Felona Gunawan, M.D.

Felona Gunawan, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Endocrinology. 

Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Dr. Gunawan grew up in Houston, TX. She holds a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and cell biology from Rice University in Houston and received her medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical Center. She subsequently completed her internal medicine residency and completed advanced training with a fellowship in endocrinology at Yale New Haven Hospital in Connecticut.

Dr. Gunawan's research interests include type 2 diabetes and obesity. Her investigations have resulted in two publications in peer-reviewed journals. She has presented her findings at multiple conferences and forums nationwide.

Personal Note

Outside of medicine, Dr. Gunawan enjoys spending time with family, reading, and traveling.

Medical School

UT Southwestern Medical School (2014)

Residency

Yale University School of Medicine (2017), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Yale University School of Medicine (2020), Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism & Nutrition

• Diabetes

Featured Publications

Relative frequency of cardiology vs. endocrinology visits by type 2 diabetes patients with cardiovascular disease in the USA: implications for implementing evidence-based use of glucose-lowering medications.

Gunawan F, Nassif ME, Partridge C, Ahmad T, Kosiborod M, Inzucchi SE, Cardiovasc Endocrinol Metab 2020 Jun 9 2 56-59

ATYPICAL RECURRENCE OF PARATHYROID CARCINOMA FOLLOWING INFLIXIMAB THERAPY IN A PATIENT WITH ULCERATIVE COLITIS.

Gunawan F, Holt E, AACE Clin Case Rep 2020 May-Jun 6 3 e113-e116

• Endocrine Fellows Foundation Grant
  Endocrine Fellows Foundation (2019)

• American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (2017)
• American Diabetes Association (2019)
• Endocrine Society (2017)