Menon, Ram, K. M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology
Director, Division of Endocrinology
Department of Pediatrics
University of Michigan Medical School
(734) 615-7426; rammenon@umich.edu

Dr. Menon is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Menon is an internationally known expert on the management of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. His laboratory has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for his work on understanding the mechanisms underlying the role of growth hormone in the causation of certain chronic complications of type 1 diabetes mellitus such as diabetic kidney disease. Dr. Menon is the author of over 60 articles and book chapters. He is the co-editor of a recently published book on Pediatric Diabetes. He serves as the editor of the journal Pediatric Diabetes.

Dr. Menon and his colleagues are focusing on the development of diabetic kidney disease. Kidney disease due to diabetes mellitus is the most common causes of kidney failure in the Western world. Diabetic kidney disease is an indolent process which if left untreated, progresses to kidney failure that necessitates either chronic dialysis or renal transplant. A major hormone that has been identified to play a role in this process is growth hormone. In collaboration with other JDRF-funded investigators at the University of Michigan, such as Dr. Frank Brosius, Dr. Menon is investigating the molecular basis for the essential role of growth hormone in the development of diabetic kidney disease. The results of these studies may allow for the development of drugs and other remedies that will protect the kidney against the deleterious effects of type 1 diabetes.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Diabetes Program

Diabetes Education

Publications:
For a list of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.