CHI St. Vincent announced that endocrinologist and obesity medicine specialist Dinesh Edem, MD, joined the CHI St. Vincent Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic in Little Rock. Edem specializes in endocrinology and non-surgical weight loss.
Before joining CHI St. Vincent, Edem was the medical weight management program director and an assistant professor of endocrinology and metabolism at a state healthcare system. He also served as an adjunct assistant professor of medicine and endocrinology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Edem is a frequent guest lecturer across the country on obesity management and diabetes. His depth of expertise has allowed him to serve on the editorial boards of multiple medical journals and endocrinology publications. Edem is also a member of The Obesity Society, the Obesity Medicine Association, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the American Medical Association, the Endocrine Society, and the American College of Physicians.
Edem graduated from Topiwala National Medical College in India. He completed his internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins University and Sinai Hospital of Baltimore. He is board-certified with the American Board of Obesity Medicine; the American Board of Internal Medicine, where he received his certification in endocrinology; and the American Board of Internal Medicine, where he received his certification in internal medicine.
The CHI St. Vincent Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic is located at the Little Rock Diagnostic Center at 10001 Lile Drive in Little Rock.