Ayca Erkin-Cakmak, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

These include obesity, thyroid disorders, hormone-related growth disorders, metabolic syndrome (having a combination of health factors that increases the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes), and endocrine conditions associated with iron overload from thalassemia (an inherited blood disorder that can lead to anemia).

Erkin-Cakmak's research focuses on how exposures to certain chemicals in early childhood can affect the endocrine system and later development of obesity and metabolic syndrome. She is also interested in endocrine issues related to blood transfusions given to treat thalassemia.

Erkin-Cakmak earned her medical degree from Istanbul University Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine. She completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology as well as a fellowship in advanced research in pediatrics at UCSF. She also earned a master of public health degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

Erkin-Cakmak is a member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society, Endocrine Society and Obesity Society. She is originally from Turkey.

• 1360-P: Infertility Is Not Associated with Clinical Factors in Women with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D).
  Diabetes 2020 AYCA ERKIN-CAKMAK, RYAN BAILEY, PETER CALHOUN, HAKAN CAKMAK, JENISE C. WONG
• SUN-690 HNF4A Mutation in Siblings with Diazoxide Responsive Congenital Hyperinsulinism.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society 2020 Ayca Erkin-Cakmak, Hannah Chesser, Joseph Shieh, Christine Ferrara, Stephen Eric Gitelman, Gina Capodanno
• Short-Term Isocaloric Fructose Restriction Improves Postprandial Lipoprotein Subclass Profiles.
  Atherosclerosis 2019 A. Gugliucci, Y. Bains, R. Caccavello, M. Wen, A. Erkin-Cakmak, K. Mulligan, R. Lustig, S. Noworolski, J.M. Schwarz
• Isocaloric Fructose Restriction Reduces Serum d-Lactate Concentration in Children With Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome.
  The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 2019 Erkin-Cakmak A, Bains Y, Caccavello R, Noworolski SM, Schwarz JM, Mulligan K, Lustig RH, Gugliucci A
• SAT-269 Insulin 101: Quality Education Strategies for Trainees (QuEST).
  Journal of the Endocrine Society 2019 Janet Lee, Alyssa Huang, Ayca Erkin-Cakmak, Jeanne Buchanan, Gina Capodanno
• Effects of Dietary Fructose Restriction on Liver Fat, De Novo Lipogenesis, and Insulin Kinetics in Children With Obesity.
  Gastroenterology 2017 Schwarz JM, Noworolski SM, Erkin-Cakmak A, Korn NJ, Wen MJ, Tai VW, Jones GM, Palii SP, Velasco-Alin M, Pan K, Patterson BW, Gugliucci A, Lustig RH, Mulligan K
• Short-term isocaloric fructose restriction lowers apoC-III levels and yields less atherogenic lipoprotein profiles in children with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
  Atherosclerosis 2016 Gugliucci A, Lustig RH, Caccavello R, Erkin-Cakmak A, Noworolski SM, Tai VW, Wen MJ, Mulligan K, Schwarz JM
• Erratum: "In Utero and Childhood Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Exposures and Body Mass at Age 7 Years: The CHAMACOS Study".
  Environmental health perspectives 2016 Erkin-Cakmak A, Harley KG, Chevrier J, Bradman A, Kogut K, Huen K, Eskenazi B
• Isocaloric fructose restriction and metabolic improvement in children with obesity and metabolic syndrome.
  Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) 2015 Lustig RH, Mulligan K, Noworolski SM, Tai VW, Wen MJ, Erkin-Cakmak A, Gugliucci A, Schwarz JM
• In utero and childhood polybrominated diphenyl ether exposures and body mass at age 7 years: the CHAMACOS study.
  Environmental health perspectives 2015 Erkin-Cakmak A, Harley KG, Chevrier J, Bradman A, Kogut K, Huen K, Eskenazi B
• A bridge to insulin pump therapy: twice-daily regimen with NPH and detemir insulins during initial treatment of youth with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
  Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists 2011 Cengiz E, Sherr JL, Erkin-Cakmak A, Weinzimer SA, Burke EN, Sikes KA, Urban AD, Tamborlane WV