Course Directors
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Chief of Diabetes Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Lecturer in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Diabetes Clinical Research, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Faculty
Grazia Aleppo, MD
Professor of Medicine, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism, North Western Medicine
Erik Alexander, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Thyroid Section, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Vice President of Education, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Meghan Ariagno, MBA, RD, LDN
Program Director, Bariatric Surgery, Center for Weight Management, General GI Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Louis Aronne, MD, FACP, DABOM
Sanford I. Weill Professor of Metabolic Research, Weill-Cornell Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Weight Control Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medicine
Past Chairman, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Heather Baer, ScD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Senior Epidemiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ron Blankstein, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Chronobiology Program, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Lee-Shing Chang, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Executive Director, Center for Healthcare Delivery Sciences
Associate Physician, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology, Pharmacoeconomics and Hospital Medicine Unit, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Andrea Dunaif, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Hilda and J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai
Nuha ElSayed, MD, MMSc
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Joslin Diabetes Center
Lawrence Epstein, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Director and Fellowship Program Director, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorder, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Lindsay Fourman, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School;
Associate Director, Lipid and Metabolism Associates, Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
Kristen Fowler, MSN, FNP-BC, CDE
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Anna Goldman, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Silvio Inzucchi, MD
Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine
Director, Yale Medicine Diabetes Center, Yale New Haven Health
Nawfal Istfan, MD, PhD
Lecturer on Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Physician, Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Joshua Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Principal Investigator, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Boston Course in Obesity Medicine, The Obesity and Metabolism Institute
Dong Wook Kim, MD
Director, Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program, Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Julie Lauffenburger, MD, PhD, PharmD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Lead Investigator and Pharmacist, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES
Diabetes Clinician, Janice MacLeod Consulting
Julia Mc Nabb-Baltar, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jeffrey A. Meyerhardt, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Ashwini Nadkarni, MD
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Associate Vice Chair, Wellness Assistant Medical Director, Brigham Psychiatric Specialties, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Nancy Oliveira, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES
Manager, Nutrition and Wellness Service, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Registered Licensed Dietitian
Certified Diabetes Educator
Mary Elizabeth Patti MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Investigator and Adult Endocrinologist, Director of Hypoglycemic Clinic, Co-Director, Molecular Phenotyping and Genotyping Core, Joslin Diabetes Center
Anastasios Pittas, MD, MS
Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Division Chief and Fellowship Program Director, Co-Director, Diabetes and Lipid Center, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Tufts Medical Center
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Malcolm Robinson, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Vice Chair of Surgery for Clinical Operations, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Sylvia Rosas, MD, MSCE
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Investigator and Staff Physician, Director, Latino Kidney Clinic, Joslin Dibetes Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Steven Russell, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital
Zeb Saeed, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Part-time, Harvard Medical School
Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Frank A. J. L. Scheer, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Chronobiology Program, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Scott Shikora, MD, FACS, FASMBS
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, Division of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Devin Steenkamp, MD, MBChB
Director, Clinical Diabetes Program, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, Boston Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine
Joji Suzuki, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry Director, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, Department of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ali Tavakkoli, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Chief, Division of General and GI Surgery
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness
Program Director, Advanced Minimally Invasive Fellowship
Christopher Thompson, MD, MSc, FAGA, GACG, GASGE, FJGS
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director of Endoscopy, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness Director, Advanced Endoscopy Fellowship Program
Miriam Udler, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Genetics Clinic Endocrine Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Kathleen Viveiros, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Armen I. Yerevanian, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital