Paresh Dandona, SUNY Distinguished Professor and chief of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at UB, has been named to the editorial board of Diabetes Care, one of the top journals in the field.

Dandona is founder of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Center of Western New York, which is sponsored by the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences and Kaleida Health. He is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the treatment of diabetes and vascular disease.

A dedicated teacher, he has mentored many of the present-day leaders in diabetes health care and research.

Dandona also has been a prolific author, with more than 550 peer-reviewed publications and more than 1,000 additional publications. An expert in the treatment of insulin resistance, he discovered the anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects of insulin.

More recently, his work has led to the finding that diabetes and obesity are the major causes of male hypogonadism. His team is playing a leading role in defining novel treatments for Type 1 diabetes, and its dedication to teaching and training has led to the development of the largest endocrinology fellowship program in U.S.

Dnadona previously served on the editorial boards of Diabetes Care and the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, both prominent journals in the field. He also founded the journal Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders.

A recipient of the UB Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence, Dandona received a PhD from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. He holds a MBBS —bachelor of medicine, bachelor of surgery — from All India Institute of Medical Sciences.