The Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism
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| Robert Kelch, Veronica Atkins and Charles Burant Photo: Martin Vloet |
On May 8 at the U-M Museum of Art, Charles F. Burant, M.D.,
was inaugurated as the first Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism.
A leading specialist in the areas of metabolism and diabetes clinical care and
research, Burant’s clinical interests include the treatment of insulin
resistance and type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, and the search for new
ways to treat these diseases. He is leading an effort to identify the adult
pancreatic stem cell and determine how its production is regulated in type 1
and type 2 diabetes. Burant arrived at the U-M in 1998 as an associate professor
of medicine and molecular and integrative physiology.
An opera singer for more than 10 years and a master gourmet cook, Veronica Atkins
co-authored the book, Dr. Atkins’ Quick and Easy New Diet Cookbook,
with her husband. Robert Atkins, M.D., majored in pre-med at
the U-M and earned a Bachelor of Arts; he received his medical degree from the
Cornell University Medical School in 1955. He was one of the pioneers of complementary
medicine in the United States and a famous and enduring nutrition expert. Atkins,
who died in 2002 as the result of injuries suffered in a fall, was the recipient
of the World Organization of Alternative Medicine’s Recognition of Achievement
Award.
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The Carl Vernon Weller Professorship in Pathology
The Reed O. Dingman Collegiate Professorship in Plastic Surgery
The R. Jamison and Betty J. Williams Professorship in Otolaryngology
The David A. Bloom Professorship in Urology
