BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Medical Service (111A)
VA Hospital
Hines, IL 60141
(708) 202-2655

Academic & Professional Background

• M.D. 1966 - University of Tehran School of Medicine, Iran
• Residency (Internal Medicine) 1967 - University of Tehran Hospital, Tehran, Iran
• Intern 1968 - Yonkers General Hospital, Yonkers, New York
• Residency (Internal Medicine) 1969 - Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Residency (Internal Medicine) 1970 - Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Michigan
• Fellow (Endocrinology) 1972 - Henry Ford Hospital, and Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
• Fellowship (Endocrinology & Metabolism) 1986 - VA Hines Hospital and Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois

Current Research Interests

• Aging
• Diabetes Mellitus
• Gonadal Insufficiency and Aging Males
• Osteoporosis

Selected Publications

Azad N, Pitalie S, Barnes W.E, and Friedman, N. Testosterone treatment enhances regional brain perfusion in hypogonadal man. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (accepted for publication), 2003.

Azad N and the VA CSDM Group. The effect of intensive gylcemic control on neuropathy in the VA Cooperative study on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (VA CSDM). Journal of Diabetes and its Complications, 13(5/6): 307-313, 1999.

Azad N, Uddin S, LaPaglia N, Kirsteins L, Williams DW, Lawrence AM, Emanuele NV. The effects of castration on rat immune cell LHRH mRNA expression and molecular processing. Journal of Endocrinology 158:229-235, 1998.

Emanuele NV, Azad N, Abraira C, Henderson W, Colwell J, Levin S, Nuttal F, Comstock J, Sawin C, Silbert C, Marcovina S, Lee HS, VA CSDM Group. The effect of intensive glycemic control on fibrinogen lipids and lipoproteins in the VA Cooperative Study in Type II Diabetes Mellitis (VA CSDM). Archives of Internal Medicine 158:2485-2490, 1998.

Azad N, LaPaglia N, Kirsteins L, Uddin S, Williams DW, Lawrence AM, Evanuele NV. Jurkat cell proliferative activity is increased by Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone. Journal of Endocrinology 153:241-249, 1997.

Mohagheghpour N, Abel K, LaPaglia N, Emanuele NV, Lawrence AM, Azad N. Signal requirement for production of Luteinizing Hormone-Releasing Hormone by human T-cells. Cellular Immunology 163:280-288, 1995.

Azad N, La Paglia N, Abel K, Jurgens J, Kirsteins L, Emanuele NV, Kelley MR, Lawrence AM, Mohagheghpour N. Immunoactivation enhances the concentration of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone peptide and its gene expression in human peripheral T-lymphocytes. Endocrinology 133:215-223, 1993.

Azad N, Uddin S, La Paglia N, Kirsteins L, Emanuele NV, Lawrence AM, Kelley MR. Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) in rat prostate: Characterization of LHRH peptide, messenger ribonucleic acid expression, and molecular processing of LHRH in intact and castrated male rats. Endocrinology 133:1252-1257, 1993.

Azad N, Agrawal L, Emanuele MA, Kelley MR, Mohagheghpour N, Lawrence AM, Emanuele NV. Neuroimmunoendocrinology. Am J Reprod Immunol 26:160-172, 1992.

Azad N, Emanuele NV, Halloran MM, Tentler J, Kelley MR. Presence of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) mRNA in rat spleen lymphocytes. Endocrinology 128:1679-1681, 1991.

Azad N, Jurgens J, Young MR, Reda D, Duffner L, Kirsteins L, Emanuele NV, Lawrence AM. Presence of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in rat thymus. Prog Neuroendocrine Immol 4:113-120, 1991.

Emanuele NV, Emanuele MA, Tentler J, Kirsteins L, Azad N, Lawrence AM. Rat spleen lymphocytes contain an immunoactive and bioactive luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH). Endocrinology 126:2482-2486, 1990.

Azad N, Duffner L, Paloyan EB, Reda D, Kirsteins L, Emanuele NV, Lawrence AM. Hypothalamic prolactin stimulates the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LHRH) from male rat hypothalamus. Endocrinology 127:1928-1933, 1990.

Azad N, Nayyar R, Tentler J, Cernius M, Emanuele NV, Kirsteins L, Lawrence AM. Anatomical and functional effects of estrogen-induced prolactinomas on the rat hypothalamus. J Exp Pathol 4:237-249, 1989.

Projects Completed or Active (Selected)

• Brain Based Prolactin: A Central Neuroregulator?
• Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone as an Immunostimulator
• Gonadal Funtion in Aged Males
• Osteoporosis
• Gonadal Function in Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus

Research Funding Sources

• American Diabetes Association
• Illinois AMVETS Association
• VA Career Development
• VA Merit Review

Research Methods Employed

• Animal Surgery; Ovariectomy, Orchiectomy, Intraarterial, Venous, and Portal Vessel Cannulation Implantation of Pellet or Capsules, Gastric Cannulation, and Intracerebroventricular Cannulation
• Cell Cultures
• HPLC
• Molecular Biology
• Radioimmuno Assay

Professional Accomplishments

• Member, The Endocrine Society
• Member, Society of Neuroscience
• Member, American Diabetes Association
• Reviewer, Endocrinology
• Reviewer, Endocrine
• Reviewer, The American Journal of Physiology: Endocrine and Metabolism

Honors

• 1987-1989 - Associate Investigator, VA Career Scientist Program
• 1990-1992 - American Diabetes Association Research Award, Northern Illinois Affiliate
• 1997-2000 - Merit Review, Department of Veterans Affairs