Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital 2017 - 2018
  • Residency, Internal Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine 2013 - 2016
  • M.B.B.S., Imperial College London (United Kingdom) 2012
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Medicine 2020
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
• Research
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  External Relationships

  • Pickle
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Kobe, Elizabeth A., Clarissa J. Diamantidis, Hayden B. Bosworth, Clemontina A. Davenport, Megan Oakes, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Jane Pendergast, Uptal D. Patel, and Matthew J. Crowley. “Racial Differences in the Effectiveness of a Multifactorial Telehealth Intervention to Slow Diabetic Kidney Disease.” Med Care 58, no. 11 (November 2020): 968–73. https://doi.org/10.1097/MLR.0000000000001387.
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    • Yang, Jeff Y., Andrew M. Moon, Hannah Kim, Virginia Pate, A Sidney Barritt, Matthew J. Crowley, John B. Buse, Til Stürmer, and Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos. “Newer second-line glucose-lowering drugs versus thiazolidinediones on cirrhosis risk among older US adult patients with type 2 diabetes.” J Diabetes Complications 34, no. 11 (November 2020): 107706. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2020.107706.
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    • Sagalla, Nicole, William S. Yancy, David Edelman, Amy S. Jeffreys, Cynthia J. Coffman, Corrine I. Voils, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Moahad Dar, and Matthew J. Crowley. “Factors associated with non-adherence to insulin and non-insulin medications in patients with poorly controlled diabetes.” Chronic Illn, October 25, 2020, 1742395320968627. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395320968627.
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    • Crowley, Matthew J., Darren K. McGuire, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Thomas Jon Jensen, Søren Rasmussen, Hans A. Saevereid, Subodh Verma, and John B. Buse. “Effects of Liraglutide on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes Patients With and Without Baseline Metformin Use: Post Hoc Analyses of the LEADER Trial.” Diabetes Care 43, no. 9 (September 2020): e108–10. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-0437.
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    • Lunyera, Joseph, Dinushika Mohottige, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Hilary Campbell, C Blake Cameron, Nicole Sagalla, Timothy J. Amrhein, et al. “Risk for Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis After Exposure to Newer Gadolinium Agents: A Systematic Review.” Ann Intern Med 173, no. 2 (July 21, 2020): 110–19. https://doi.org/10.7326/M20-0299.
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    • Li, Dandan, Jocelyn Anne Silvester, Matthew J. Crowley, Jeff Y. Yang, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Yang Xu, Siyan Zhan, and Tiansheng Wang. “Assessing the association between dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors use and celiac disease through drug adverse event reporting.” Ther Adv Chronic Dis 11 (2020): 2040622320904301. https://doi.org/10.1177/2040622320904301.
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    • Wolf, Rachel A., J Sonya Haw, Sudeshna Paul, Melissa Spezia Faulkner, EunSeok Cha, M. K. Findley, Farah Khan, et al. “Hospital admissions for hyperglycemic emergencies in young adults at an inner-city hospital.” Diabetes Res Clin Pract 157 (November 2019): 107869. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2019.107869.
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    • Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, William S. Yancy, David Edelman, Cynthia J. Coffman, Amy S. Jeffreys, Matthew L. Maciejewski, Corrine I. Voils, et al. “Clinical associations of an updated medication effect score for measuring diabetes treatment intensity.” Chronic Illn, October 25, 2019, 1742395319884096. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395319884096.
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    • Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, and John B. Buse. “Initial injectable therapy in type 2 diabetes: Key considerations when choosing between glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists and insulin.” Metabolism 98 (September 2019): 104–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2019.06.012.
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    • Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, Rachel Blair, and Anne L. Peters. “Management of Preexisting Diabetes in Pregnancy: A Review.” Jama 321, no. 18 (May 14, 2019): 1811–19. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.4981.
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    • Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, Ali Qamar, Kathryn Hutchins, Matthew J. Crowley, Bryan C. Batch, and John R. Guyton. “Triglycerides: Emerging Targets in Diabetes Care? Review of Moderate Hypertriglyceridemia in Diabetes.” Curr Diab Rep 19, no. 4 (February 26, 2019): 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-019-1136-3.
