Andrej Janež
Encyclopedia
Andrej Janež, MD, PhD, is a Slovenian diabetologist and diabetes researcher. Dr. Janež is the Head of Department of Endocrinology
, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Assistant Professor for Internal Medicine at the Medical University Ljubljana, Chairman of the Advances in Diabetes and Insulin Therapy (ADIT) conference, member of the advisory board for peroral antidiabetic therapy in Servier Pharma, member for Slovenia in the Diabetes Education Study Group (DESG) at European Association for the Study of Diabetes
(EASD), and member of the European advisory board for continuous glucose monitoring system in development for Lifescan.
Dr. Janež authored numerous articles on diabetology and indexed by Science Citation Index
(SCI), co-edited a clinical manual on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy, or insulin pump
treatment. The latter is also the best known area of Dr. Janež's scientific work, as he introduced insulin pump treatment to India, Turkey, China, Slovenia, and several other countries, where he also led the effort of educating teams of diabetologists required for a continuous application of the technique.
method into clinical practice of treating adult patients with Type 1 diabetes in Slovenia. Together with his colleagues from the Dept. of Endocrinology
, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Dr. Janež co-authored the algorithm used in insulin pump treatment, as well as tutored virtually all Slovenian diabetologists in usage of both insulin pump and glucose sensor. Dr. Janež also wrote all of the literature on subjects of functional insulin therapy
and insulin pump in Slovenia, with its audiences ranging from diabetologists to patients. In 2008, he established a new unit for functional insulin therapy within the University Medical Centre.
Dr. Janež also led the effort of forming international standards for interpretation of results obtained with glucose sensor, publishing and presenting these on several international diabetes-related symposiums.
Coupled with his previous work in the field of functional insulin therapy and its pilot implementation in Slovenia, Dr. Janež went on to introduce this approach to diabetes treatment in other countries.
Endocrinology
Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...
, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Assistant Professor for Internal Medicine at the Medical University Ljubljana, Chairman of the Advances in Diabetes and Insulin Therapy (ADIT) conference, member of the advisory board for peroral antidiabetic therapy in Servier Pharma, member for Slovenia in the Diabetes Education Study Group (DESG) at European Association for the Study of Diabetes
European Association for the Study of Diabetes
The European Association for the Study of Diabetes is an scientific association founded in Montecatini, Italy in 1965 with Dr. Joseph Hoet as Founding President...
(EASD), and member of the European advisory board for continuous glucose monitoring system in development for Lifescan.
Dr. Janež authored numerous articles on diabetology and indexed by Science Citation Index
Science Citation Index
The Science Citation Index is a citation index originally produced by the Institute for Scientific Information and created by Eugene Garfield in 1960, which is now owned by Thomson Reuters. The larger version covers more than 6,500 notable and significant journals, across 150 disciplines, from ...
(SCI), co-edited a clinical manual on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy, or insulin pump
Insulin pump
The insulin pump is a medical device used for the administration of insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, also known as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.The device includes:...
treatment. The latter is also the best known area of Dr. Janež's scientific work, as he introduced insulin pump treatment to India, Turkey, China, Slovenia, and several other countries, where he also led the effort of educating teams of diabetologists required for a continuous application of the technique.
Education
- MD, 1996, School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana
- MSc, 1998, School of Medicine, University of Ljubljana with thesis »Effects of chromium on blood pressure in humans«
- PhD, 2000, Diabetology School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, with thesis »Mechanism of glucose transport in insulin resistant 3T3-L1 adipocytes«
- Post doctoral, 2005, Joslin Diabetes Clinic, Boston, study on insulin pump therapy in Type 1 diabetic patients
Work
Upon his return from the USA, Dr. Janež introduced the insulin pumpInsulin pump
The insulin pump is a medical device used for the administration of insulin in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, also known as continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion therapy.The device includes:...
method into clinical practice of treating adult patients with Type 1 diabetes in Slovenia. Together with his colleagues from the Dept. of Endocrinology
Endocrinology
Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions called hormones, the integration of developmental events such as proliferation, growth, and differentiation and the coordination of...
, Diabetes and Metabolic Disease at University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Dr. Janež co-authored the algorithm used in insulin pump treatment, as well as tutored virtually all Slovenian diabetologists in usage of both insulin pump and glucose sensor. Dr. Janež also wrote all of the literature on subjects of functional insulin therapy
Insulin therapy
Insulin therapy is the treatment of diabetes by administration of exogenous insulin.Insulin is used medically to treat some forms of diabetes mellitus. Patients with Type 1 diabetes mellitus depend on external insulin for their survival because the hormone is no longer produced internally...
and insulin pump in Slovenia, with its audiences ranging from diabetologists to patients. In 2008, he established a new unit for functional insulin therapy within the University Medical Centre.
Dr. Janež also led the effort of forming international standards for interpretation of results obtained with glucose sensor, publishing and presenting these on several international diabetes-related symposiums.
Coupled with his previous work in the field of functional insulin therapy and its pilot implementation in Slovenia, Dr. Janež went on to introduce this approach to diabetes treatment in other countries.