Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Neurosurgery 1365B Clifton Rd., NE, Ste. 6200 Atlanta, GA 30322 Appt. Phone: 404-778-5770

• Areas of Clinical Interest
• Publications
• Reviews
• Media/Press Releases
• Endocrine Pituitary Clinic

Dr. Ioachimescu graduated from Carol Davila University of Medicine in Bucharest, Romania. She underwent postgraduate training in Europe in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, focusing on pituitary diseases. Dr. Ioachimescu earned a PhD in Neuroendocrinology from the same university in 2001, then completed additional training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at Yale University and the Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Ioachimescu was a member of the faculty at the Cleveland Clinic before joining Emory University.

Dr. Ioachimescu's clinical activities focus on diagnosis and endocrine management of pituitary diseases. She is Co-Director of the Emory Pituitary Center and oversees activity of the pituitary-endocrine clinic. Dr. Ioachimescu works together with Dr. Nelson Oyesiku and a team of radiation specialists to provide streamlined, comprehensive care for pituitary patients.

Dr. Ioachimescu's research focuses on validation of prognostic markers for pituitary diseases and implementation of research projects in the management of pituitary adenomas.



Areas of Clinical Interest:

• Pituitary tumors
• Pituitary hormone deficiencies
• Cushing's Syndrome
• Acromegaly
• Hyperprolacinemia
• Adrenal Insufficiency

Publications

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Ioachimescu AG, Brennan DM, Hoar BM, Hazen SL, Hoogwerf BJ. 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 Rheum. 2008 Jan 31;58(2):623-630

Ioachimescu AG, Brennan DB, Hoar BM, Kashyap SR, Hoogwerf BJ. Serum uric acid, mortality and glucose control in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a PreCIS data base study. Diabet Med. 2007 Dec;24(12):1369-74.

Ioachimescu AG, Makdissi A, Lichtin A, Zimmerman R. Thyroid disease in patients with idiopathic thrombocytopenia - a cohort study. Thyroid. 2007 Nov;17(11):1137-42.

Tamaskar I, Bukowski R, Elson P, Ioachimescu AG, Wood L, Dreicer R, Mekhail T, Garcia J, Rini BI. Thyroid function test abnormalities in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with sorafenib. Ann Oncol. 2007 Oct 24; [Epub ahead of print]

Hamrahian AH, Ioachimescu AG, Remer EM, Motta-Ramirez G, Bogabathina H, Levin HS, Reddy S, Gill IS, Siperstein A, Bravo EL. Clinical Utility of Noncontrast CT Attenuation Value (HU) to Differentiate Adrenal Adenomas/Hyperplasias from Nonadenomas: Cleveland Clinic Experience. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Feb; 90(2):871-7

Ioachimescu OC, Ioachimescu AG, Iannini PB. Severity scoring in community-acquired pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: a 5-year experience. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2004 Nov; 24(5):485-90

Ioachimescu A.: Somatostatin receptors in thalamic habenula - in vitro electrophysiology study. Romanian Journal of Endocrinology, 1998, vol. 3-4

CASE REPORTS

Ioachimescu AG, Bauer TW, Licata A. Active Crohn's Disease as a Cause for Hypercalcemia, which Responded to Infliximab: Case Presentation and Review of Literature. Endocrine Practice. Endocr Pract. 2008 Jan-Feb;14(1):87-92.

Ioachimescu O, Ioachimescu A, Badiu C, Calt C, Galbenu P, Stoicescu P., Coculescu M: Endocrine symptoms = Endocrine pathology? - Case presentation. Romanian Journal of Endocrinology, 1998, vol. 3-4


Reviews

Ioachimescu AG, Hamrahian AH. Adrenal gland diseases. Chapter in Disease Management, Cleveland Clinic. In print 2008

Ioachimescu AG and Licata A. Etidronate: What is its place in treatment of primary osteoporosis and other demineralizing diseases today? Current Osteoporosis Reports. 2007 Dec, 5:165-169.

Ioachimescu AG and Licata A. Treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women who are at risk for fractures. US Endocrine Disease, 2007 Jan; issue 2: 119-121 http://www.touchbriefings.com/pdf/2403/licata.pdf

Ioachimescu AG, Hamrahian AH. Acute Adrenal Insufficiency in Critical Care Diagnosis and Treatment. Pulmonary and Critical Care Update (PCCU), volume 20, lesson 16, July 2006 http://www.chestnet.org/education/online/pccu/vol20/lessons16_17

A. Ioachimescu. Pineal gland and sleep. Sibiul Medical, 2000, 11:8-14


Media credits / Press releases

Mara E Lieberman Memorial Award Grant - in conjunction with Endocrine Society 2008 for outstanding abstract submitted by women
http://www.endo-society.org/awards.upload/Awards-Brochure-2008.pdf

Uric acid is predicts mortality in DM
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/539075

Adriana Ioachimescu - first place at the AACE 15th Annual Meeting & Clinical Congress oral presentation contest
http://www.aace.com/meetings/ams/2006/

Thyroid Tests Advised for Patients with Immunologic Thrombocytopenia
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/531571

The Endocrine Fellows Foundation announces its research grants recipients for the spring cycle of 2005
http://www.endocrinefellows.org/newsletter/2005/Endotrends12_3.pdf