Asem Hassan Ali MBBS
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
732 Harrison Ave | (617) 638-7470asali1@bu.edu
Asem.Ali@bmc.org

Sections
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
Biography
Asem Ali, MBBS is an endocrinologist with particular interests include diabetes management (inpatient and outpatient), lipids, weight management and cardiometabolic health and prevention of complications. His research interests include understanding factors leading to weight gain and metabolic syndrome, and research experience includes use of isotopes to determine adipose tissue distribution and the associated mechanisms. In addition to certification in endocrinology, he is also a diplomate of American Board of Obesity Medicine and American Board of Clinical Lipidology.
Publications
Domalik L, Shah V, Harlan DM, Ali A. Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine. Diabetic Comas: Ketoacidosis and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2023.
Published on 1/1/2023Ali A, Shah V, Harlan DM, Domalik L. Irwin & Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine. Diabetic Comas: Management of Hyperglycemia in Critically Ill Patients. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. 2023.
Published on 8/1/2016Alzaman N, Ali A. Obesity and Diabetes Mellitus in the Arab World. J of Taibah Uni Med Sci. 2016.
Published on 4/16/2015Ali AH, Mundi M, Koutsari C, Bernlohr DA, Jensen MD. Adipose Tissue Free Fatty Acid Storage In Vivo: Effects of Insulin Versus Niacin as a Control for Suppression of Lipolysis. Diabetes. 2015 Aug; 64(8):2828-35. PMID: 25883112.
Published on 4/29/2014Crocker MK, Stern EA, Sedaka NM, Shomaker LB, Brady SM, Ali AH, Shawker TH, Hubbard VS, Yanovski JA. Sexual dimorphisms in the associations of BMI and body fat with indices of pubertal development in girls and boys. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Aug; 99(8):E1519-29. PMID: 24780051.
Published on 2/28/2013Adler-Wailes DC, Periwal V, Ali AH, Brady SM, McDuffie JR, Uwaifo GI, Tanofsky-Kraff M, Salaita CG, Hubbard VS, Reynolds JC, Chow CC, Sumner AE, Yanovski JA. Sex-associated differences in free fatty acid flux of obese adolescents. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2013 Apr; 98(4):1676-84. PMID: 23450055.
Published on 2/22/2013Koutsari C, Mundi MS, Ali AH, Patterson BW, Jensen MD. Systemic free fatty acid disposal into very low-density lipoprotein triglycerides. Diabetes. 2013 Jul; 62(7):2386-95. PMID: 23434937.
Published on 10/23/2012Koutsari C, Ali AH, Mundi MS, Jensen MD. Measuring plasma fatty acid oxidation with intravenous bolus injection of 3H- and 14C-fatty acid. J Lipid Res. 2013 Jan; 54(1):254-64. PMID: 23093549.
Published on 1/6/2012Koutsari C, Mundi MS, Ali AH, Jensen MD. Storage rates of circulating free fatty acid into adipose tissue during eating or walking in humans. Diabetes. 2012 Feb; 61(2):329-38. PMID: 22228715.
Published on 8/1/2011Ali AH, Koutsari C, Mundi M, Stegall MD, Heimbach JK, Taler SJ, Nygren J, Thorell A, Bogachus LD, Turcotte LP, Bernlohr D, Jensen MD. Free fatty acid storage in human visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue: role of adipocyte proteins. Diabetes. 2011 Sep; 60(9):2300-7. PMID: 21810594.