BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Academic & Professional Background

• M.D. 1976 - Medical School of Bucharest, Romania
• Residency (Medicine) 1983 - VA Hines Hospital, Hines, Illinois
• Fellowship (Endocrinology) 1985 - VA Hines Hospital and Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois

Current Research Interests

• DHEA-S Effect on Memory in Normal Old Subjects
• Effect of Acetyl L Carnitine on Nerve Conduction and Glucose Metabolism in NIDDM
• Geriatric Assessment
• Sequential vs Combined Insulin Glyburide Treatment in Type II Diabetic Patients
• Opioid Antagonist (Naltrexone) Treatment Normogonadotrophic Impotence
• Osteoporosis in Men
• Role of FFA in Glucose Metabolism in Diabetes Mellitus
• Staub Effect (Glucose Primed, Glucose Disposal)

Selected Publications

Maki KC, Kritsch K, Foley S, Soneru I, Davidson MH. Age-dependence of the relationship between adiposity and serum low density lipoprotein cholesterol in men. Journal of the American College of Nutrition 16:578-583, 1997.

Soneru I, Agrawal L, Murphy J, Lawrence A, Abraira C. Comparison of morning or bedtime insulin, with or without glyburide in secondary sulfonylurea failure. Diabetes Care 16:896, 1993.

Soneru I, Jeffery J, Hein N, Abraira C. Recovery of "Repeated Meal Phenomenon" (Staub Effect) and correction of Acute Insulin Decrement (AID) of NIDDM after glyburide treatment. Am J Clin Nutr 53:131, 1991.

Agrawal L, Soneru I, Murphy J, Lawrence A, Abraira C. Concurrent vs segmental insulin-glyburide therapy in sulfonylurea failure. Clin Res 39(3), 1991.

Soneru I, Hein N, Jeffery J, Abraira C. Recovery of Staub Effect and amelioration of Acute Insulin Decrement (AID) of NIDDM. Diabetes Res 15:77-83, 1990.

Soneru I, Abraira C. Improved insulin response after glyburide treatment is associated with recovery of Staub Effect. 70th Endocrine Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Endocrinology 122:297, 1988.

Emanuele M, Metcalfe L, Soneru I, Reda D, Kirsteins L, Emanuele N, Lawrence A. The effect of ethanol on prolactin release from pituitary cells in vitro. Alcohol 4:429-432, 1987.

Reich A, Abraira C, Brunken R, Soneru I. Potentiation of glucose stimulated insulin release by Tolazamide and paradoxical absence of glucose facilitation (Staub Effect) in non insulin dependent diabetes. Metabolism 35(4):367, 1986.

Soneru I, Abraira C. Recovery of Staub Effect in NIDM after glyburide treatment. Clin Res 34(6):929A, 1986.

Reyes C, Soneru I. Small cell carcinoma of urinary bladder with hypercalcemia. Cancer 56(10):2530, 1985.

Abraira C, Lawrence A, Reich A, Azad N, Soneru I. Glyburide plus insulin improves diabetic control. 12th Congress of International Diabetes Federation, Madrid, Spain. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 1:331, 1985.

Research Methods Employed

• C14 Measurement in Liver and Fat after Intravenous Glucose Administration
• Glucose Tolerance Test
• Geriatric Assessment
• Nerve Conduction Velocity Studies in Rats
• Radioimmunoassays
• Triple Intravenous

Honors

• 1987 - Young Investigator Award, American Diabetes Association