Neda Rasouli, MD

Professional Titles

• Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinical Trial Program
• Endocrinologist

Publications

• Association of scavenger receptors in adipose tissue with insulin resistance in nondiabetic humans. Rasouli N, Yao-Borengasser A, Varma V, Spencer HJ, McGehee RE Jr, Peterson CA, Mehta JL, Kern PA. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009 Sep;29(9):1328-35. Epub 2009 Aug 10. PMID: 19667111 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
• Muscle inflammatory response and insulin resistance: synergistic interaction between macrophages and fatty acids leads to impaired insulin action.Varma V, Yao-Borengasser A, Rasouli N, Nolen GT, Phanavanh B, Starks T, Gurley C, Simpson P, McGehee RE Jr, Kern PA, Peterson CA
• Smith LM, Yao-Borengasser A, Starks T, Tripputi M, Kern PA, Rasouli N. Insulin resistance in African-American and Caucasian women: differences in lipotoxicity, adipokines, and gene expression in adipose tissue and muscle. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Sep;95(9):4441-8.
• Spencer M, Yao-Borengasser A, Unal R, Rasouli N, Gurley CM, Zhu B, Peterson CA, Kern PA. Adipose tissue macrophages in insulin resistant subjects are associated with collagen VI, fibrosis and demonstrate alternative activation. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Sep 14. [Epub ahead of print]
• Yao-Borengasser A, Varma V, Coker RH, Ranganathan G, Phanavanh B, Rasouli N, Kern PA Adipose triglyceride lipase expression in human adipose tissue and muscle. Role in insulin resistance and response to training and pioglitazone. Metabolism. 2010 Dec 1. [Epub ahead of print]
• Elbein SC, Kern PA, Rasouli N, Yao-Borengasser A, Sharma NK, Das SK Global Gene Expression Profiles of Subcutaneous Adipose and Muscle From Glucose-Tolerant, Insulin-Sensitive, and Insulin-Resistant Individuals Matched for BMI. Diabetes. 2011 Jan 24. [Epub ahead of print
• Comparison of 70/30 biphasic insulin with glargine/lispro regimen in non-critically ill diabetic patients on continuous enteral nutrition therapy.Nutr Clin Pract. 2011 Dec;26(6):714-7. Hsia E, Seggelke SA, Gibbs J, Rasouli N, Draznin B.
• Adipose tissue extracellular matrix and vascular abnormalities in obesity and insulin resistance.J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Dec;96(12):E1990-8. Epub 2011 Oct 12. Spencer M, Unal R, Zhu B, Rasouli N, McGehee RE Jr, Peterson CA, Kern PA
• Global gene expression profiles of subcutaneous adipose and muscle from glucose-tolerant, insulin-sensitive, and insulin-resistant individuals matched for BMI.Diabetes. 2011 Mar;60(3):1019-29. Epub 2011 Jan 24. Elbein SC, Kern PA, Rasouli N, Yao-Borengasser A, Sharma NK, Das SK.
• Adipose triglyceride lipase expression in human adipose tissue and muscle. Role in insulin resistance and response to training and pioglitazone. Metabolism. 2011 Jul;60(7):1012-20. Epub 2010 Dec 3. Yao-Borengasser A, Varma V, Coker RH, Ranganathan G, Phanavanh B, Rasouli N, Kern PA.
• Improved insulin sensitivity after treatment of PPARa and PPARg ligands is mediated by genetically modulated transcripts. Pharmacogenetic and Jenomics. In Press. Neda Rasouli, Philip A. Kern, Steven C Elbein, Neeraj K. Sharma, Swapan K. Das
• Subcutaneous Administration of Glargine to Diabetic Patients Receiving Insulin Infusion Prevents Rebound Hyperglycemia. Revised-under review Elisa Hsia, Stacey Seggelke, Joanna Gibbs, R. Matthew Hawkins, Elizabeth Cohlmia1, Neda Rasouli, Cecilia Wang, Igal Kam, and Boris Draznin1
• Neda Rasouli, Philip A. Kern, Steven C Elbein, Neeraj K. Sharma, Swapan K. Das Improved insulin sensitivity after treatment of PPARa and PPARg ligands is mediated by genetically modulated transcripts. Pharmacogenetic and Jenomics. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2012 Jul;22(7):484-497
• Finlin BS, Bodles-Brakhop AM, Yao-Borengasser A, Zhu B, Starnes CP, McGehee RE Jr, Peterson CA, Kern PA, Rasouli N. Regulation of Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier-1, Nuclear Receptor Coreceptor, Histone Deacetylase 3, and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-? in Human Adipose Tissue. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2012 Aug;10(4):312-7.
