Diabetes and Endocrinology Center of Western New York

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About the Center

The Diabetes and Endocrinology Center of Western New York is part of a comprehensive clinical care and education program sponsored by Kaleida Health Hospital Organization and the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences. This partnership between Kaleida, the university and the center offers a leading edge on technology and development and assures the best and most advanced patient care. Our excellent staff of physicians, nurses, physician assistants and researchers at the center is lead by Paresh Dandona M.D., who has had an illustrious career in both American and English Medicine.

After contributing more than 400 publications for medical literature, Dr. Dandona continues to make research a high priority. The center currently has several studies in progress and more are in the process of being realized in the future.

 

Clinical Service

Our clinical unit offers the best care possible for Diabetes, which is considered to be the most expensive chronic disease in the United States, as well as for other endocrine pathologies. The center is due to see 16,000 patients this year, making it the bigeest academic diabetic unit in New York state.

 

 

Community Functions

 

Our director, Dr. Dandona’s pioneering work in the diabetic center lead to his appointment as an advisor to Independent Health, Blue Cross, Blue Shield and to Community Blue in matters related to diabetes. We’ve authored algorithms in diabetic management, which we disseminated to primary care physicians so that care of diabetes can be improved and it’s complications prevented.

Various community programs have been set up by the Center for the city, which include: Public health surveys which screens for hypercholesterolemia, diabetes, hypothyroidism and hypertension starting in 1995 and then annually thereafter. Data from initial surveys have shown us for the first time that 2/3 of Buffalo’s population has hypercholesterolemia (high cholesterol) and that the prevalence of diabetes in the region is eight percent. So far 9500 Western New Yorkers have been surveyed. Every year we do our best to raise funds for this activitiy which amounts to $45,000-50,000. These screenings are done in association with the Erie County Health Dept.

 

A unique Diabetes Patients’ Forum which meets every two months, since October 1996, which aims to empower and educate diabetic patients and their families. This forum aims to educate patients and their families regarding their conditions and empower them to ask questions regarding the management of their disease.

 

 

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Paresh Dandona's Awards ADA Diabetes Professional of the year-1993   President-elect ADA (NY Upstate affiliate) - 1995   ADA Diabetes Alert Award - 1996   ADA Diabetes Alert Award to the Coordinator and to the Diabetes-Endocrinology Center Team – 1998   ADA ‘Three R Award’ for Reaching People – 2000   ADA Valor Award-2001   Pharmacia Prize of the Endocrine Society 2002 for discovering the anti-inflammatory effect of insulin

 

 

 

 

 

 

Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism,
State University of New York at Buffalo and Kaleida Health
3 Gates Circle Buffalo, New York 14209, USA.