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Jyotika Fernandes, MD, Endocrinology, Mount Pleasant, SC

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Endocrinology • Mount Pleasant, SC

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism, Pituitary Disorders & Neuroendocrinology, Thyroid

Associate Professor, Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

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Education & Training

  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1999 - 2001
  • University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonResidency, Internal Medicine, 1997 - 1999
  • Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)
    Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1996 - 1997
  • Christian Medical College Ludhiana
    Christian Medical College LudhianaClass of 1987

Certifications & Licensure

  • SC State Medical License
    SC State Medical License 2002 - 2025
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
  • America's Top Physicians 2009
  • Best Doctors in America 2009
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Cardiovascular Risk in Gullah African Americans with High Familial Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Project SuGAR  
    Hunt KJ, Kistner-Griffin E, Spruill I, Teklehaimanot AA, Garvey WT, Sale M, Fernandes J, Southern Medical Journal, 1/1/2014
  • Genome-wide meta-analyses of multiancestry cohorts identify multiple new susceptibility loci for refractive error and myopia  
    Verhoeven VJ, Hysi PG, Wojciechowski R, Fan Q, Guggenheim JA, Höhn R, MacGregor S, Hewitt AW, Nag A, Cheng CY, Yonova-Doing E, Zhou X, Ikram MK, Buitendijk GH, McMahon..., J Nat Genet, 1/1/2013
  • The association of skin intrinsic fluorescence with type 1 diabetes complications in the DCCT/EDIC study  
    Orchard TJ, Lyons TJ, Cleary PA, Braffett BH, Maynard J, Cowie C, Gubitosi-Klug RA, Way J, Anderson K, Barnie A, Villavicencio S; DCCT/EDIC Research Group, Diabetes Care, 1/1/2013
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Identification of Autoimmune Functional Variants under Positive Selection in the Gullah African American Population of South Carolina.
    Paula S. Ramos, Satria Sajuthi, Jasmin Divers, Yiqi Huang, Uma Nayak, Wei-Min Chen, Kelly J. Hunt, Diane L. Kamen, Gary S. Gilkeson, Jyotika K. Fernandes, Ida J. Sprui..., American College of Rheumatology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/14/2014
  • Identification of autoimmune disease risk alleles that are under recent selection in the Sea Island Gullah African Americans.
    Carl D. Langefeld, Satria Sajuthi, Jasmin Divers, Yiqi Huang, Uma Nayak, Wei-Min Chen, Kelly J. Hunt, Diane L. Kamen, Gary S. Gilkeson, Jyotika K. Fernandes, Ida J. Sp..., ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/25/2013
  • Identification of autoimmune disease genes in regions under selection in the Gullah African American population of South Carolina.
    Paula S. Ramos, Nathan Titus, Satria Sajuthi, Jasmin Divers, Yiqi Huang, Uma Nayak, Wei-Min Chen, Kelly J. Hunt, Diane L. Kamen, Gary S. Gilkeson, Jyotika K. Fernandes..., ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 1/25/2013
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Lectures

  • Challenges in medical management of patients with acromegaly. 
    Downtown Charleston, SC - 1/1/2014
  • Thyroid disorders. 
    MUSC, Charleston, SC - 1/1/2014
  • Molecular Diagnostics in Thyroid Cancer. 
    Kiawah, SC - 1/18/2013
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Other

  • Diabetes Overview. 
    Fernandes, J.K. and Hermayer, K.H., Manuscript for Conference Syllabus – Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, Orlando, FL
    1/1/2009
  • E-medicine: Papillary Thyroid Cancer (Medical resource for physicians) 
    Fernandes, J.K.
    http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/849000-overview
    1/1/2009
  • The effect of Biomass Fuel on Lung Function Tests of housewives in villages around Chandigarh. Thesis 
    Fernandes JK, PGIMER/Punjab University, India
    1/1/1994
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Grant Support

  • Periodontal Disease And DiabetesNational Center For Research Resources2007

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