Kret-Sudijian joins Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Elena V. Kret-Sudijian was appointed assistant professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, effective July 1. She will serve as a hospitalist and attending physician on the Medical Service Ward.

Kret-Sudijian earned her medical degree from the Vinnitsa Medical Institute in the Ukraine in 1981. She also holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Doctor's Comprehension in Moscow. In addition to her medical degree and doctorate, she completed a five-year fellowship program in clinical nutrition in Russia.

Kret-Sudijian has been honored for outstanding performance by the Vinnitsa Children's Hospital in the Ukraine and also received a special lectureship in pediatric clinical nutrition in Parma, Italy. She has researched the effects of Orlistat (Xenical) in the treatment of obesity and investigated high-density lipoproteins as biomarkers of a low-fat diet. She is a member of the American College of Physicians.