Deborah J. Wexler MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MassachusettsDr. Deborah J. Wexler is Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Unit.
Dr. Wexler’s research focuses on clinical effectiveness in type 2 diabetes. She has led multiple National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)– and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)– funded projects that seek to improve the health and well-being of people with diabetes. Dr Wexler is on the editorial board of Diabetes Care, is a reviewer for multiple medical journals, and is an editor of NIDDK’s Diabetes in America.
She received her medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, and completed her internship, residency, and chief residency in internal medicine and fellowship in endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Disclosures
- Data monitoring committees: Novo Nordisk (for trials of oral semaglutide)
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Glycemic Outcomes of a Family-Focused Intervention for Adults With Type 2 Diabetes
- Dietary Patterns, Socioeconomic Disparities, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
- Impact of Neighborhoods on Diabetes Risk and Outcomes
- Food Insecurity and Diabetes
- Overview of Social Determinants of Health in the Development of Diabetes
- Imposter Syndrome: Diagnose Accurately Before Treating
- 2022 Top Story in Diabetes: Results of the GRADE Trial
- ADA 2022: Recommendations From Dr. Deborah Wexler
- 2021 Top Story in Diabetes: Empagliflozin for Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
- Hemoglobin A1c Reduction and CV Risk Improvement: Correlation, Causation and Clinical Recommendations