• Rasouli N, Wang C, Pereira R, Hsia E, Draznin B. Cystic fibrosis-related diabetes in adults: inpatient management of 121 patients during 410 admissions. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2012 Sep 1;6(5):1038-44.
• Elisa Hsia, Stacey Seggelke, Joanna Gibbs, R. Matthew Hawkins, Elizabeth Cohlmia, Neda Rasouli, Cecilia Wang, Igal Kam, and Boris Draznin. Subcutaneous Administration of Glargine to Diabetic Patients Receiving Insulin Infusion Prevents Rebound Hyperglycemia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Sep;97(9):3132-7
• Elbein SC, Gamazon ER, Das SK, Rasouli N, Kern PA, Cox NJ. Genetic risk factors for type 2 diabetes: a trans-regulatory genetic architecture? Am J Hum Genet. 2012 Sep 7;91(3):466-77
• Seggelke SA, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Rasouli N, Wang C, Draznin B. Transitional care clinic for uninsured and medicaid-covered patients with diabetes mellitus discharged from the hospital: a pilot quality improvement study. Hosp Pract (1995). 2014 Feb;42(1):46-51. PubMed PMID: 24566596
• Seggelke SA, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Rasouli N, Low CC, Draznin B. Effect of Glargine Insulin Delivery Method (Pen-Device vs. Vial-Syringe) on Glycemic Control and Patient Preferences in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. Endocr Pract. 2013 Dec 10;:1-12. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 24326004
• Draznin B, Gilden J, Golden SH, Inzucchi SE, PRIDE investigators, Baldwin D, Bode BW, Boord JB, Braithwaite SS, Cagliero E, Dungan KM, Falciglia M, Figaro MK, Hirsch IB, Klonoff D, Korytkowski MT, Kosiborod M, Lien LF, Magee MF, Masharani U, Maynard G, McDonnell ME, Moghissi ES, Rasouli N, Rubin DJ, Rushakoff RJ, Sadhu AR, Schwartz S, Seley JJ, Umpierrez GE, Vigersky RA, Low CC, Wexler DJ. Pathways to quality inpatient management of hyperglycemia and diabetes: a call to action. Diabetes Care. 2013 Jul;36(7):1807-14. PubMed PMID: 23801791
• Ma L, Murea M, Snipes JA, Marinelarena A, Krüger J, Hicks PJ, Langberg KA, Bostrom MA, Cooke JN, Suzuki D, Babazono T, Uzu T, Tang SC, Mondal AK, Sharma NK, Kobes S, Antinozzi PA, Davis M, Das SK, Rasouli N, Kern PA, Shores NJ, Rudel LL, Blüher M, Stumvoll M, Bowden DW, Maeda S, Parks JS, Kovacs P, Hanson RL, Baier LJ, Elbein SC, Freedman BI. An ACACB variant implicated in diabetic nephropathy associates with body mass index and gene expression in obese subjects. PLoS One. 2013;8(2):e56193. PubMed PMID: 23460794
• Seggelke SA, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Rasouli N, Wang CC, Draznin B. Effect of glargine insulin delivery method (pen device versus vial/syringe) on glycemic control and patient preferences in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Endocr Pract. 2014 Jun;20(6):536-9. PubMed PMID: 24326004
• Seggelke SA, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Rasouli N, Wang C, Draznin B. Transitional care clinic for uninsured and medicaid-covered patients with diabetes mellitus discharged from the hospital: a pilot quality improvement study. Hosp Pract (1995). 2014 Feb;42(1):46-51. PubMed PMID: 24566596
• Spencer M, Yang L, Adu A, Finlin BS, Zhu B, Shipp LR, Rasouli N, Peterson CA, Kern PA. Pioglitazone treatment reduces adipose tissue inflammation through reduction of mast cell and macrophage number and by improving vascularity. PLoS One. 2014;9(7):e102190. PubMed PMID: 25010722
• Draznin B, Wang Y, Seggelke S, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Bridenstine M, Rasouli N, Wang CL. Glycemic control and outcomes of hospitalization in noncritically ill patients with type 2 diabetes admitted with cardiac problems or infections. Endocr Pract. 2014 Dec;20(12):1303-8. PubMed PMID: 25100383
• Kern PA, Finlin BS, Zhu B, Rasouli N, McGehee RE Jr, Westgate PM, Dupont-Versteegden EE. The effects of temperature and seasons on subcutaneous white adipose tissue in humans: evidence for thermogenic gene induction. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Dec;99(12):E2772-9. PubMed PMID: 25299843
