She also leads the diabetes complications clinic at the University of Michigan. Dr. Pop-Busui received both M.D. and Ph.D. degrees summa cum laude from the University of Timisoara School of Medicine. Following residency training in general medicine and then internal medicine at the University Hospital in Timisoara, Romania, Dr Pop-Busui received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to continue postdoctoral training at the University of Michigan in the field of diabetes complications and joined the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes (currently MEND) as a research fellow. She next completed clinical fellowship training in endocrinology and metabolism at the University of Michigan and joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 2005.