Adriana G. Ioachimescu

Adriana G. Ioachimescu is a Romanian-American neuroendocrinologist and professor at the Medical College of Wisconsin in the Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine and the Director for Pituitary and Adrenal Disease Program, where she joined in 2023. in 1995. She was as co-director and co-founder of the Emory Neuroendocrine Pituitary Center and also worked as a consulting editor at Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics. Dr. Ioachimescu has research focusing on the endocrine systems of pituitary diseases and how to best manage and diagnose them. She has focused on the development of the disease and the outcomes in order to validating marker and create more therapies for neuroendocrinology conditions. She showed with this study that patients with immunologic thrombocytopenia should be screened routinely with thyroid function tests.

2019 – Educator Appreciation Day Recognition (Emory School of Medicine).

Notable publications

Fleseriu M, Auchus R, Bancos I, Ben-Shlomo A, Bertherat J, Biermasz NR, Boguszewski CL, Bronstein MD, Buchfelder M, Carmichael JD, Casanueva FF, Castinetti F, Chanson P, Findling J, Gadelha M, Geer EB, Giustina A, Grossman A, Gurnell M, Ho K, Ioachimescu AG, Kaiser UB, Karavitaki N, Katznelson L, Kelly DF, Lacroix A, McCormack A, Melmed S, Molitch M, Mortini P, Newell-Price J, Nieman L, Pereira AM, Petersenn S, Pivonello R, Raff H, Reincke M, Salvatori R, Scaroni C, Shimon I, Stratakis CA, Swearingen B, Tabarin A, Takahashi Y, Theodoropoulou M, Tsagarakis S, Valassi E, Varlamov EV, Vila G, Wass J, Webb SM, Zatelli MC, Biller BMK (October 24, 2021). "Consensus on diagnosis and management of Cushing's disease: a guideline update". The Lancet. Diabetes and Endocrinology. 9 (12): 847-875. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(21)00235-7. PMID 34687601. Giustina A, Barkhoudarian G, Beckers A, Ben-Shlomo A, Biermasz N, Biller B, Boguszewski C, Bolanowski M, Bollerslev J, Bonert V, Bronstein MD, Buchfelder M, Casanueva F, Chanson P, Clemmons D, Fleseriu M, Formenti AM, Freda P, Gadelha M, Geer E, Gurnell M, Heaney AP, Ho KKY, Ioachimescu AG, Lamberts S, Laws E, Losa M, Maffei P, Mamelak A, Mercado M, Molitch M, Mortini P, Pereira AM, Petersenn S, Post K, Puig-Domingo M, Salvatori R, Samson SL, Shimon I, Strasburger C, Swearingen B, Trainer P, Vance ML, Wass J, Wierman ME, Yuen KCJ, Zatelli MC, Melmed S (September 12, 2020). "Multidisciplinary management of acromegaly: A consensus".Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders. 21 (4): 667-678. doi: 10.1007/s11154-020-09588-z. PMID 32914330. Hamrahian AH, Ioachimescu AG, Remer EM, Motta-Ramirez G, Bogabathina H, Levin HS, Reddy S, Gill IS, Siperstein A, Bravo EL (December 12, 2004)."Clinical utility of noncontrast computed tomography attenuation value (housfield units) to differentiate adrenal adenomas/hyperplasias from nonadenomas: Cleveland Clinic experience." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 90 (2): 871-7. doi: 10.1210/jc.2004-1627 PMID 15572420. Ioachimescu AG, Brennan DM, Hoar BM, Hazen SL, Hoogwerf BJ (February 2, 2008) "Serum uric acid is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in patients at high risk of cardiovascular disease: a preventive cardiology information system (PreCis) database cohort study." Arthritis and Rheumatism. 58 (2): 623-30. doi: 10.1002/art.23121. PMID 18240236. Tamaskar I, Bukowski R, Elson P, Ioachimescu AG, Wood L, Dreicer R, Mekhail T, Garcia J, Rini BI (October 27, 2007). "Thyroid function test abnormalities in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sorafenib." Annals of Oncology: Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology. 19 (2): 265-8. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdm483. PMID 17962201. Giustina A, Barkan A, Beckers A, Biermasz N, Biller BMK, Boguszewski C, Bolanowski M, Bonert V, Bronstein MD, Casanueva FF, Clemmons D, Colao A, Ferone D, Fleseriu M, Frara S, Gadelha MR, Ghigo E, Gurnell M, Heaney AP, Ho K, Ioachimescu A, Katznelson L, Kelestimur F, Kopchick J, Krsek M, Lamberts S, Losa M, Luger A, Maffei P, Marazuela M, Mazziotti G, Mercado M, Mortini P, Neggers S, Pereira AM, Petersenn S, Puig-Domingo M, Salvatori R, Shimon I, Strasburger C, Tsagarakis S, van der Lely AJ, Wass J, Zatelli MC, Melmed S (October 14, 2019). "A Consensus on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Acromegaly Comorbidities: An Update." The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 105 (4): dgz096. doi: 10.1210/clinem/dgz096. PMID 31606735.