• Maturu A, DeWitt P, Kern PA, Rasouli N. The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a predictor of ß-cell function in African American women. Metabolism. 2015 May;64(5):561-5. PubMed PMID: 25687124
• Lawler HM, Underkofler CM, Kern PA, Erickson C, Bredbeck B, Rasouli N. Adipose Tissue Hypoxia, Inflammation and Fibrosis in Obese Insulin Sensitive and Obese Insulin Resistant Subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Feb 12;:jc20154125. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 26871994
• Chen J, Diesburg-Stanwood A, Bodor G, Rasouli N. Led Astray by Hemoglobin A1c: A Case of Misdiagnosis of Diabetes by Falsely Elevated Hemoglobin A1c. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2016 Jan-Mar;4(1):2324709616628549. PubMed PMID: 26848480
• Kirby TJ, Walton RG, Finlin B, Zhu B, Unal R, Rasouli N, Peterson CA, Kern PA. Integrative mRNA-microRNA analyses reveal novel interactions related to insulin sensitivity in human adipose tissue. Physiol Genomics. 2016 Feb;48(2):145-53. PubMed PMID: 26672043
• Maturu A, DeWitt P, Kern PA, Rasouli N. The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a predictor of ß-cell function in African American women. Metabolism. 2015 May;64(5):561-5. PubMed PMID: 25687124
• Boyle KE, Friedman JE, Janssen RC, Underkofler C, Houmard JA, Rasouli N. Metabolic Inflexibility with Obesity and the Effects of Fenofibrate on Skeletal Muscle Fatty Acid Oxidation. Horm Metab Res. 2017 Jan;49(1):50-57. PubMed PMID: 28103623
• Lewis MR, Macauley RC, Sheehan PR, Staten MA, Phillips LS, Rasouli N, Pittas AG. Management of Hemoglobin Variants Detected Incidentally in HbA1c Testing: A Common Problem Currently Lacking a Standard Approach. Diabetes Care. 2017 Feb;40(2):e8-e9. PubMed PMID: 27899488
• Wang YJ, Seggelke S, Hawkins RM, Gibbs J, Lindsay M, Hazlett I, Low Wang CC, Rasouli N, Young KA, Draznin B. IMPACT OF GLUCOSE MANAGEMENT TEAM ON OUTCOMES OF HOSPITALIZARON IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES ADMITTED TO THE MEDICAL SERVICE. Endocr Pract. 2016 Dec;22(12):1401-1405. PubMed PMID: 27540884
• Liu W, Saxon DR, McNair B, Sanagorski R, Rasouli N. Endocrinology Telehealth Consultation Improved Glycemic Control Similar to Face-to-Face Visits in Veterans. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2016 Sep;10(5):1079-86. PubMed PMID: 27170633
• Rasouli N. Adipose tissue hypoxia and insulin resistance. J Investig Med. 2016 Apr;64(4):830-2. PubMed PMID: 26969750
• Lawler HM, Underkofler CM, Kern PA, Erickson C, Bredbeck B, Rasouli N. Adipose Tissue Hypoxia, Inflammation, and Fibrosis in Obese Insulin-Sensitive and Obese Insulin-Resistant Subjects. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Apr;101(4):1422-8. PubMed PMID: 26871994
• Chen J, Diesburg-Stanwood A, Bodor G, Rasouli N. Led Astray by Hemoglobin A1c: A Case of Misdiagnosis of Diabetes by Falsely Elevated Hemoglobin A1c. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2016 Jan 28;4(1):2324709616628549. PubMed PMID: 26848480
• Kirby TJ, Walton RG, Finlin B, Zhu B, Unal R, Rasouli N, Peterson CA, Kern PA. Integrative mRNA-microRNA analyses reveal novel interactions related to insulin sensitivity in human adipose tissue. Physiol Genomics. 2016 Feb;48(2):145-53. PubMed PMID: 26672043
• Saxon DR, Rasouli N, Eckel RH. Pharmacological Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus: Established and Emerging Agents. Drugs. 2018 Feb;78(2):203-214. PubMed PMID: 29305768
• Kelmenson DA, Burr K, Azhar Y, Reynolds P, Baker CA, Rasouli N. Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis With Prolonged Glucosuria Associated With the Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Canagliflozin. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2017 Apr-Jun;5(2):2324709617712736. PubMed PMID: 28634592
