Associate Professor Milan Piya

Journal Articles

• Termaat, J., Piya, M. and McBride, K. (2024), 'Community-based care needs for adults with class III obesity before and after tertiary weight management : an exploratory study', Obesity Science and Practice, vol 10, no 1 .
• Chimoriya, R., MacMillan, F., Lean, M., Simmons, D. and Piya, M. (2024), '[In Press] A qualitative study of the perceptions and experiences of participants and healthcare professionals in the DiRECT-Australia type 2 diabetes remission service', Diabetic Medicine, .
• Lam, A., Piya, M., Foroughi, N., Mohsin, M., Chimoriya , R., Kormas, N., Conti, J. and Hay, P. (2024), 'Predictors of mental health outcomes in a multidisciplinary weight management program for class 3 obesity', Nutrients, vol 16, no 7 .
• Dashputre, A., Agho, K., Piya, M., Glenister, K., Bourke, L., Hannah, S., Hannah, S., Bhat, R., Osuagwu, U. and Simmons, D. (2023), 'Prevalence and factors associated with mental health problems of psychological distress and depression among rural Victorians : analysis of cross-sectional date (Crossroads II)', BMC Psychiatry, vol 23 .
• Law, K., Coyle, D., Neal, B., Huang, L., Barrett, E., Arnott, C., Chow, C., Di Tanna, G., Lung, T., Mozaffarian, D., Berkowitz, S., Wong, J., Wu, T., Twigg, S., Gauld, A., Simmons, D., Piya, M., MacMillan, F., Khoo, C., Tian, M., Trieu, K. and Wu, J. (2023), 'Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of medically tailored meals compared to usual care among individuals with type 2 diabetes in Australia', Contemporary Clinical Trials, vol 132 .
• Yang, Y., Conti, J., McMaster, C., Piya, M. and Hay, P. (2023), '"I need someone to help me build up my strength": a meta-synthesis of lived experience perspectives on the role and value of a dietitian in eating disorder treatment', Behavioral Sciences, vol 13, no 11 .
• Zarora, R., MacMillan, F., Piya, M., Fernandes, B. and Simmons, D. (2022), 'Effectiveness of a locality-based integrated diabetes care service on clinical outcomes', Internal Medicine Journal, vol 52, no 6 , pp 975 - 981.
• Osuagwu, U., Xu, M., Piya, M., Agho, K. and Simmons, D. (2022), 'Factors associated with long intensive care unit (ICU) admission among inpatients with and without diabetes in South Western Sydney public hospitals using the New South Wales admission patient data collection (2014-2017)', BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol 22, no 1 .
• Piya, M., Fletcher, T., Myint, K., Zarora, R., Yu, D. and Simmons, D. (2022), 'The impact of nursing staff education on diabetes inpatient glucose management : a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial', BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol 22, no 1 .
• Kodsi, R., Chimoriya, R., Medveczky, D., Grudzinskas, K., Atlantis, E., Tahrani, A., Kormas, N. and Piya, M. (2022), 'Clinical use of the Edmonton Obesity Staging System for the assessment of weight management outcomes in people with class 3 obesity', Nutrients, vol 14, no 5 .
• Aladel, A., Murphy, A., Abraham, J., Shah, N., Barber, T., Ball, G., Menon, V., Piya, M. and McTernan, P. (2022), 'Vitamin D levels as an important predictor for type 2 diabetes mellitus and weight regain post-sleeve gastrectomy', Nutrients, vol 14, no 10 .
• Rana, K., Chimoriya, R., Haque, N., Piya, M., Chimoriya, R., Ekholuenetale, M. and Arora, A. (2022), 'Prevalence and correlates of underweight among women of reproductive age in Nepal : a cross-sectional study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol 19, no 18 .
• Yu, W., Piya, M. and Kormas, N. (2022), 'Bariatric surgery : the GP's role in patient selection and management', Endocrinology Today, vol 11, no 1 , pp 28 - 32.
• Gooey, M., Bacus, C., Ramachandran, D., Piya, M. and Baur, L. (2022), 'Health service approaches to providing care for people who seek treatment for obesity : identifying challenges and ways forward', Public Health Research and Practice, vol 32, no 3 .
• Chimoriya, R., Ho, V., Simmons, D., Kormas, N. and Piya, M. (2022), 'Application of 2D shearwave elastography for screening of NAFLD in people with class 3 obesity', Obesity Reviews, vol 23, no S2 , pp 22 - 22.
• Hickey, E., Chimoriya, R., Grudzinskas, K., Tesoriero, C., Hay, P., Kormas, N. and Piya, M. (2022), 'Prevalence of anxiety, depression and chronic stress in adults with Class 3 Obesity attending a multidisciplinary weight management program in South West Sydney', Obesity Reviews, vol 23, no S2 , pp 69 - 70.
