Kashif M. Munir, MD

• 1994: B.A.; University of Pennsylvania
• 1998: M.D.; Temple University School of Medicine
• 2001: Residency, Deparment of Internal Medicine; University of Maryland Medical Center
• 2003: Fellowship, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; University of Maryland Medical Center

Kashif M. Munir, MD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition. Dr. Munir is the vice-chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Medical Director of the University of Maryland Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology. He has extensive clinical experience in treating patients with diabetes, thyroid disorders, and pituitary diseases. He helped establish a multidisciplinary pituitary practice at the Center and currently sees patients for diabetes, thyroid disease, pituitary and adrenal disorders. Dr. Munir also has active research protocols for pituitary, thyroid diseases, and metabolic diseases.

Thyroid disease; Pituitary disease; Adrenal hypertension; Insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction

1. Munir KM, Quon MJ.  Distinct Mechanisms for Globular Adiponectin That Integrate Vascular and Metabolic Actions of Insulin to Help Maintain Coordinated Cardiovascular and Glucose Homeostasis.  Circulation Research 2013; 112:1205-7. PMID: 18308652
2. Munir KM,  Chandrasekaran S, Gao F, Quon MJ.  Mechanisms for Food Polyphenols to Ameliorate Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction: implications for diabetes and its vascular complications.  Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2013; 350:E679-686. PMID: 23900418
3.  Lamos EM, Munir KM. Cushing’s Disease:  Highlighting the Importance of Early Diagnosis  for Both De Novo and Recurrent Disease in Light of Evolving Treatment Patterns. Endocr Pract. 2014 Sep 1;20(9):945-55. PMID: 25100372
4. Loper HB, Kant R, Olson J, Streeten E, Munir K. Invasive Pheochromocytoma Presenting as a Right Atrial Mass.  Lancet Diabetes Endocinol. 2016 Mar;4(3):286. PMID: 26632094
5. Chiung-Hui Peng C, Huai-En Chang R, Pennant M, Huang H-K, Munir KM. A review of painful Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis: 70 cases in the past 70 years. J Endocr Soc. 2019 Nov 16;4(2):bvz008. PMID: 32047869
6. Tsai T-Y, Tu Y-K, Munir KM, Lin S-M, Huai-En Chang R, Kao S-L, Loh C-H, Chiung-Hui Peng C, Huang H-K. Association of hypothyroidism and mortality in the elderly population: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Dec 12[Online ahead of print].  PMID: 31829418