Consequences of Obesity” category Poster presentation of “Plasma Triglyceride Levels Associate Strongly with Histological Severity of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Bariatric Patients” at the Endocrine Society’s 90th Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California (June 15-18, 2008)

10-01-2015 WOW-ACT award for outstanding service while serving as the attending on the Internal Medicine team at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center

10-13-2007 American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) Governors Award for Excellence in Clinical Research One of five winners of the ACG Governors Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, which is given to “the best papers as determined by the ACG Educational Affairs Committee from all abstracts submitted”, awarded at the ACG 72nd Annual Scientific Meeting on October 13, 2007 in Philadelphia, PA

01-01-2017 Recommended by the Governor of the ACP Ohio Chapter for Invited Fellowship in the College and elected to Fellowship on January 1, 2017

Metabolic bone disease, osteoporosis, parathyroid disease

07-01-2008 -To Present: Member of the American College of Physicians (ACP)

07-01-2006 -To Present: Member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

07-01-2006 -To Present: Active member of the Endocrine Society

06-01-2013 -To Present: Member of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Selected to participate in a “Teach-the-Teacher” workshop based on Stanford’s Program in Clinical Teaching (April-May 2013).

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