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Gonzalo Robalino, MDSenior Research Project Coordinator
Phone: 404-616-4827 |
Biography
Dr. Robalino is from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He obtained his medical degree from the Universidad Catolica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and completed one year of internal medicine residency at Universidad de Guayaquil Hospital Regional "Dr. Teodoro Maldonado Carbo" in 2003. In 2004, he came to the United States as a postdoctoral research fellow with the Emory University Division of Endocrinology.
Dr. Robalino has three years of experience working in the diabetes field, and has actively participated in community health promotion programs such as "Dialogo Latino." His main area of interest is the role of free fatty acids as one of the main etiologic factors that cause high blood pressure and endothelial dysfunction in diabetics and non-diabetics. He is also interested in ketosis-prone diabetes mellitus.
Published abstracts
Free Fatty Acid-Induced Acute Metabolic Syndrome. Dawn Smiley, Gonzalo Robalino, GE Umpierrez. European Association Study of Diabetes (EASD) Meeting, Athens, Greece, 2005.
Free Fatty Acid-Induced Hypertension And Acute Metabolic Syndrome In Obese African Americans. GE Umpierrez, Dawn Smiley, Gonzalo Robalino, Bobby Khan, Paul Kolm, Warren Davis, Virgil Brown, Lawrence Phillips, Atlanta, GA. American Diabetes Association, 65th Scientific Sessions, 2005.
Microarray Analysis of Proteins Involved in Signal Transduction And Apo-Ptosis in Skeletal Muscle of Patients With Ketosis-Prone Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (KPDM). A.R. Gosmanov, D. Smiley, G. Robalino, G.E. Umpierrez, D.B. Thomason. American Federation Medical Research, 2007
The Effects Of Rosiglitazone On Free Fatty Acid-Induced Hypertension In Obese Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes. D Smiley, G Robalino, AE Kitabchi, F Stentz, GE Umpierrez. American Diabetes Association, 66th Scientific Sessions, 2006.
Underlying Mechanisms In The Pathogenesis Of Free Fatty Acid-Induced Hypertension In Obese African-Americans. D Smiley, G Robalino, AE Kitabchi, F Stentz, GE Umpierrez. American Diabetes Association, 66th Scientific Sessions, 2006.