Deborah Wexler
Associate Chief, Diabetes Unit, Clinical Director, Diabetes Center, Massachusetts General Hospital / Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Biography
Harvard Medical School
Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc, is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, the Associate Clinical Chief of the MGH Diabetes Unit, and Co-Clinical Director of the MGH Diabetes Center. She received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, her MSc from the University of Oxford, and completed her internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine and fellowship in endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Wexler’s research focuses on clinical effectiveness in type 2 diabetes. She is the MGH site Principal Investigator and is on the Executive Committee of the GRADE Study, a NIH-funded multicenter trial to determine which second hypoglycemic drug, added to metformin, is most effective for patients with type 2 diabetes (http://gradestudy.com/). She is also multiple-Principal Investigator of the REAL HEALTH-Diabetes trial, which is translating the Look AHEAD lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes into usual care at community health centers. She served on the American Diabetes Association’s Professional Practice Committee (2014-2016). Dr Wexler is on the Editorial Board of Diabetes Care and is a reviewer for multiple medical journals.
Clinical Interests
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Diabetes in pregnancy
- Cystic fibrosis related diabetes
- Geriatric diabetes
- Endocrinology
Medical Education
- MD, Yale University School of Medicine
- Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
Board Certifications
- Endocrinology
- Diabetes & Metabolism
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