Dawn Smiley, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Phone: 404-616-1000

Biography

Dr. Dawn Smiley graduated from Fisk University with a B.A. in Biology and later received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Alabama in Birmingham (UAB) in 1999. She completed a combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics residency program at the University of Cincinnati and later completed an Endocrinology fellowship at Emory University. Dr. Smiley is currently a junior faculty member in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Smiley has been productive publishing manuscripts and text chapters, including the Washington Manual Type 2 Diabetes chapter, submitting scientific abstracts, obtaining grants to fund her clinical research studies, and teaching the housestaff and ancillary staff. Dr. Smiley is a co-investigator in several research protocols supported by the Emory University School of Medicine/Grady satellite General Clinical Research Center.

Current Research Studies (Where available, click a study name for more information.)

• Ketosis-Prone Diabetes Mellitus in African-Americans: Insulin Signaling, Proteonomics & Genomics
  This study aims to abnormalities in insulin resistance and insulin signaling in muscle, and the effect of thiazolidinedione treatment in patients with KPDM.
  Sponsor: National Institutes of Health
  Duration: 2006-2009