Clare Flannery, MD

Dr. Flannery is an endocrinologist and Associate Professor with dual appointments in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences (Reproductive Endocrinology) and the Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology). She received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Wellesley College in 1995 before obtaining her M.D. degree from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland in 2001. She completed internship in medicine and surgery at St. James’s Hospital in Dublin Ireland, and then Internal Medicine residency in the Women’s Health Track at Jacobi Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in NY, where she also served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine in 2005. She then went on to the Yale School of Medicine for her fellowship in Endocrinology & Metabolism. She pursued research fellowship at Yale, in the respective labs of Dr. Hugh Taylor, and of Dr. Gerald Shulman and Dr. Kitt Petersen, to combine interests in endometrial physiology and the pathophysiology of Type-2 diabetes mellitus. She was awarded an NIH K08 mentored career award then NIH R01 funding. Her translational research lab studies mechanisms for endometrial cancer development, and the effect of weight and diabetes on women's reproductive health. She sees patients with diabetes and endocrine disorders, with a specialty interest in diabetes prevention, weight management, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, perimenopause, and gender-affirming hormone therapy.