Faculty

Sherwin, Robert

C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology); Section Chief, Endocrinology; Director, YCCI

Biography

Robert S. Sherwin. MD is the C.N.H. Professor of Medicine in the Section of Endocrinology at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT. He graduated from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1967. After completing his residency in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital (N Y), he moved to the National Institutes of Health to undertake a fellowship in metabolism and diabetes. In 1972 Dr Sherwin moved to Yale University School of Medicine as a postdoctoral fellow and was subsequently appointed to the faculty in 1974. He serves as the Director of the Yale Center for Clinical Investigation as well as the Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center and the JDRF Center for the Study of Hypoglycemia at Yale. His special clinical interests include patients with type 1 diabetes, intensified insulin therapy, complicated type 2 diabetes patients, and hypoglycemia associated with diabetes. Dr Sherwin’s research activities span clinical and basic research and are focused on glucose counterregulation and the immune mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes mellitus. The studies dealing with counter regulation examine the brain glucose sensing mechanisms mediating the activation of counterregulatory responses and the impact of hypoglycemia and insulin on brain function and metabolism. Research in immunology has led to the isolation of islet-specific T cell clones from diabetic mice that adoptively transfer diabetes and studies of an islet protein linked to islet regeneration. Dr. Sherwin has served as President of the American Diabetes Association and as a member of the FDA Advisory Committee for Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs. He is editor of one of the major medical textbooks on diabetes mellitus and wrote the chapter on diabetes for the Cecil Textbook of Medicine. Dr. Sherwin has served as the Chairman of the Medical Science Advisory Board of the JDRF and on the editorial boards of leading diabetes and endocrine journals. He has published over 320 articles in peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Sherwin is the recipient of the American Diabetes Association’s Banting Award for lifetime scientific achievement, the Novartis Award for long-standing achievement in diabetes and 2 MERIT Awards from the NIH.

Alavian, Kambiz

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Befroy, Douglas

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Development of novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) techniques

Belfort-Deaguiar, Renata

Instructor in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clin Fellow Int Med Endocrinology

Belsky, Joseph

Clinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Bogan, Jonathan

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Cell Biology

Research Interests:Protein trafficking; ubiquitin-like modification; cell structure; insulin signaling; type 2 diabetes; metabolic diseases

Clinical Interests:General endocrinology; diabetes

Broadus, Arthur

Ensign Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related peptide; mineral metabolism; cartilage and bone regulation, regulation of periosteal bone and ligament/tendon insertion sites

Clinical Interests:Endocrinology and metabolism; Mineral metabolism

Chan, Owen

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Cline, Gary

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Analytical Core, Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center at Yale Univ. School of Medicine

Research Interests:diabetes mellitus

Dziura, James

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director, Yale Center for Analytical Sciences

Fan, Xiaoning

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Flannery, Clare

Associate Research Scientist in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Goldberg, Philip

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Gulanski, Barbara

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Chief, Endocrinology, Veteran's Administration Center

Clinical Interests:Calcium disorders; bone disease

Gurr, Werner

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Herold, Kevan

Professor of Immunobiology and of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Deputy Director for Translational Science, YCCI

Research Interests:Type 1 diabetes; immune therapy; autoimmunity

Clinical Interests:Diabetes mellitus; hypoglycemia; endocrinology

Herzog, Raimund

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Lecturer in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
Adjunct Faculty of the Greengard Lab, Rockefeller University, NY

Clinical Interests:diabetes

Holt, Elizabeth

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Clinical Interests:Thyroid cancer; thyroid nodules; thyroid biopsy; hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid, Graves' disease); goiter; adrenal disease; adrenal tumors; Cushing's disease/syndrome; hyperaldosteronism; pheochromocytoma; parathyroid disorders; hypercalcemia (high calcium); hyperparathyroidism; osteoporosis; Paget's disease.