• Boyle KE, Friedman JE, Janssen RC, Underkofler C, Houmard JA, Rasouli N. Metabolic Inflexibility with Obesity and the Effects of Fenofibrate on Skeletal Muscle Fatty Acid Oxidation. Horm Metab Res. 2017 Jan;49(1):50-57. PubMed PMID: 28103623
• Lewis MR, Macauley RC, Sheehan PR, Staten MA, Phillips LS, Rasouli N, Pittas AG. Management of Hemoglobin Variants Detected Incidentally in HbA1c Testing: A Common Problem Currently Lacking a Standard Approach. Diabetes Care. 2017 Feb;40(2):e8-e9. PubMed PMID: 27899488
• Norouzirad R, Ghanbari M, Bahadoran Z, Abdollahifar MA, Rasouli N, Ghasemi A. Hyperoxia improves carbohydrate metabolism by browning of white adipocytes in obese type 2 diabetic rats. Life Sci. 2019 Mar 1;220:58-68. PubMed PMID: 30703383
• Young KA, Maturu A, Lorenzo C, Langefeld CD, Wagenknecht LE, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Norris JM, Rasouli N. The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a predictor of insulin resistance, ß-cell function, and diabetes in Hispanics and African Americans. J Diabetes Complications. 2019 Feb;33(2):118-122. PubMed PMID: 30522790
• Vellanki P, Rasouli N, Baldwin D, Alexanian S, Anzola I, Urrutia M, Cardona S, Peng L, Pasquel FJ, Umpierrez GE. Glycaemic Efficacy and Safety of Linagliptin compared to Basal-Bolus Insulin Regimen in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Undergoing Non-Cardiac Surgery: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2018 Nov 20. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30456796
• Hernandez AF, Green JB, Janmohamed S, D'Agostino RB Sr, Granger CB, Jones NP, Leiter LA, Rosenberg AE, Sigmon KN, Somerville MC, Thorpe KM, McMurray JJV, Del Prato S. Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2018 Oct 27;392(10157):1519-1529. PubMed PMID: 30291013
• LeBlanc ES, Pratley RE, Dawson-Hughes B, Staten MA, Sheehan PR, Lewis MR, Peters A, Kim SH, Chatterjee R, Aroda VR, Chadha C, Neff LM, Brodsky IG, Rosen C, Desouza CV, Foreyt JP, Hsia DS, Johnson KC, Raskin P, Kashyap SR, O'Neil P, Phillips LS, Rasouli N, Liao EP, Robbins DC, Pittas AG. Baseline Characteristics of the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) Study: A Contemporary Prediabetes Cohort That Will Inform Diabetes Prevention Efforts. Diabetes Care. 2018 Aug;41(8):1590-1599. PubMed PMID: 29941495
• Saxon DR, Rasouli N, Eckel RH. Pharmacological Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus: Established and Emerging Agents. Drugs. 2018 Feb;78(2):203-214. PubMed PMID: 29305768
• Dandona P, Mathieu C, Phillip M, Hansen L, Griffen SC, Tschöpe D, Thorén F, Xu J, Langkilde AM. Efficacy and safety of dapagliflozin in patients with inadequately controlled type 1 diabetes (DEPICT-1): 24 week results from a multicentre, double-blind, phase 3, randomised controlled trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2017 Nov;5(11):864-876. PubMed PMID: 28919061
• Holman RR, Bethel MA, Mentz RJ, Thompson VP, Lokhnygina Y, Buse JB, Chan JC, Choi J, Gustavson SM, Iqbal N, Maggioni AP, Marso SP, Öhman P, Pagidipati NJ, Poulter N, Ramachandran A, Zinman B, Hernandez AF. Effects of Once-Weekly Exenatide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2017 Sep 28;377(13):1228-1239. PubMed PMID: 28910237
• Mann JFE, Ørsted DD, Brown-Frandsen K, Marso SP, Poulter NR, Rasmussen S, Tornøe K, Zinman B, Buse JB. Liraglutide and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 31;377(9):839-848. PubMed PMID: 28854085
• Kelmenson DA, Burr K, Azhar Y, Reynolds P, Baker CA, Rasouli N. Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis With Prolonged Glucosuria Associated With the Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Canagliflozin. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2017 Apr-Jun;5(2):2324709617712736. PubMed PMID: 28634592