• Hannah, S., Agho, K., Piya, M., Glenister, K., Bourke, L., Osuagwu, U. and Simmons, D. (2022), 'Trends and factors associated with obesity prevalence in rural Australian adults : comparative analysis of the crossroads studies in Victoria over 15 years', Nutrients, vol 14, no 21 .
• Ralph, A., Brennan, L., Byrne, S., Caldwell, B., Farmer, J., Hart, L., Heruc, G., Maguire, S., Piya, M., Quin, J., Trobe, S., Wallis, A., Williams-Tchen, A. and Hay, P. (2022), 'Management of eating disorders for people with higher weight : clinical practice guideline', Journal of Eating Disorders, vol 10, no 1 .
• Khoo, C., Chimoriya, R., Simmons, D. and Piya, M. (2022), 'Partial meal replacement for people with type 2 diabetes : 2-year outcomes from an Australian general practice', Australian Journal of Primary Health, vol 29, no 1 , pp 74 - 80.
• Chimoriya, R., Piya, M., Simmons, D., Ahlenstiel, G. and Ho, V. (2021), 'The use of two-dimensional shear wave elastography in people with obesity for the assessment of liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease', Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol 10, no 1 .
• Piya, M., Chimoriya, R., Yu, W., Grudzinskas, K., Myint, K., Skelsey, K., Kormas, N. and Hay, P. (2021), 'Improvement in eating disorder risk and psychological health in people with class 3 obesity : effects of a multidisciplinary weight management program', Nutrients, vol 13, no 5 .
• Thakur, A., Sharma, D., Gupta, B., Kramadhari, N., Rajagopal, R., Simmons, D. and Piya, M. (2021), 'Severe obesity in a specialist type 2 diabetes outpatient clinic : an Australian retrospective cohort study', BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol 21, no 1 .
• Gao, T., Agho, K., Piya, M., Piya, M., Simmons, D. and Osuagwu, U. (2021), 'Analysis of in-hospital mortality among people with and without diabetes in South Western Sydney public hospitals (2014-2017)', BMC Public Health, vol 21, no 1 .
• Ee, C., Armour, M., Piya, M., McMorrow, R., Al-Kanini, I. and Sabag, A. (2021), 'Mindfulness-based interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus [Intervention Protocol]', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 2021, no 12 .
• Osuagwu, U., Sharma, S., Silva, D., Saunders, J., Pillay, J., Piya, M. and Simmons, D. (2021), 'Assessment of diabetes knowledge, screening and uptake of community diabetes programs in a peri-urban region in Australia', Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome, vol 15, no 5 .
• Piya, M. (2021), 'Metabolic syndrome, rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis : managing cardiovascular risk', International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases, vol 24, no 9 , pp 1103 - 1105.
• Kobuch, S., Tsang, F., Chimoriya, R., Gossayn, D., O'Brien, S., Jamal, J., Laks, L., Tahrani, A., Kormas, N. and Piya, M. (2021), 'Obstructive sleep apnoea and 12-month weight loss in adults with class 3 obesity attending a multidisciplinary weight management program', BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol 21, no 1 .
• Medveczky, D., Kodsi, R., Skelsey, K., Grudzinskas, K., Bueno, F., Ho, V., Kormas, N. and Piya, M. (2020), 'Class 3 obesity in a multidisciplinary metabolic weight management program : the effect of preexisting Type 2 diabetes on 6-month weight loss', Journal of Diabetes Research, vol 2020 .
• D'Souza, C., Hay, P., Touyz, S. and Piya, M. (2020), 'Bariatric and cosmetic surgery in people with eating disorders', Nutrients, vol 12, no 9 .
• Atlantis, E., Langford, K., Piya, M., Ho, V., Skelsey, K., Rickards, L., Edwards, S. and Kormas, N. (2019), 'Physical capacity outcomes in patients with severe obesity after 12 months of physician-led multidisciplinary team care : a case series from a public hospital clinical obesity service', Clinical Obesity, vol 9, no 6 .
• Abbott, S., Dindol, N., Tahrani, A. and Piya, M. (2018), 'Binge eating disorder and night eating syndrome in adults with type 2 diabetes : a systematic review', Journal of Eating Disorders, vol 6 .
• Tahrani, A., Altaf, Q., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2017), 'Peripheral and autonomic neuropathy in South Asians and White Caucasians with type 2 diabetes mellitus : possible explanations for epidemiological differences', Journal of Diabetes Research, vol 2017 .