Hu, Changyun

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Hu, Youjia

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Insogna, Karl

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Yale Bone Center

Research Interests:Role of dietary protein in skeletal metabolism; Factors that lead to skeletal disease in adult patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets; Cellular mechanisms of PTH-induced bone resorption and bone anabolism; Effects of CSF1 in mature osteoclasts

Clinical Interests:Bone disease including osteoporosis, osteomalacia and hypercalcemia; primary hyperparathyroidism; kidney stones

Inzucchi, Silvio

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Clinical Director, Section of Endocrinology
Director, Yale Diabetes Center
Director, Endocrinology & Metabolism Fellowship
Director, Yale Affiliated Hospitals Program

Research Interests:Cardiovascular complications of diabetes; insulin resistance and atherosclerosis; inpatient management of hyperglycemia; diagnostic criteria for diabetes

Clinical Interests:Diabetes; pituitary and adrenal diseases; thyroid diseases; endocrine disorders during pregnancy

Jastreboff, Ania

Instructor in Medicine (Endocrinology) and in Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, stress, transitions of care from pediatric to adult care

Clinical Interests:obesity, insulin resistance, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, transitions of care from pediatric to adult medical care

Jonas, Elizabeth

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Neurobiology

Research Interests:Mitochondrial ion channel; regulation of apoptosis; control of the strength of synaptic transmission in the nervous system

Jurczak, Michael

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Co-Directer, In Vivo Metabolism Core, Yale Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC)

Kibbey, Richard

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Research Interests:Mechanisms of insulin secretion by beta-cells; pathogenesis of beta-cell exhaustion in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus; mitochondria

Clinical Interests:Diabetes

Lipska, Kasia

Instructor in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:diabetes outcomes research, diabetes management of older adults, hypoglycemia, cardiovascular complications of diabetes

Clinical Interests:diabetes

Lupsa, Beatrice

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Clinical Interests:Diabetes Mellitus; Insulin Resistance; Lypodystrophy; Osteoporosis; Hyperparathyroidism

Mamillapalli, Ramanaiah

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Marieb, Norman

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Mayerson, Adam

Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

McCrimmon, Rory

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Glucose homeostasis regulation by hypothalamic nuclei; central regulation on peripheral metabolism, energy, and body weight

McNay, Ewan

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Petersen, Kitt

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Professor (Adjunct) Aarhus University, Denmark
Honorary Professor of Medicine and Clinical Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Research Interests:Liver Metabolism; Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease; Insulin Resistance; Aging; Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; Insulin Clamp Technique; Stable Isotopes

Philbrick, William

Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director, Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center Molecular Core

Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related peptide (PTHrP)

Samuel, Varman

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Fat Induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance; in vivo metabolism core of the mouse metabolic phenotyping center at YSM

Sherwin, Robert

C. N. H. Long Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Section Chief, Endocrinology
Director, YCCI

Research Interests:glucose counterregulation; brain fuel metabolism; effect of insulin on brain function; immune mechanisms leading to type 1 diabetes

Clinical Interests:Diabetes; hypoglycemia

Shulman, Gerald

George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Research Interests:Molecular mechanisms responsible for insulin resistance

Clinical Interests:Diabetes

Sun, Ben-Hua

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Tai, Ningwen

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology and Oncology)

Van Houten, Joshua

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Associate Director, MicroCT Facility, Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders

Wang, Peili

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Wei, Feng

Associate Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Wen, Li

Senior Research Scientist in Medicine (Endocrinology)
Director of Core Laboratory of Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI)

Wysolmerski, John

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Parathyroid hormone-related protein; calcium sensing receptor; breast development; lactation; osteoporosis; bone metastases

Clinical Interests:Osteoporosis; metabolic bone diseases; osteomalacia; Paget's disease; disorders of calcium metabolism; disorders of vitamin D metabolism; hyperparathyroidism; hypoparathyroidism; parathyroid adenomas; parathyroid cancer; endocrine cancers