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    • Alexopoulos, Anastasia-Stefania, George L. Jackson, David Edelman, Valerie A. Smith, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Sandra L. Woolson, Hayden B. Bosworth, and Matthew J. Crowley. “Clinical factors associated with persistently poor diabetes control in the Veterans Health Administration: A nationwide cohort study.” Plos One 14, no. 3 (2019): e0214679. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214679.
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    • Alexopoulos, A. S., M. Fayfman, L. Zhao, J. Weaver, L. Buehler, D. Smiley, F. J. Pasquel, P. Vellanki, J. Sonya Haw, and G. E. Umpierrez. “Impact of obesity on hospital complications and mortality in hospitalized patients with hyperglycemia and diabetes.” Bmj Open Diabetes Research and Care 4, no. 1 (July 1, 2016). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000200.
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    • Fayfman, Maya, Priyathama Vellanki, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Lauren Buehler, Liping Zhao, Dawn Smiley, Sonya Haw, Jeff Weaver, Francisco J. Pasquel, and Guillermo E. Umpierrez. “Report on Racial Disparities in Hospitalized Patients with Hyperglycemia and Diabetes.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 101, no. 3 (March 2016): 1144–50. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-3220.
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    • Buehler, Lauren, Maya Fayfman, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Liping Zhao, Farnoosh Farrokhi, Jeff Weaver, Dawn Smiley-Byrd, Francisco J. Pasquel, Priyathama Vellanki, and Guillermo E. Umpierrez. “The impact of hyperglycemia and obesity on hospitalization costs and clinical outcome in general surgery patients.” J Diabetes Complications 29, no. 8 (November 2015): 1177–82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2015.07.027.
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    • Baptiste, G. G., A. S. Alexopoulos, T. Masud, and J. M. Bonsall. “Systemic Levamisole-Induced Vasculitis in a Cocaine User without Cutaneous Findings: A Consideration in Diagnosis.” Case Reports in Medicine 2015 (January 1, 2015). https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/547023.
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    • Shariq, Omair, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Fathima Razik, Jane Currie, and Nina Salooja. “Teaching skills training for medical students.” Clin Teach 10, no. 3 (June 2013): 146–50. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1743-498X.2012.00628.x.
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    • Alexopoulos, A. -. S., and O. Shariq. “Assessing stress in surgery: using validated tools to improve patient safety.” Ir J Med Sci 180, no. 2 (June 2011): 617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-010-0642-8.
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    • Alexopoulos, A. -. S. “Junior tutor programme--benefits and risks.” Ir J Med Sci 180, no. 1 (March 2011): 305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-010-0600-5.
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    • Shariq, O., A. S. Alexopoulos, and F. Razik. “The need for more teaching-skills training for medical students.” Academic Medicine 86, no. 4 (January 1, 2011): 407–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820dcba3.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Yang, Jeff Y., Anastasia Alexopoulos, Andrew M. Moon, Hannah Kim, Virginia Pate, A Sidney Barritt, Til Sturmer, and John B. Buse. “Newer second-line glucose-lowering drugs versus thiazolidinediones and cirrhosis risk in type 2 diabetes.” In Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety, 29:606–606, 2020.
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    • Razik, Fathima, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Bassel El-Osta, Michelle J. Connolly, Ashley Brown, Soueid Hassan, and Kasetti Ravikumar. “Time to internal fixation of femoral neck fractures in patients under sixty years--does this matter in the development of osteonecrosis of femoral head?” In Int Orthop, 36:2127–32, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1619-1.
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    • Shariq, Omair, Aaron Odedra, Anastasia-Stefania Alexopoulos, Stuart Gould, and Ramawad Soobrah. “Synchronous occurrence of gastrointestinal stromal tumour and ovarian neoplasm in a patient presenting with acute cholecystitis.” In J Gastrointest Cancer, 43:113–16, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12029-011-9265-1.
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