Alka Kanaya, M.D.

Associate Professor in Residence Division of General Internal Medicine

Training and Education:

• Undergraduate: University of California, Davis
• Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine
• Fellowship: Clinical Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco

Areas of Interest

• Cardiovascular outcomes in persons with type 2 diabetes.
• Effect of hormone replacement therapy on risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Role of obesity and fat cell biology on the development of type 2 diabetes.
• Gender and ethnic differences in outcomes with type 2 diabetes.
• Evidence based care of the diabetic patient

Recent Publications:

1. Kanaya AM, Grady D, Barrett-Connor EL. Explaining sex differences in coronary heart disease mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med 2002; 162: 1737-1745.

2. Kanaya AM, Herrington D, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Grady D, Bittner V, Cauley J, Barrett-Connor E. Glycemic effects of hormone therapy: the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study. Annals of Int Med 2003; 138:1-9. (lead article; Editorial by Peter Wilson); Response to letters to the editor: Ann Intern Med 2003; 139:1044.

3. Kanaya AM, Vittinghoff E, Shlipak M, Resnick HE, Visser M, Grady D, Barrett-Connor E. Association of total and central obesity with mortality in postmenopausal women. Am J Epidemiol 2003; 158(12):1161-1170.

4. Kanaya AM, Harris T, Goodpaster B, Tylavsky F, Cummings S. Adipocytokines attenuate the association between visceral adiposity and diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004; 27(6): 1375-1380.
5. Kanaya AM, Barrett-Connor E, Gildengorin G, Yaffe K. A 4-year prospective study of change in cognitive function by glucose tolerance status: the Rancho Bernardo Study. Arch Intern Med 2004; 164(12):1327-33.

6. Kanaya AM, Wassel Fyr CL, de Rekeneire N, Shorr RI, Schwartz AV, Goodpaster BH, Newman A, Barrett-Connor E. Predicting abnormal glucose tolerance in older adults: The derivation and validation of a prediction rule. Diabetes Care 2005; 28:404-408.

7. Kanaya AM, Herrington D, Vittinghoff E, Lin F, Bittner V, Cauley JA, Hulley S, Barrett-Connor E. Impaired fasting glucose and cardiovascular outcomes in postmenopausal women. Annals Int Med 2005; 142:813-820.