M. Sue Kirkman MD

M. Sue Kirkman, M.D. is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of North Carolina. Dr. Kirkman is Medical Director of the UNC Diabetes Care Center’s Clinical Trials Unit and site principal investigator of several clinical trials including the NIDDK-funded GRADE study, for which she serves as co-chair of the Outcomes Committee. She sees patients 50% of the time, and teaches in the classroom and at the bedside. She is co-director of an elective course in diabetes for medical, nursing, and pharmacy students. She was recently appointed a member of the Endocrine Steering Committee for the National Quality Forum.