Barbara B. Kahn, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Chief of the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Division at BIDMC
• Chief of the joint Endocrinology Program
• Associate Director of the NIH-funded Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
• Academic leader of this area

Education

• 1972 - B.A. Stanford University
• 1975 - M.S. University of California Berkeley, Health and Medical Sciences
• 1977 - M.D. Stanford University Medical School

Postdoctoral Training

• 1977-1980 Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine, University of California
  Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 1980-1982 Clinical Fellowship, General Internal Medicine, University of California
  Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 1982-1985 Endocrine Fellowship, Cellular Metabolism and Obesity Section
  National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
• 1985-1986 Senior Staff Fellow, Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition Section
  Molecular, Cellular and Nutritional Endocrinology Branch
  National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases
  National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Licensure and Certification

• 1978 - California Medical License
• 1980 - Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
• 1985 - Diplomate in Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine
• 1986 - Massachusetts Medical License

Academic Appointments

• 1986-1989 - Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• 1989-1994 - Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• 1990-2000 - Chief, Diabetes Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
• 1994-2000 - Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
• 2000-present - Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
• 2000-present - Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Hospital Appointments

• 1986-1996 - Associate in Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
• 1996-present - Physician, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Clinical Consulting Positions

• 1980-1981 - Staff Medical Consultant, Behavioral Medicine Clinic, University ofCalifornia Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 1981-1982 - Staff Medical Consultant, High Risk Obstetrics Clinic, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 1980-1982 - General Medicine Consultant for inpatient problems and surgical clearance, University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
• 1987-1996 - Staff Diabetes Consultant, Diabetes and Pregnancy Cases, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA

Major Administrative Responsibilities

• 1988-1992 - Director, Diabetes Clinic, Beth Israel Hospital
• 1990-2000 - Chief, Diabetes Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 1992-1996 - Director, Endocrine Grand Rounds/Molecular Endocrinology Series, Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School
• 1998-2001 - Associate Director, Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center - (NIH funded center involving Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Public Health, New England Medical Center and Boston University)
• 2000-present - Director, Metabolic Physiology Core, Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, Boston, MA
• 2000-present - Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
• 2001-2004 - Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Major Committee Assignments - Medical School, Medical Center or Regional

• 1973-1975 - Medical School Admissions, Health and Medical Sciences, University of California Berkeley
• 1973-1974 - Medical School Curriculum, Health and Medical Sciences, University of California Berkeley
• 1980-1981 - Nursing Physician Relations, University of California Davis Medical Center
• 1989-1992 - Laboratory Safety Committee, Beth Israel Hospital
• 1990-2000 - Scientific Advisory Board, Clinical Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 1992-1998 Co-Chair, Diabetes Education Advisory Board, Beth Israel Hospital
• 1998 - Member, Task Force on Disease Management, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Joslin Diabetes Center Joint Venture
• 1998 - Member, Implementation Committee, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Joslin Diabetes Center Joint Venture
• 1998-2004 - Executive Committee, Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center - NIH funded
• 2000-present - Executive Committee, Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (DERC) - NIH funded
• 2001-2003 - Search Committee, Director of Clinical Research at the Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
• 2001-2004 - Promotions, Reappointments and Appointments Committee, Harvard Medical School
• 2002-2003 - Search Committee, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry, Harvard School of Public Health
• 2002-present - Promotions Committee, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• 2004-200 - Search Committee, Chief Medical Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
• 2006 - Search Committee, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Major Committees and Advisory Boards - National and International

• 1992-1994 - American Diabetes Association, Scientific Sessions Committee
• 1993-present - International Symposium on Insulin Receptors and Insulin Action, Scientific Advisory Committee
• 1994 - National Diabetes Advisory Board, consultant on basic biomedical research related to diabetes
• 1997 - Chairperson, Pharmacologic Approaches to Metabolic Control Subcommittee NIH Conference on Diabetes Mellitus: Challenges and Opportunities
• 1997-1999 - American Diabetes Association Research Policy Committee
• 1998-present - Scientific Advisory Board, CEPTYR, Inc., Seattle, WA
• 1999-2002 American Diabetes Association Scientific and Medical Meetings Oversight Committee (Chairperson 2000-2002)
• 1999-2003 - Scientific Advisory Board, Xcellsyz, London, England
• 2000-2002 - American Diabetes Association Professional Section Steering Committee
• 2000-2004 - Scientific Advisory Board, University of Colorado NIH-funded Center for Nutrition Research, Denver, CO
• 2001 - NHLBI/NIH Working Group on the Pathophysiology of Obesity-Associated Cardiovascular Disease
• 2001-2004 - Committee on Diabetes, American Heart Association
• 2001-present - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Metabolic Disease Advisory Board, Mannheim, Germany
• 2002 - Steering committee for reorganization of NIH Study Sections on Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Endocrinology
• 2002-2004 - Committee on Obesity, American Heart Association
• 2002-2003 - Steering Committee, Endocrine Society Scientific Sessions
• 2002-2003 - Publications Committee, American Diabetes Association
• 2003-2004 - Board of Directors, American Diabetes Association
• 2003-2004 - President, Interurban Clinical Club
• 2004-present - Advisory Board for Metabolic Disease Program, University of Kobe, Japan
• 2005-2007 - Scientific Advisory Board, Diabetes Gene Discovery Group (DGDG), Montreal, Canada