• Marso SP, McGuire DK, Zinman B, Poulter NR, Emerson SS, Pieber TR, Pratley RE, Haahr PM, Lange M, Brown-Frandsen K, Moses A, Skibsted S, Kvist K, Buse JB. Efficacy and Safety of Degludec versus Glargine in Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2017 Aug 24;377(8):723-732. PubMed PMID: 28605603
• Hsia DS, Rasouli N, Pittas AG, Lary CW, Peters A, Lewis MR, Kashyap SR, Johnson KC, LeBlanc ES, Phillips LS, Hempe JM, Desouza CV. Implications of the Hemoglobin Glycation Index on the Diagnosis of Prediabetes and Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31965161
• LeBlanc ES, Pratley RE, Dawson-Hughes B, Staten MA, Sheehan PR, Lewis MR, Peters A, Kim SH, Chatterjee R, Aroda VR, Chadha C, Neff LM, Brodsky IG, Rosen C, Desouza CV, Foreyt JP, Hsia DS, Johnson KC, Raskin P, Kashyap SR, O'Neil P, Phillips LS, Rasouli N, Liao EP, Robbins DC, Pittas AG. Erratum. Baseline Characteristics of the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) Study: A Contemporary Prediabetes Cohort That Will Inform Diabetes Prevention Efforts. Diabetes Care 2018;41:1590-1599. Diabetes Care. 2019 Dec;42(12):2347. PubMed PMID: 31548246
• Pittas AG, Dawson-Hughes B, Sheehan P, Ware JH, Knowler WC, Aroda VR, Brodsky I, Ceglia L, Chadha C, Chatterjee R, Desouza C, Dolor R, Foreyt J, Fuss P, Ghazi A, Hsia DS, Johnson KC, Kashyap SR, Kim S, LeBlanc ES, Lewis MR, Liao E, Neff LM, Nelson J, O'Neil P, Park J, Peters A, Phillips LS, Pratley R, Raskin P, Rasouli N, Robbins D, Rosen C, Vickery EM, Staten M. Vitamin D Supplementation and Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2019 Aug 8;381(6):520-530. PubMed PMID: 31173679
• Baker C, Retzik-Stahr C, Singh V, Plomondon R, Anderson V, Rasouli N. Should metformin remain the first-line therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes?. Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab. 2021;12:2042018820980225. PubMed PMID: 33489086
• Rasouli N, Younes N, Utzschneider KM, Inzucchi SE, Balasubramanyam A, Cherrington AL, Ismail-Beigi F, Cohen RM, Olson DE, DeFronzo RA, Herman WH, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Association of Baseline Characteristics With Insulin Sensitivity and ß-Cell Function in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness (GRADE) Study Cohort. Diabetes Care. 2021 Feb;44(2):340-349. PubMed PMID: 33334808
• Young KA, Rasouli N. Serum lipid profile as a tool to predict incident diabetes: Is it a wishful thinking?. J Diabetes Complications. 2020 Dec;34(12):107755. PubMed PMID: 33082076
• Petri M, Singh I, Baker C, Underkofler C, Rasouli N. Diabetic gastroparesis: An overview of pathogenesis, clinical presentation and novel therapies, with a focus on ghrelin receptor agonists. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 Feb;35(2):107733. PubMed PMID: 32948398
• Chadha C, Pittas AG, Lary CW, Knowler WC, Chatterjee R, Phillips LS, Aroda VR, Lewis MR, Pratley R, Staten MA, Nelson J, Rasouli N, Brodsky I. Reproducibility of a prediabetes classification in a contemporary population. Metabol Open. 2020 Jun;6:100031. PubMed PMID: 32812912
• Rasouli N. An Escape From Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Sep 1;105(9). PubMed PMID: 32597475
• Sivitz WI, Phillips LS, Wexler DJ, Fortmann SP, Camp AW, Tiktin M, Perez M, Craig J, Hollander PA, Cherrington A, Aroda VR, Tan MH, Krakoff J, Rasouli N, Butera NM, Younes N. Optimization of Metformin in the GRADE Cohort: Effect on Glycemia and Body Weight. Diabetes Care. 2020 May;43(5):940-947. PubMed PMID: 32139384
• Hsia DS, Rasouli N, Pittas AG, Lary CW, Peters A, Lewis MR, Kashyap SR, Johnson KC, LeBlanc ES, Phillips LS, Hempe JM, Desouza CV. Implications of the Hemoglobin Glycation Index on the Diagnosis of Prediabetes and Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 Mar 1;105(3). PubMed PMID: 31965161
