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Office
1601 4th Ave S
Children's Park Place, UAB, AL
Birmingham, AL 35233Phone+1 205-638-9107Fax+1 205-638-9821- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Ambika Ashraf is a pediatric endocrinologist and a lipidologist in Birmingham, AL, and is affiliated with Children's of Alabama. She received her medical degree from Calicut Medical College and completed her pediatric residency and fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). She is the division director of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at UAB, Professor of Pediatrics / Pediatric Endocrinology, and the Ralph Frohsin Endowed Chair in Pediatrics. Dr. Ashraf also serves as the associate director of the UAB Comprehensive Diabetes Center, medical director of Children's of Alabama Pediatric Endocrinology Clinics, and director of the Pediatric Lipid Clinic at the Children's of Alabama. Dr. Ashraf specializes in pediatric lipidology, insulin resistance disorders in children, pediatric diabetes, and metabolic bone disorders.
Education & Training
- University of Alabama Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2003 - 2006
- University of Alabama Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2003
- BronxCare Health SystemResidency, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2002
- Calicut Medical CollegeMD, Pediatrics, 1993 - 1996
- Calicut Medical CollegeClass of 1992, MBBS
Certifications & Licensure
- AL State Medical License 2003 - 2024
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
- American Board of Clinical LipidologyAmerican Board of Clinical Lipidology
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Altered lipid metabolism and the development of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease.Christy Foster, Charles A Gagnon, Ambika P Ashraf> ;Current Opinion in Lipidology. 2024 Mar 15
- Children and Adolescents With Hybrid Diabetes: A Management Conundrum.Charles A Gagnon, Jessica A Schmitt, Ambika P Ashraf> ;Endocrine Practice. 2024 Jan 1
- 2 citationsLipid Disorders and Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease.Shima Dowla Anwar, Christy Foster, Ambika Ashraf> ;Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 2023 Sep 1
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Press Mentions
- Ashraf Co-Edits Textbook on Pediatric DyslipidemiaMay 15th, 2023
- UAB Receives $3.7 Million to Study Diabetes in Minority YouthsApril 30th, 2023
- UAB Receives $3.7 Million to Study Diabetes in Minority YouthApril 18th, 2023
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Hospital Affiliations
- Children's of AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama
- University of Alabama HospitalBirmingham, Alabama
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