Endocrinology
Hormones play a critical role in daily health and wellbeing. Indeed, hormones regulate metabolism, respiration, growth, reproduction, sensory perception, and movement. Hormone imbalances are the underlying reason for a wide range of medical conditions such as diabetes, osteoporosis, menopause, metabolic disorders, thyroid diseases, excessive or insufficient production of hormones, some cancers and infertility among others. Endocrinology focuses both on the hormones and the many glands and tissues that produce them.
Dr. Antonio Cuesta
Dr. Cuesta Muñoz is a specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, trained in Spain & the U.S.
Languages |
| English: fluent |
| Spanish: native speaker |
Qualifications and memberships |
| Medical School: Facultad de Medicina de Sevilla (1987) |
| MSc.in Clinical Nutrition: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Madrid, Spain (1992) |
| PhD: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid (1995) |
| Post-doctoral Fellowship: Diabetes Research Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA (1996 – 2000) |
Training and background
Dr. Cuesta Muñoz is a specialist in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition. He is an internationally recognized endocrinologist in the field of human genetics in diabetes. He carried out his clinical and research training in both, Spain and the USA, where he started his scientific career in the Diabetes Research Centre at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, USA.
At present, Dr. Cuesta is the director of the International Institute of Genetics of Diabetes as well as of the Endocrinology and Diabetes Unit of Santa Elena Clinic in Torremolinos, Malaga, Spain. As a researcher, at present, he is also a guest professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute in Copenhagen Denmark.
Research: |
| Monogenic Diabetes and Monogenic Hypoglycemia |
| Genetics of Diabetes and Endocrine Diseases |
| Genetic engineering of human pancreatic beta-cell |
| Cell Therapy as a treatment for Diabetes and Hyperinsulinism |
Current Positions |
| Chief of Endocrinology Department. Clinica Santa Elena Torremolinos, Malaga. Spain |
| Scientific Director of the International Institute of Genetics of Diabetes (INIGEDIA). Clinica Santa Elena Torremolinos, Malaga. Spain |
| Professor of the Danish Diabetes Academy, University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Visiting Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Panum Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen |
| Professor. Master of Science in Biotechnology and Health. Pablo de Olavides University, Seville, Spain |
Previous Positions: |
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| 2003 – 2007 | Director of the Islet Transplantation program. Hospital Carlos Haya, Málaga. Spain |
| 1995 – 2001 | Postdoctoral Fellow. Diabetes Research Center. University of Pennsylvania. PA, USA |
| 1990 – 1995 | PhD Program. Ramón y Cajal Hospital. Madrid, Spain |
| 1998 – 1995 | Physician at the Unit of Clinical Nutrition. Ramón y Cajal Hospital. Madrid, Spain |
Selected Most Relevant Publications |
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| New England Journal of Medicine | 2010; 362(14): 1348-1350 |
| Diabetes Care | 2010; 33(2): 290-293 |
| Molecular Endocrinology | 2009; 23(12):1983–1989 |
| Diabetes | .2004; 53(8):2164-8 |
| Diabetes | 2002;51(4):1240-6 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 2001; 344 (21): 1588-1592 |
| Diabetologia | 2001; 44: 898-905 |
| Diabetologia | 1999; 42:1175-1186 |
| Diabetes | 1999; 48:1698-1705 |
| New England Journal of Medicine | 1998; 22; 338(4): 226-30 |
Professional Societies |
| Honorary President of the EASD-European Study Group of Genetics of Diabetes (EASD-SGGD) |
| Member of the EASD-SGGD advisory board |
| Founder of the EASD-European Study Group of Genetics of Diabetes (EASD-SGGD) |
| President of the Spanish Study Group of Monogenic Diabetes. Spanish Diabetes Society |
| Founder of the Spanish Study Group of Monogenic Diabetes. Spanish Diabetes Society |
| Member of the Danish Diabetes Academy |
| Spanish Genetic Society |
| Spanish Diabetes Society |
| Spanish Endocrinology Society |
| Member of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes |
| Member of the European Society of Human Genetics |
| Member of the American Diabetes Association |
| Member of the Spanish Society of Authors |