• Amin, A., Ali, A., Altaf, Q., Piya, M., Barnett, A., Raymond, N. and Tahrani, A. (2017), 'Prevalence and associations of obstructive sleep apnea in South Asians and White Europeans with type 2 diabetes : a cross-sectional study', The Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, vol 13, no 4 , pp 583 - 589.
• Martinez de la Escalera, L., Kyrou, I., Vrbikova, J., Hainer, V., Sramkova, P., Fried, M., Piya, M., Kumar, S., Tripathi, G. and McTernan, P. (2017), 'Impact of gut hormone FGF-19 on type-2 diabetes and mitochondrial recovery in a prospective study of obese diabetic women undergoing bariatric surgery', BMC Medicine, vol 15 .
• Altaf, Q., Ali, A., Piya, M., Raymond, N. and Tahrani, A. (2016), 'The relationship between obstructive sleep apnea and intra-epidermal nerve fiber density, PARP activation and foot ulceration in patients with type 2 diabetes', Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications, vol 30, no 7 , pp 1315 - 1320.
• Altaf, Q., Sadiqi, H., Piya, M. and Tahrani, A. (2016), 'Foot insensitivity is associated with renal function decline in patients with type 2 diabetes : a cohort study', BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol 16, no 1 .
• Altaf, Q., Piya, M. and Tahrani, A. (2015), 'The relationship between sleep duration and central obesity in South Asians and white Europeans with type 2 diabetes', Appetite, vol 87 , pp 394 - 394.
• Al-Daghri, N., Alokail, M., Rahman, S., Amer, O., Al-Attas, O., Alfawaz, H., Tripathi, G., Sabico, S., Chrousos, G., McTernan, P. and Piya, M. (2015), 'Habitual physical activity is associated with circulating irisin in healthy controls but not in subjects with diabetes mellitus type 2', European Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol 45, no 8 , pp 775 - 781.
• Dar, S., Tahrani, A. and Piya, M. (2015), 'The role of GLP-1 receptor agonists as weight loss agents in patients with and without type 2 diabetes', Practical Diabetes, vol 32, no 8 , pp 297 - 300.
• Reddy, N., Peng, C., Carreira, M., Halder, L., Hattersley, J., Piya, M., Tripathi, G., Randeva, H., Casanueva, F., McTernan, P., Kumar, S. and Barber, T. (2015), 'Enhanced thermic effect of food, postprandial NEFA suppression and raised adiponectin in obese women who eat slowly', Clinical Endocrinology, vol 82, no 6 , pp 831 - 837.
• Grant, P., Chakera, A., Cheer, K., Herring, R., Maitland, R., George, J., Piya, M. and Little, S. (2014), 'YDEF training survey 2014', The British Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease, vol 14, no 3 , pp 120 - 123.
• Piya, M., Harte, A., Sivakumar, K., Tripathi, G., Voyias, P., James, S., Sabico, S., Al-Daghri, N., Saravanan, P., Barber, T., Kumar, S., Vatish, M. and McTernan, P. (2014), 'The identification of irisin in human cerebrospinal fluid : influence of adiposity, metabolic markers, and gestational diabetes', American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol 306, no 5 , pp 512 - 518.
• Grant, P., Piya, M., McGowan, B. and Taheri, S. (2014), 'The bariatric physician', Clinical Medicine, vol 14, no 1 , pp 30 - 33.
• Saboor Aftab, S., Halder, L., Piya, M., Reddy, N., Fraser, I., Menon, V., Bridgwater, S., Kendrick, D., Kumar, S. and Barber, T. (2014), 'Predictors of weight loss at 1 year after laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding and the role of presurgical quality of life', Obesity Surgery, vol 24, no 6 , pp 885 - 890.
• Al-Daghri, N., Alkharfy, K., Rahman, S., Amer, O., Vinodson, B., Sabico, S., Piya, M., Harte, A., McTernan, P., Alokail, M. and Chrousos, G. (2014), 'Irisin as a predictor of glucose metabolism in children : sexually dimorphic effects', European Journal of Clinical Investigation, vol 44, no 2 , pp 119 - 124.
• Tahrani, A., Dubb, K., Raymond, N., Begum, S., Altaf, Q., Sadiqi, H., Piya, M. and Stevens, M. (2014), 'Cardiac autonomic neuropathy predicts renal function decline in patients with type 2 diabetes : a cohort study', Diabetologia, vol 57, no 6 , pp 1249 - 1256.
• Schwander, F., Kopf-Bolanz, K., Buri, C., Portmann, R., Egger, L., Chollet, M., McTernan, P., Piya, M., Gijs, M., Vionnet, N., Pralong, F., Laederach, K. and Vergeres, G. (2014), 'A dose-response strategy reveals differences between normal-weight and obese men in their metabolic and inflammatory responses to a high-fat meal', Journal of Nutrition, vol 144, no 10 , pp 1517 - 1523.
• Al-Daghri, N., Al-Attas, O., Alokail, M., Alkharfy, K., Yousef, M., Vinodson, B., Amer, O., Alnaami, A., Sabico, S., Tripathi, G., Piya, M., McTernan, P. and Chrousos, G. (2014), 'Maternal inheritance of circulating irisin in humans', Clinical Science, vol 126, no 12 , pp 837 - 844.
• Piya, M., Harte, A. and McTernan, P. (2013), 'Metabolic endotoxaemia : is it more than just a gut feeling?', Current Opinion in Lipidology, vol 24, no 1 , pp 78 - 85.
• Tahrani, A., Ali, A., Raymond, N., Begum, S., Dubb, K., Altaf, Q., Piya, M., Barnett, A. and Stevens, M. (2013), 'Obstructive sleep apnea and diabetic nephropathy : a cohort study', Diabetes Care, vol 36, no 11 , pp 3718 - 3725.
• Piya, M., McTernan, P. and Kumar, S. (2013), 'Adipokine inflammation and insulin resistance : the role of glucose, lipids and endotoxin', Journal of Endocrinology, vol 216, no 1 , pp 1 - 15.
• Harte, A., Tripathi, G., Piya, M., Barber, T., Clapham, J., Al-Daghri, N., Al-Disi, D., Kumsaiyai, W., Saravanan, P., Fowler, A., O'Hare, J., Kumar, S. and McTernan, P. (2013), 'NFKB as a potent regulator of inflammation in human adipose tissue, influenced by depot, adiposity, T2DM status, and TNFa', Obesity, vol 21, no 11 , pp 2322 - 2330.
• Tahrani, A., Ali, A., Raymond, N., Begum, S., Dubb, K., Mughal, S., Jose, B., Piya, M., Barnett, A. and Stevens, M. (2012), 'Obstructive sleep apnea and diabetic neuropathy : a novel association in patients with type 2 diabetes', American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, vol 186, no 5 , pp 434 - 441.
• Tahrani, A., Hughes, S., Zeng, W., Dubb, K., Shakher, J., Stevens, M. and Piya, M. (2012), 'Cutaneous structural and biochemical correlates of foot complications in high-risk diabetes', Diabetes Care, vol 35, no 9 , pp 1913 - 1918.
• Cheer, K., George, J., Grant, P., Herring, R., Maitland, R., Piya, M., Price, H., Wilmot, E. and Hillson, R. (2012), 'One-third of doctors completing specialist training in diabetes fail to secure a substantive consultant post : young Diabetologists' Forum survey 2010', Clinical Medicine, vol 12, no 3 , pp 244 - 247.
• Piya, M., Shivu, G., Tahrani, A., Dubb, K., Abozguia, K., Phan, T., Narendran, P., Pop-Busui, R., Frenneaux, M. and Stevens, M. (2011), 'Abnormal left ventricular torsion and cardiac autonomic dysfunction in subjects with type 1 diabetes mellitus', Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental, vol 60, no 8 , pp 1115 - 1121.
• Jose, B., Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2010), 'Exenatide once weekly : clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction', Patient Preference and Adherence, vol 4 , pp 313 - 324.
• Piya, M., Tahrani, A. and Barnett, A. (2010), 'Emerging treatment options for type 2 diabetes', British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, vol 70, no 5 , pp 631 - 644.
• Tahrani, A., Piya, M., Kennedy, A. and Barnett, A. (2010), 'Glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes : targets and new therapies', Pharmacology and Therapeutics, vol 125, no 2 , pp 328 - 361.
• Palalau, A., Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2009), 'DPP-4 inhibitors in clinical practice', Postgraduate Medicine, vol 121, no 6 , pp 70 - 100.
• Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2009), 'Saxagliptin : a new DPP-4 inhibitor for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus', Advances in Therapy, vol 26, no 3 , pp 249 - 262.
• Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2009), 'Drug evaluation : vildagliptin-metformin single-tablet combination', Advances in Therapy, vol 26, no 2 , pp 138 - 154.
• Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2008), 'Management of type 2 diabetes : the GLP-1 pathway', Future Prescriber, vol 9, no 3 , pp 18 - 28.
• Piya, M., Tahrani, A. and Barnett, A. (2008), 'Liraglutide : a new option in the management of type 2 diabetes', Future Prescriber, vol 9, no 2 , pp 6 - 12.
• Tahrani, A., Piya, M. and Barnett, A. (2008), 'Exenatide : incretin therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus', Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol 3, no 6 , pp 671 - 690.
• Piya, M., Tahrani, A. and Barnett, A. (2008), 'NICE gives rimonabant the green light', Practical Diabetes International, vol 25, no 8 , pp 302 - 304.