Professional Activities:

Professional Experience

2014

Professor of Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine
2008 Associate Professor of Medicine
 Temple University School of Medicine
2010 Director, Diabetes Program
Temple University
2007-10 Director, Clinical Endocrinology
 Temple University
2007

Program Director
Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program
Temple University
9/2006-2008

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Temple University School of Medicine
2001– 2006

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic
7/ 2001- 2006 Staff Physician
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
2004-  2006

Staff Physician
Joint Appointment at Transplant Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
1/ 2002- 2006

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University
6/ 2003- 2006

e-Cleveland Clinic
I was one of two physicians representing the Department of Endocrinology, at the e-Cleveland Clinic, a web-based resource for getting second opinions
1988-89 Junior Medical Officer and Assistant Lecturer
 Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Department of Internal Medicine,
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Honors And Awards

2014

Outstanding Service Award for the Promotion of Endocrine Health of an Underserved Population
Given annually by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
2014 Alumni Recognition Certificate
Received from University of Gondar for my Role in Coordinating University of Gondar Alumni in the USA
2013 Excellence in Teaching Award
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Temple University School of Medicine
2013 Presidential Oral Presentation
American Diabetes Association
2009 Presidential Recognition Award
Awarded by the President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia for my voluntary contribution to improve the Health Care System in Ethiopia
2008 Key Note Lecture on Diabetes
Ethiopian Medical Association
2002 EASD-Sponsored Scientists Training Course
Barbara Davis Center, Denver, October 6-11, 2002
2001

Preceptorship Award
Endocrine Fellow’s Foundation
1995

“Magna cum Laude”
Upon  defending  the  thesis  for  the  German  academic  title  of  “Doctor Medicinae”. University of Leipzig, Germany.
1990-95 Full Scholarship for Residency Training in Germany
Award given by the German Government to the best medical students in Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
1988 A Gold Medal with “Great Distinction”
Upon graduating from the medical school as the best student of the year. Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
1983-88

Best Student of the Class
Gondar College of Medical Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.


Membership & Leadership In Professional Organizations

2012-2013

Immediate Past President Philadelphia Endocrine Society

2011- 2012

President
Philadelphia Endocrine Society

2010-11

Vice President
Philadelphia Endocrine Society

2009-10

Secretary
Philadelphia Endocrine Society

2009-

Member
American Board of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Subspecialty Section

2009-10

Member of the AACE Board Review Committee

2009- 2012

Board Member
AACE, Ohio River Regional Chapter

2008-

Board Member
Philadelphia Endocrine Society

2005-2009

Member of the ASAP Committee of the American College Endocrinology

2002.

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

2001-

Endocrine Society

1999-

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

1997-

American Medical Association (AMA)

1996-

American College of Physicians (ACP)
1994-95

The                  Association              of    German    Internists    (Berufsverband    Deutscher Internisten)
1994-95 The German Society of Endocrinology (Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Endokrinologie)
1992-95 The Society of Ethiopian Physicians in Germany
1988-95 Ethiopian Medical Association

Committees

2012-               Member - GME Subcommittee on Disparities in Healthcare Temple University Hospital

2007-               Member - Graduate Medical Education Committee, Temple University Hospital

2007-09           Co-Chairman - Diabetes Care Committee, Temple University Hospital

2006-09           Chairman - Task Force for the Implementation of Pre-operative Diabetes Protocol. Cleveland Clinic

2005-06           Chairman - Website Committee, Department of Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2004- 2006      Member - Diabetes Care Committee, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

2002- 2006      Member - Nutrition Services Committee, Cleveland Clinic Foundation

As Co-Investigator:

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Insulin Pump Therapy in Diabetic Gastroparesis (GLUMIT-DG). NIH Sponsored. PI is Henry Parkman, MD

2009-present

ACCORD Trial
(Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes) Contract No: NIH-NHLBI-HC-99-16

1999-07

The Effect Of Sulodexide in Patients
with Type 2 Diabetes and Microalbuminuria
Keryx Pharmaceuticals & The Collaborative Study Group

2005-07

The Effect Of Sulodexide in Overt Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathy
Keryx Pharmaceuticals & The Collaborative Study Group

2005-07

An  Exploratory Randomized, Double-Blind, Multiple Dose Study of KRX-101 (Sulodexide Gelcaps) for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetic Nephropathic Patients with Albuminuria
Keryx Pharmaceuticals & The Collaborative Study Group

2003-04

Professional Publications

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Diabetes Research and Clinical Metabolism

 2012-present
Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2013-present
Reviewer, International Journal of Clinical Practice 2012-present
Reviewer, Clinical and Translational Science 2011-present
Reviewer, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2003-2006
Reviewer, Endocrine Practice

2006-present
Reviewer, Medscape

2007-present

Editor, Proceedings of the Second Symposium of the Society of Ethiopian Physicians in Germany

   1994


Elias Said Siraj, Md

Professor

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  • DEPARTMENTSection of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
    Temple University
  • COUNTRY USA