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Gerald M. "Jerry" Reaven (born July 28, 1928 in Gary, Indiana〔"Gerald M. Reaven." ''Contemporary Authors Online''. Detroit: Gale, 2005. Gale Biography In Context. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000157729. Accessed May 17, 2012.〕) is an American endocrinologist and professor emeritus in medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, California, United States. Reaven's work on insulin resistance and diabetes with John W. Farquhar goes back at least to 1968.〔 〕 A long-term researcher into diabetes, he achieved significant notability with his 1988 Banting Lecture (organized annually by the American Diabetes Association in memory of Frederick Banting). In his lecture, he propounded the theory that central obesity (male-type or apple-shaped obesity), diabetes and hypertension (high blood pressure) have a common cause in insulin resistance and impaired glucose tolerance.〔Reaven GM. Banting lecture 1988. Role of insulin resistance in human disease. ''Diabetes'' 1988;37:1595-607. PMID 3056758. (Reprint: PMID 9058458).〕 Initially titled "syndrome X", the constellation of symptoms is now known as the metabolic syndrome and an object of extensive scientific inquiry, especially given that the combination strongly predisposes for cardiovascular disease. Still, Reaven believes that contemporary criteria are arbitrary and that it may not be necessary to define it as a diagnostic entity more than a pathophysiological parameter.〔Reaven GM. The metabolic syndrome: requiescat in pace. ''Clin Chem'' 2005;51:931-8. PMID 15746300.〕 He obtained his academic qualifications at the University of Chicago and did his internship there. After research work in Stanford and two years in the U.S. Army medical corps he completed his residency at the University of Michigan. He then took up a US Public Health Service research post at Stanford, where he progressed to a full professorship in 1970. He led endocrinology and gerontology research.〔Gerald M. Reaven, (curriculum vitae )〕〔 〕 Apart from his work at Stanford he is also Senior Vice President for Research for Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in South San Francisco. He is a member of several research organizations and has received numerous prizes for his research achievements. He is co-author of a popular book on Syndrome X and its repercussions on cardiovascular disease. ==Footnotes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gerald Reaven」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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