
Dr. Rubina A. Heptula M.D.
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
3415 Bainbridge Avenue New York New York, 10467About
Rubina A. Heptula, MD, is the Division Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at The Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City. An internationally renowned scholar in pediatric diabetes, Dr. Heptula was awarded as a McNair Scholar for Juvenile Diabetes by the Janice and Robert McNair Foundation. With the National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Dr. Heptula's research focuses on therapies and causes of Type 1 Diabetes. Author of over 45 publications, she is also in charge of an artificial pancreas project, spearheading a possible cure for Type 1 and 2 diabetes.
Education and Training
University of Delhi
Maulana Azad Med Coll- Univ Of Delhi- New Delhi- Delhi- India 1990
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiac response to progressive cycle exercise in moderately obese adolescent females.
- Effects of mixing glargine and short-acting insulin analogs on glucose control.
- Congenital hypothyroidism in association with Caroli's disease and autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease: patient report.
- An unusual presentation of mastocytosis: unilateral swelling of the vulva.
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy of an adrenal adenoma with myelolipoma relieves severe hypertension in a 16-year-old patient.
- Newer therapeutic options for children with diabetes mellitus: theoretical and practical considerations.
- The role of socioeconomic status, depression, quality of life, and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- Serum 1,5-anhydroglucitol (Glycomark) levels in children with and without type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- The role of prandial pramlintide in the treatment of adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
- A randomized, controlled trial comparing twice-a-day insulin glargine mixed with rapid-acting insulin analogs versus standard neutral protamine Hagedorn (NPH) therapy in newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes.
- Targeting blood glucose management in school improves glycemic control in children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- New potential adjuncts to treatment of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- Reducing postprandial hyperglycemia with adjuvant premeal pramlintide and postmeal insulin in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
- Hyperlipidemia in children.
- Total parenteral nutrition associated with severe insulin resistance following hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with hemophagocytic syndrome: report on two cases.
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine- Albert Einstein College of Medicine -
Awards
- Top Doctor of America, 2012
Fellowships
- Yale New Haven Hospital
Articles and Publications
- 46 Publications
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Hobbies / Sports
- Gardening
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- New England Journal of Medicine
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