University
of Pennsylvania
Division of Endocrinology,
Diabetes & Metabolism
Dept. of Veterans Affairs Med. Ctr.
111 E. University and Woodland Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6149
Phone: (215) 823-4190
Fax: (215) 823-6374
E-mail: Nayyar.iqbal2@med.va.gove
Education
Undergraduate:
Adamjee Science College
Karachi, Pakistan
Degree: BA
Medical: The Aga Khan University Medical College
Karachi, Pakistan
Degree: M.D.
Residency
University
of Illinois Hospital
Chicago, IL
Fellowship:
Indiana Univesity Medical Center
Indianapolis, IN
Temple University Hospital
Phildelphia, PA
Board Certification:
Internal Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Biography
Dr.
Iqbal obtained his medical degree from the Aga Khan
University, Pakistan, in 1990. He went to the University
of Illinois, Chicago for his Internal Medicine Residency
and from there proceeded to the Indiana University
Medical Center, Indianapolis, for his clinical fellowship.
In 1997, he joined Temple University, Philadelphia,
as a post-doctoral fellow and worked in Dr. Guenther
Boden’s lab for a year and a half before joining
the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital.
His main research interest is in the field of diabetes
and insulin resistance syndrome. In Dr. Boden’s
lab he studied the effects of free fatty acids and
other cytokines on insulin resistance. Currently,
he is involved in projects related to the study of
obesity and insulin resistance in humans. He is also
involved in clinical care and teaching both at the
University of Pennsylvania Hospital and the Philadelphia
VA Medical Center.
