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:
- 2018 Top Stories in Diabetes: Canagliflozin and Renal Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes
- Levels of Adherence Needed to Achieve Significant Weight Loss
- Clinical Outcomes of an Integrated Primary–Secondary Model of Care for Complex Type 2 Diabetes
- The Look AHEAD Intensive Lifestyle Intervention Is a Promising Weight Loss Intervention in the US Military
- Employer-Based Online Weight-Management Intervention Effective in Promoting Weight Loss
- Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis Linked to Risk of Diabetes
- ADA 2018: Implications of Large Population Data on Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
- ADA 2018: Renal Disease and Diabetes
- ADA 2018: Diabetes Care Guidelines
- ADA 2018: Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes