Full name
Ben Salem Hachmi Leïla
Date of birth *1 - 07 - 1971
Spoken and
Written Languages
French – Arabic - English
Phone number
Email address
*****.********@***.** ***********@*****.***
Academic title:
Associate professor of Endocrinology (professeur agrégé) Present position:
Associate professor of Endocrinology at the National Institute of Nutrition and University of Medicine of Tunis
Head of departement of Endocrinology at the National Institute of Nutrition of Tunis Since February 2017
Business address:
National Institute of Nutrition, Department of Endocrinology 11, Rue Djebel Lakhdhar, BabSaadoun, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia Relevant education:
Baccalaureate on 1990
Medical studies at the University of Medicine of Tunis from 1990 to 1996
Medical Doctor in 2000
Specialist in endocrinology in 2001
University physician from 2003 to 2009
Professor of Endocrinology in 2009 (professeur agrégé)
University degree in Pituitary diseases – Paris XI (2004)
Training in epidemiology and medical statistics (2006)
Training in medical writing and analysis of scientific documents
(2007)
Diploma in Thyroidology– Lille – France (2010)
Curriculum Vitae
DHA License (Eligibility Letter)
Others activities Secretary of the Tunisian society of Endocrinology : April 2011- April 2014 and April 2016 – April 2017.
Vice President of the Tunisian society of Endocrinology : April 2014 –April 2016
MGSD* Board Member since Mai 2015 and Vice President since march 2017 until now (*Mediterranean Group for the Study of Diabetes )
Endocrine society member
Main publications
1- Rythme du cortisol pendant le mois de Ramadan.
Ben Salem L, Bchir S, Bouguerra R, Ben Slama C.
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal 2003, Sep-Nov; 9(5-6):1093-8. Revue de l’OMS
2- Celiac disease in adult patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus in Tunisia. Bouguerra R, Ben Salem L, Chaabouni H, Laadhar L, Essais O, Zitouni M, Haouet S, Ben Slama C, Ben Ammar A, Zouari B, Makni S.
Diabetes and Metabolism 2005, 31(1): 83-6
3- Attitude des diabétologues tunisiens face à l’insulinothérapie du diabétique de type 2 : étude multicentrique
Par ordre alphabétique : Aissaoui R, Ben Salem L, Ben Slama C, Essaies O, Ftouhi B, Idriss S, Kacem M, Kanoun F, Khochtali I, Nabouli R, Ouertani H, Saada B, Slimane H, Turki Z, Zidi B
La Revue Maghrébine d’Endocrinologie – Diabète et de Reproduction, 2005;10, 214 – 21
4- L’hypertension artérielle au cours de l’insulinothérapie du diabétique de type 2. Ben Salem L, Bouguerra R, Maâtki O, Smadhi H, Turki Z, Hraoui S, Ben Slama C. Archives des maladies du cœur et des vaisseaux 2007, 99(8) : 664-7. 5- Participation à la rédaction du « Consensus Tunisien de prévention et de prise en charge du diabète de type 2 » Edition du 14 Novembre 2007 6- The prevalence of metabolic abnormalities in the tunisian adult: a population based study. Bouguerra R, Ben Salem L, Alberti H, Ben Rayana MC, El Khadhi A, El Atti J, Gaigi S, Ben Slama C, Zouari B.
Diabetes and Metabolism 2006, 32(3):215-221.
7- L’hypertension artérielle au cours du syndrome des ovaires polykystiques. Ben Salem L, Bouzid C, Younsi N, Smida H, Bouguerra R, Ben Slama C. Les archives des maladies du cœur et des vaisseaux 2006, 99 (7-8) : 687-90. 8- Prise en charge de l’acromégalie évolutive au cours de la grossesse. B. Salem L, Kammoun I, Bouzid C, Smida H, Nagi S, Turki Z, Ben Slama C. Annales d’Endocrinologie 2010, 71 : 60–63.
9- A case of resistance to thyroid hormone with chronic thyroiditis : discovery of a novel mutation (I54V)
I Kammoun, C Bouzid, H Kandara, L Ben Salem, Z Turki, C Ben Slama Case Reports in Endocrinology, volume 2011, Article ID 584930 10- L’Étude IDMPS (International Diabetes Management Practices Study) : Les résultats Tunisiens.
Rapporteur : L. Ben Salem Hachmi
La revue Maghrébine d’Endocrinologie, Diabète et de Reproduction, vol 17 N 1-2 janvier-juin 2012
11- Tunisian Consensus for management of diabetes during Ramadan (2016). Reading committee member and coordinator : L Ben Salem 12- French Society of Endocrinology Consensus for Graves’ disease (2016). Reading committee member : L Ben Salem
Participation to international studies
- DISCOVERing Treatment Reality of Type 2 Diabetes in Real World Settings
Principal investigator of the center 03 : L Ben Salem
- Monogenic diabetes study in the Mediterranean region Cross-sectional, multicentre and multinational study covering the Mediterranean region to detect monogenic diabetes among patients suspected to be with atypical diabetes
Tunisian Coordinator : L Ben Salem