• Norouzirad R, Ghanbari M, Bahadoran Z, Abdollahifar MA, Rasouli N, Ghasemi A. Hyperoxia improves carbohydrate metabolism by browning of white adipocytes in obese type 2 diabetic rats. Life Sci. 2019 Mar 1;220:58-68. PubMed PMID: 30703383
• Young KA, Maturu A, Lorenzo C, Langefeld CD, Wagenknecht LE, Chen YI, Taylor KD, Rotter JI, Norris JM, Rasouli N. The triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TG/HDL-C) ratio as a predictor of insulin resistance, ß-cell function, and diabetes in Hispanics and African Americans. J Diabetes Complications. 2019 Feb;33(2):118-122. PubMed PMID: 30522790
• Rasouli N, Brodsky IG, Chatterjee R, Kim SH, Pratley RE, Staten MA, Pittas AG. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Prediabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jan 1;107(1):230-240. PubMed PMID: 34473295
• Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Rasouli N, Barzilay JI, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Gonzalez EV, Ismail-Beigi F, Mather KJ, Raskin P, Wexler DJ, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Shape of the OGTT glucose response curve: relationship with ß-cell function and differences by sex, race, and BMI in adults with early type 2 diabetes treated with metformin. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 Sep;9(1). PubMed PMID: 34531242
• Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Rasouli N, Barzilay J, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Gonzalez EV, Mather KJ, Ismail-Beigi F, Raskin P, Wexler DJ, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Association of glycemia with insulin sensitivity and ß-cell function in adults with early type 2 diabetes on metformin alone. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 May;35(5):107912. PubMed PMID: 33752962
• Kim SH, Brodsky IG, Chatterjee R, Kashyap SR, Knowler WC, Liao E, Nelson J, Pratley R, Rasouli N, Vickery EM, Sarnak M, Pittas AG. Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Kidney Function in Adults with Prediabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Aug;16(8):1201-1209. PubMed PMID: 34362787
• Brooks-Worrell B, Hampe CS, Hattery EG, Palomino B, Zangeneh SZ, Utzschneider K, Kahn SE, Larkin ME, Johnson ML, Mather KJ, Younes N, Rasouli N, Desouza C, Cohen RM, Park JY, Florez HJ, Valencia WM, Shojaie A, Palmer JP, Balasubramanyam A. Islet Autoimmunity is Highly Prevalent and Associated With Diminished ß-Cell Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the Grade Study. Diabetes. 2022 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35061024
• Nathan DM, Lachin JM, Balasubramanyam A, Burch HB, Buse JB, Butera NM, Cohen RM, Crandall JP, Kahn SE, Krause-Steinrauf H, Larkin ME, Rasouli N, Tiktin M, Wexler DJ, Younes N. Glycemia Reduction in Type 2 Diabetes - Glycemic Outcomes. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 22;387(12):1063-1074. PubMed PMID: 36129996
• Pop-Busui R, Januzzi JL, Bruemmer D, Butalia S, Green JB, Horton WB, Knight C, Levi M, Rasouli N, Richardson CR. Heart Failure: An Underappreciated Complication of Diabetes. A Consensus Report of the American Diabetes Association. Diabetes Care. 2022 Jul 7;45(7):1670-1690. PubMed PMID: 35796765
• Desouza C, Chatterjee R, Vickery EM, Nelson J, Johnson KC, Kashyap SR, Lewis MR, Margolis K, Pratley R, Rasouli N, Sheehan PR, Pittas AG. The effect of vitamin D supplementation on cardiovascular risk in patients with prediabetes: A secondary analysis of the D2d study. J Diabetes Complications. 2022 Aug;36(8):108230. PubMed PMID: 35753926
• Rasouli N, Pittas AG. Response to Letter to the Editor From Chang Villacreses et al: "Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Prediabetes". J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jun 16;107(7):e3095-e3096. PubMed PMID: 35468187
