Benjamin U Nwosu MD FAAP

PubMed

• High-dose vitamin D therapy and prolonged partial remission of type 1 diabetes - a case report.
  Adriana Chader-Gata Garcia, Kristina Cossen, Benjamin Udoka Nwosu
  Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2026-01-01
• 1 citations
  Combined Use of Vitamin D and DPP-4 Inhibitors as a Potential Adjuvant Treatment Strategy to Enhance the Efficacy of Novel Beta-Cell Replacement Therapies for Type 1 D...
  Marcelo Maia Pinheiro, Felipe Moura Maia Pinheiro, Bruna Fioravante Di Serio, Nathalia Padilla, Benjamin Udoka Nwosu
  Medical Sciences. 2025-08-18
• 8 citations
  Effect of Ergocalciferol on β-Cell Function in New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Benjamin Udoka Nwosu, Sadichchha Parajuli, Rohit B Sharma, Austin F Lee
  JAMA Network Open. 2024-03-04

Journal Articles

• The non-dietary determinants of vitamin D status in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease  
  Veit LE, Maranda L,Nwosu BU, NUTRITION, 1/1/2015
• Double Diabetes: The Evolving Treatment Paradigm in Children and Adolescents  
  Vitamins and Trace Elements, 1/1/2013
• Vitamin D Status is Associated with Early Markers of Cardiovascular Disease in Prepubertal Children  
  Nwosu BU*, Cullen K, Ciccarelli C, Maranda L, Lee MM., Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1/1/2013

Books/Book Chapters

• Diabetes Managment in Hospitalized Patients 
  Chapter: Inpatient Management of Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus 
  Page 371 - 385Apsan J, Sarhis J, and Nwosu BUEditors: Rifka C. Schulman-Rosenbaum.Springer2023
• Endocrine System Disorders 
  Chapter: Double Diabetes: The Search for a Treatment Paradigm in Children and Adolescents 
  Nwosu, BUEditors: Monica Fedele.InTech2013
• Contemporary Aspects of Endocrinology 
  Chapter: Pseudohypoparathyroidism in Children 
  Nwosu, BUEditors: Evanthia Diamanti-Kandarakis.InTech2011

Abstracts/Posters

• The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes
  Nwosu BU, Malkani S, Maranda L., NIDDK Network of Minority Health Research Investigators, Bethesda, MD, 1/18/2013
• The Relationship between serum vitamin D and hemoglobin A1c levels in Adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
  Nwosu BU,Maranda L, Stavre Z, Cullen K, Greenman L, Lee MM, 93rd Annual Endocrine Society Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/6./2011
• Short Term Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Body Mass Index in Adolescents receiving Second-Generation Antipsychotics.
  Nwosu BU, Meltzer B, Maranda L, Ciccarelli C, Reynolds D, Curtis L, King J, Frazier, JA, Lee MM, 92nd Endocrine Society‘s Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/21/2010

Lectures

• Mineral Metabolism 
  Cohen Children's Medical Center, New York, USA - 12/10/2025
• World Diabetes Day Lecture Series: Vitamin D and Type 1 diabetes 
  Sao Paulo, Brazil - 11/15/2025
• Adjunctive vitamin D and type 1 diabetes 
  Sao Paolo, Brazil - 9/27/2025

Other

• New Medical Research Shows Vitamin D Deficiency Observed in Children, Adolescents and Adults with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Calling Attention to Managing Nutriti... 
  Nwosu, B., Yahoo Finance
  https://finance.yahoo.com/news/medical-research-showsvitamin-d-130400854.html
  1/1/2017
• Benjamin Nwosu confirms accuracy of simple method to detect honeymoon period in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. 
  UMaasMedNow
  https://umassmed.edu/news/news-archives/2017/09/benjamin-nwosu-confirms-accuracy-of-simplemethod-to-detect-honeymoon-period-in-children-newly-diagnosed-with-type-1-diabetes/
  1/1/2017
• Predictive tool for children with type 1 diabetes will improve care, avoid complications 
  UMassMedNow
  http://www.umassmed.edu/news/newsarchives/2017/5/predictive-tool-for-children-with-type-1-diabetes-will-improve-care-avoidcomplications/
  1/1/2017