Professional Bio
Jeeyeon Cha, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is a physician-scientist studying sexual dimorphism in metabolism with a goal to simplify and personalize the care of patients with diabetes.
Dr. Cha completed MSTP training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and the University of Cincinnati where she trained under Sudhansu K. Dey, PhD, in developmental biology and reproduction. She then joined the Vanderbilt Physician-Scientist Training Program, the Harrison Society, and completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Adult Endocrinology. She is studying sexually dimorphic responses of the pancreatic islet beta cell in diabetes.
Dr. Cha's work has been supported by the NIH, a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Physician-Scientist Fellowship, and a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award for Medical Scientists. She was awarded an ASCI Young Physician-Scientist Award in 2022.
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Education
PhD - Molecular and Developmental Biology - Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2013
MD - University of Cincinnati, 2015
Residency - Internal Medicine - Vanderbilt University, 2017
Fellowship - Adult Endocrinology - Vanderbilt University, 2020
Contact
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Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
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777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307