• Brooks-Worrell B, Hampe CS, Hattery EG, Palomino B, Zangeneh SZ, Utzschneider K, Kahn SE, Larkin ME, Johnson ML, Mather KJ, Younes N, Rasouli N, Desouza C, Cohen RM, Park JY, Florez HJ, Valencia WM, Shojaie A, Palmer JP, Balasubramanyam A. Islet Autoimmunity is Highly Prevalent and Associated With Diminished ß-Cell Function in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the Grade Study. Diabetes. 2022 Jan 21;71(6):1261-71. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 35061024
• Rasouli N, Brodsky IG, Chatterjee R, Kim SH, Pratley RE, Staten MA, Pittas AG. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Prediabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jan 1;107(1):230-240. PubMed PMID: 34473295
• Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Rasouli N, Barzilay JI, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Gonzalez EV, Ismail-Beigi F, Mather KJ, Raskin P, Wexler DJ, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Shape of the OGTT glucose response curve: relationship with ß-cell function and differences by sex, race, and BMI in adults with early type 2 diabetes treated with metformin. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2021 Sep;9(1). PubMed PMID: 34531242
• Rasouli N, Brodsky IG, Chatterjee R, Kim SH, Pratley RE, Staten MA, Pittas AG. Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Prediabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2022 Jan 1;107(1):230-240. PubMed PMID: 34473295
• Kim SH, Brodsky IG, Chatterjee R, Kashyap SR, Knowler WC, Liao E, Nelson J, Pratley R, Rasouli N, Vickery EM, Sarnak M, Pittas AG. Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Kidney Function in Adults with Prediabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Trial. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2021 Aug;16(8):1201-1209. PubMed PMID: 34362787
• Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Rasouli N, Barzilay J, Banerji MA, Cohen RM, Gonzalez EV, Mather KJ, Ismail-Beigi F, Raskin P, Wexler DJ, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Association of glycemia with insulin sensitivity and ß-cell function in adults with early type 2 diabetes on metformin alone. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 May;35(5):107912. PubMed PMID: 33752962
• Rasouli N, Younes N, Ghosh A, Albu J, Cohen RM, DeFronzo RA, Diaz E, Sayyed Kassem L, Luchsinger JA, McGill JB, Sivitz WI, Tamborlane WV, Utzschneider KM, Kahn SE. Longitudinal Effects of Glucose-Lowering Medications on ß-Cell Responses and Insulin Sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes: The GRADE Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38211595
• Utzschneider KM, Younes N, Butera NM, Balasubramanyam A, Bergenstal RM, Barzilay J, DeSouza C, DeFronzo RA, Elasy T, Krakoff J, Kahn SE, Rasouli N, Valencia WM, Sivitz WI. Impact of Insulin Sensitivity and ß-Cell Function Over Time on Glycemic Outcomes in GRADE (Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study): Differential Treatment Effects of Dual Therapy. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38190619
• Rella S, Onyiah J, Baker C, Singh V, Her A, Rasouli N. Design and rationale for the SIB trial: a randomized parallel comparison of semaglutide versus placebo on intestinal barrier function in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab. 2023;14:20420188231207348. PubMed PMID: 37916028
• Hollander PA, Krause-Steinrauf H, Butera NM, Kazemi EJ, Ahmann AJ, Fattaleh BN, Johnson ML, Killean T, Lagari VS, Larkin ME, Legowski EA, Rasouli N, Willis HJ, Martin CL. The Use of Rescue Insulin in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE). Diabetes Care. 2023 Sep 26. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37756542
• Hsia DS, Nelson J, Vickery EM, Rasouli N, LeBlanc ES, Kim S, Brodsky I, Pratley R, Dawson-Hughes B, Pittas AG. Effect of vitamin D on regression to normal glucose regulation and individual glycemic measures: A secondary analysis among participants adherent to the trial protocol in the randomized clinical trial vitamin D and type 2 diabetes (D2d) study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2023 Aug;202:110792. PubMed PMID: 37343726
• Corbin KD, Pittas AG, Desouza C, Grdinovac KK, Herzig KH, Kashyap SR, Kim SH, Nelson J, Rasouli N, Vickery EM, Knowler WC, Pratley RE. Indices of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in prediabetes and association with diabetes development in the vitamin D and type 2 diabetes study. J Diabetes Complications. 2023 Jun;37(6):108475. PubMed PMID: 37104979
• Tosur M, Gandolfo L, Balasubramanyam A, Naylor RN, Pollin TI, Rasouli N, Cromer SJ, Buse JB, Redondo MJ. Enrollment of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in the Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT). J Clin Transl Sci. 2023;7(1):e47. PubMed PMID: 36845305
• Garvey WT, Cohen RM, Butera NM, Kazemi EJ, Younes N, Rosin SP, Suratt CE, Ahmann A, Hollander PA, Krakoff J, Martin CL, Seaquist E, Steffes MW, Lachin JM. Association of Baseline Factors With Glycemic Outcomes in GRADE: A Comparative Effectiveness Randomized Clinical Trial. Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 29. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38285957
• Banerji MA, Buse JB, Younes N, Krause-Steinrauf H, Ghazi A, Lee M, Park J, Pop-Busui R, Underkofler C, Fortmann SP. Mortality in Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness Study (GRADE). Diabetes Care. 2024 Jan 22. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 38252886
• . The Rare and Atypical Diabetes Network (RADIANT) Study: Design and Early Results. Diabetes Care. 2023 Jun 1;46(6):1265-1270. PubMed PMID: 37104866
• Hampe CS, Shojaie A, Brooks-Worrell B, Dibay S, Utzschneider K, Kahn SE, Larkin ME, Johnson ML, Younes N, Rasouli N, Desouza C, Cohen RM, Park JY, Florez HJ, Valencia WM, Stempel R, Palmer JP, Balasubramanyam A. GAD65Abs Are Not Associated With Beta-Cell Dysfunction in Patients With T2D in the GRADE Study. J Endocr Soc. 2024 Jan 16;8(3):bvad179. PubMed PMID: 38333889
• LeBlanc ES, Pittas AG, Nelson J, Chatterjee R, Rasouli N, Rhee MK, Pratley RE, Desouza CV, Neff LM, Peters AM, Dagogo-Jack S, Hsia DS. Racial differences in measures of glycemia in the Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes (D2d) Study: a secondary analysis of a randomized trial. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2024 Feb 12;12(1). PubMed PMID: 38350671
• Baker C, Retzik-Stahr C, Singh V, Plomondon R, Anderson V, Rasouli N. Should metformin remain the first-line therapy for treatment of type 2 diabetes?. Ther Adv Endocrinol Metab. 2021;12:2042018820980225. PubMed PMID: 33489086
• Rasouli N, Younes N, Utzschneider KM, Inzucchi SE, Balasubramanyam A, Cherrington AL, Ismail-Beigi F, Cohen RM, Olson DE, DeFronzo RA, Herman WH, Lachin JM, Kahn SE. Association of Baseline Characteristics With Insulin Sensitivity and ß-Cell Function in the Glycemia Reduction Approaches in Diabetes: A Comparative Effectiveness (GRADE) Study Cohort. Diabetes Care. 2021 Feb;44(2):340-349. PubMed PMID: 33334808
• Petri M, Singh I, Baker C, Underkofler C, Rasouli N. Diabetic gastroparesis: An overview of pathogenesis, clinical presentation and novel therapies, with a focus on ghrelin receptor agonists. J Diabetes Complications. 2021 Feb;35(2):107733. PubMed PMID: 32948398

Professional Memberships

• American Federation for Medical Research, Past president
• American Diabetes Association, Member

Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th Floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2650

Hospital Affiliation

• University of Colorado Hospital
• Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Board Certification (2009)
• Internal Medicine, Board Certification

Conditions & Treatments

• Endocrine System (Hormones)
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 2 Diabetes
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Lipidosis
• Endocrine System (Hormones) - Adult Type 1 Diabetes