Faculty

Neil Aronin, MD
Academic Chief, Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Neuroendocrinology, Adrenal Disease, Genetic Endocrinopathies, General Endocrine Disease

Research Focus: Inherited Neurodegenerative Disease (e.g., Huntington’s disease), RNA oligonucleotide therapeutics in neurodegenerative disease, Genomic therapies in brain disease, Digital Medicine, genetics

Educational Focus: Medical students (Endocrine disease), Graduate School students (novel therapeutics in brain disease),  medical residents, Endocrine fellows

Samir Malkani, MD
Clinical Chief, Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and complications

Research Focus: Diabetes and population health, diabetes technology

Educational Focus: Director, Flexible Clinical Experience Course for third-year medical students, specialty advisor for Kelley House

Asem K. Ali, MD
Director, Diabetes Services at Health Alliance and Community Diabetes Partnership Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: In-patient diabetes, management of diabetes and its complications

Research Focus: Continuous glucose monitor use in Diabetes, adipose tissue regulation in Diabetes

Madona Azar, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes in pregnancy, cardiovascular and metabolic risk management in diabetes, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Research Focus: Cardiovascular and metabolic risk management in diabetes

Christopher Coyne, MD
Fellowship Program Director
Associate Professor of Medicine 

Clinical Focus: Management of Thyroid Cancer, Nodular Thyroid Disease

Research Focus: Molecular testing in the management of Thyroid Disease

Educational Focus: Fellowship program director

Julie R. Chan, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Transplant diabetes

Research Focus: Post-transplant diabetes

Educational Focus: Vascular disease patients, collaboration with the limb preservation center

Leslie J. Domalik, MD
Medical Director of Inpatient Diabetes Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Hospital management of Diabetes

Educational Focus: Education of fellows and residents

Richard A. Haas, MD, FACE
Director of Gestational Diabetes, Co-Director of Diabetes Coach Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Gestational Diabetes, lipid disorders

Eyad Hamoudeh, MD
Ambulatory Physician Leader for Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Thyroid disorders, general endocrinology

Research Focus: Thyroid Cancer

David M. Harlan, MD
William and Doris Krupp Chair in Diabetes, Co-Director, UMass Chan Diabetes Center of Excellence, Director, JDRF New England Center of Excellence, Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Type 1 diabetes, complicated/difficult to control type 2 diabetes

Research Focus: Genetically modifying stem-cell-derived pancreatic islets as a curative therapy for T1D, cellular and molecular studies to elucidate type 1 diabetes pathogenesis

Educational Focus: Member of MD, PhD, admissions committee, mentor for MD and PhD students in Kelley House, faculty sponsor for UMass Chan Operational Enrichment Electives in Diabetes

Andrea Kassai, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes, endocrine conditions

Research Focus: Lipodystrophy

Educational Focus: Working with medical students, residents, and fellows in clinic, outpatient, and inpatient settings, faculty advisor for students in Blackstone House

John P. Mordes, MD
Professor Emeritus

Clinical Focus: Gestational Diabetes, lipid disorders

Research Focus: Type 1 diabetes genetics, improving ICU diabetes care with digital technology and artificial intelligence

Educational Focus: Diabetes management in primary care and geriatrics, approach to incidentalomas in general internal medicine, Hypothyroidism

Matthew A. Niemi, MD
Assistant Professor

Clinical Focus: Diabetes Renal Disease

Research Focus: Maximizing implementation of novel, evidence-based treatments

Educational Focus: Preserving kidney function among diabetic individuals, to reduce the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular outcomes

Mark O'Connor, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes Mellitus, thyroid disorders

Research Focus: Digital Medicine, genetics

Educational Focus: Co-Director of Endocrine and Reproductive Systems Course, Internal Medicine Residency Research Track core faculty

Clinical Focus: Obesity, weight gain/regain

Vrushali Shah, MD
Co-Director of Diabetes Coach Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes and Cardiometabolic health, in-patient diabetes

Research Focus: Diabetes technology

Amin Sabet, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Metabolic weight, adrenal disease, calcium disorders, endocrine hyperparathyroidism

Prateek Shukla, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes technology

Research Focus: Improving diabetes care systems

Pavani Srimatkandada, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Diabetes (types 1 & 2), Addison's Disease, adrenal disease, hyperparathyroidism, thyroid related diseases

Clinical Focus: Osteoporosis (Calcium, Parathyroid), Thyroid diseases, thyroid nodules, and thyroid FNA, Pituitary and adrenal diseases

Michael J. Thompson, MD
Professor of Medicine

Clinical Focus: Management of diabetes and complications

Research Focus: Clinical trials and new diabetes treatments

Clinical Focus: Thyroid disorders, Neuroendocrinology, Adrenal Disease, Metabolic Bone Disease  

Educational Focus: Fellows, residents, medical students, Fellowship core faculty and clinical competency committee member, Specialty advisor for Burncoat, Tatnuck, and Grafton Hill house, UMass Chan