Elif A Oral

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Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
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Elif A Oral
elif oral
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  • Qualifications

    • MS
      University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
      2005 - 2007
    • MD
      Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
      1986 - 1992

    Center Memberships

    • Center Member
      Caswell Diabetes Institute

    Recent Publications

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    • Journal Article
      Dual-drug releasing PEG-PLA hydrogels with tunable degradation for sustained local analgesia and anti-inflammatory therapy in a rat fracture/osteotomy model
      Fan Y, Asik MD, Yuh J, Thomson A, McCanne M, Lekkala S, Fujino K, Muratoglu OK, Collins JE, Randolph MA, Oral E. Biomaterials, 2026 Aug 1; 331: DOI:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2026.124078
      PMID: 41762852
    • Journal Article
      In-vitro study and in-vivo zebrafish model to minimize the toxic effects of implant (CoCrMo particles) by antioxidants
      Kamaraj SG, Lopez A, Kanniyappan H, Thayer A, Gupta P, Paramasivan M, Ryu H, Sun Y, Oral E, Jacobs JJ, Jung HM, Mathew MT. Toxicology in Vitro, 2026 Aug 1; 115: DOI:10.1016/j.tiv.2026.106230
      PMID: 41933843
    • Journal Article
      Analysis of Multiple Measures of Heat Stress on Morbidity and Mortality in Louisiana
      Thompson DT, Brown VM, Reilly A, Oral E, Keim BD, Gentimis T. Weather Climate and Society, 2026 Jun 14; 18 (3): 777 - 795. DOI:10.1175/wcas-d-25-0060.1
    • Journal Article
      Muscle architecture predicts lower extremity power generation during a power leg press test in individuals with cerebral palsy.
      Pontiff ME, Oral E, Moreau NG. Clin Biomech (Bristol), 2026 May; 135: 106797 DOI:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2026.106797
      PMID: PMC13483056
    • Journal Article
      A dynamic device to simulate intraarticular drug-release kinetics
      Asik MD, Reyhanli A, Serafim MF, Inverardi N, Muratoglu OK, Oral E. International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 2026 Apr 25; 695: DOI:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2026.126738
      PMID: 41819385
    • Journal Article
      The 2025 International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection: Research Priorities and Future Directions
      Oral E, Chisari E, Choe H, Cichos KH, Coenye T, Coraça-Huber DC, Drago L, Hamilton JL, Jensen LK, Jennings JA, Moriarty F, Muthukrishnan G, Nishitani K, Norton N, Parvizi J, Priddy L, Saeed K, Schwarz EM, Siverino C, Sekar A, Trobos M, Wildemann B. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2026 Apr 1; 44 (4): DOI:10.1002/jor.70179
      PMID: 41885903
    • Journal Article
      2025 International Consensus Meeting on Musculoskeletal Infection: Summary From Biofilm Workgroup on Treatment of Biofilm-Related Infection and Preclinical Models
      Jennings JA, Abdelbary H, Abdulla FS, Arafah O, Benzouak T, Choe H, Coenye T, Coraça-Huber DC, Drago L, Gustavo Garcia R, Goh GS, Hamilton J, Hamoudeh R, Hickok NJ, Jensen LK, Lee HG, Li B, Manzary M, Markovics A, McDonald K, Fintan Moriarty T, Muthukrishnan G, Nishitani K, Norton NJ, Oral E, Parvizi J, Del Pozo J, Priddy LB, Raafat D, Saeed K, Spiegel C, Schwarz EM, Siverino C, Trobos M, Tubbs A, Yeasmin R. Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 2026 Mar 1; 44 (3): DOI:10.1002/jor.70169
      PMID: 41766602
    • Journal Article
      Altered lipid metabolism and inflammatory programs associate with adipocyte loss in familial partial lipodystrophy 2
      Maung JN, Schill RL, Nishii A, Foss de Freitas M, Obua BN, Nygård M, Mendez-Casillas MD, Hermsmeyer ID, Gilio D, Besci O, Chen Y, Desrosiers B, Adler RE, Gomes AD, Celik Guler M, Mori H, Uranga RM, Li Z, Hariri H, Zhang L, de Paula Souza A, Hoose KS, Lewis KT, Hetrick TA, Cederna P, Lumeng CN, Mandrup S, Oral EA, MacDougald OA. Journal of Clinical Investigation, 2026 Jan 2; 136 (1): DOI:10.1172/JCI198387
      PMID: 41217838

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