Fahim Abbasi

 Fahim Abbasi, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine

Research Description: Dr. Abbasi’s research over the past 20 years has focused on the role of insulin resistance in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These research efforts have increased our understanding of how differences in insulin-mediated glucose disposal modulate risk of cardiovascular disease in persons with and without diabetes. Dr. Abbasi has expertise in ‘gold-standard’ methods for quantification of insulin-mediated glucose disposal and pancreatic beta cell function in humans, and he collaborates actively and productively with many members of SDRC.

Selected relevant publications (SDRC members in BOLD):

  1. D, Cholankeril G, Kim SH, Abbasi F, Knowles JW, Ahmed A. Increasing Mortality Among Patients With Diabetes and Chronic Liver Disease From 2007 to 2017. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr;18(4):992-994. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2019.06.011. PMID: 31220638; PMCID: PMC7064319.

  2. Banda JM, Sarraju A, Abbasi F, Parizo J, Pariani M, Ison H, Briskin E, Wand H, Dubois S, Jung K, Myers SA, Rader DJ, Leader JB, Murray MF, Myers KD, Wilemon K, Shah NH, Knowles JW. Finding missed cases of familial hypercholesterolemia in health systems using machine learning. NPJ Digit Med. 2019 Apr 11;2:23. doi: 10.1038/s41746-019-0101-5. PMID: 31304370; PMCID: PMC6550268.

  3. Shahbazi M, Cundiff P, Zhou W, Lee P, Patel A, D'Souza SL, Abbasi F, Quertermous T, Knowles JW. The role of insulin as a key regulator of seeding, proliferation, and mRNA transcription of human pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2019 Jul 29;10(1):228. doi: 10.1186/s13287-019-1319-5. PMID: 31358052; PMCID: PMC6664730.

  4. Abbasi F, Tern PJ, Reaven GM. Plasma glucose concentration 60 min post oral glucose load and risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: Pathophysiological implications. Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2019 Jul;16(4):337-343. doi: 10.1177/1479164119827239. PMID: 30755013.