Symposium Organization

• 2000 - Co-Chairperson, New York Academy of Sciences symposium "PKB/Akt - a gatekeeper for metabolism and apoptosis"
• 2001 - Co-Chairperson, Keystone symposium - "Obesity and the regulation of energy homeostasis"
• 2001-03 - Co-Chair (elected), FASEB conference on Glucose Transporter Biology
• 2002-03 - Chair, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology symposium on "Novel Signaling Pathways involved in Leptin Action and CNS Regulation of Energy Balance"
• 2002-04 - Program Committee, AMP Kinase 3rd International Symposium, Australia, 2004
• 2003-05 - Chair (elected), FASEB conference on Glucose Transporter Biology

Memberships in Professional Societies

• 1978-1986 - American College of Physicians
• 1980-1984 - American Association of Diabetes Educators, Psychosocial Committee
• 1981-1987 - Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine
• 1981-present - American Diabetes Association, Professional Section Member
• 1987-present - American Federation for Medical Research
• 1989-present - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 1994-present - American Society for Clinical Investigation
• 1994-2001 - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
• 1995-1998 - European Association for the Study of Diabetes
• 1995-present - Endocrine Society
• 1998-2000 - North American Association for the Study of Obesity
• 2001-present - Association of American Physicians
• 2005-present - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies

Editorial Boards

• 1991-1994 - Diabetes
• 1993-1997 - American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
• 1995-1997 - Endocrinology
• 1995-1997 - Diabetologia - Advisory Board member
• 2001-2004 - American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
• 2002-2007 - Journal of Biological Chemistry
• 2005-2008 - Endocrine Reviews - Associate Editor
• 2005-present - Cell Metabolism

Grant Review Boards

• 1989-present - Ad hoc reviewer, Veteran's Administration Research and Merit Grants
• 1990-1995 - Grant Reviewer, University of Michigan Diabetes Center
• 1991-1995 - Grant Reviewer, Washington University Diabetes Center
• 1995 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Metabolism Study Section, NIH
• 1995-1997 - NIH Reviewer Reserve, Metabolism Study Section
• 1996-1997 - Member, NIH Special Study Sections
• 1996-1998 - Member, American Diabetes Association Research Grant Review Board
• 1996-present - Reviewer, British Diabetes Association Research Grants
• 1997-2001 - Member, NIH Metabolism Study Section
• 1999-2005 - Grant Reviewer, Swiss National Science Foundation
• 1999 - Ad hoc Reviewer, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Research Grants
• 2001-present - Grant Reviewer, The Welcome Trust, London
• 2002 - Grant Reviewer, French Ministry of Research
• 2005-present - Grant Reviewer, The Medical Foundation/Charles A. King Trust Fellowship Program

Awards and Honors

• 1980 - Research Award, The Diabetes Association of Sacramento
• 1980 - Biodynamics/Boehringer Manneheim Research Award
• 1981 - Faculty Research Award, University of California Davis Medical School
• 1981 - Research Award, Division of General Medicine, University of California Davis Medical School
• 1986-1991 - Physician-Scientist Award, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
• 1991-1993 - Capps Scholar in Diabetes, Harvard Medical School
• 1991 - Banting and Best Lecturer, Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto
• 1992 - Award for "Outstanding International Contributions to Research in Diabetes Mellitus" - American Diabetes Association, Missouri Affiliate
• 1993 - Max Miller Memorial Lecture, American Federation for Clinical Research, Midwest Metabolism Section
• 1994 - Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
• 1995 - Eli Lilly Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement, American Diabetes Association
• 1999 - Elected to the Interurban Clinical Club, founded by Sir William Osler
• 2000 - Visiting Professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2000 - Honorary Masters Degree, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
• 2001 - Elected to the Association of American Physicians
• 2003 - Wolfe Family Endowed Lectureship, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• 2003 - Mosenthal Award, American Diabetes Association Eastern Region, New York
• 2005 - Nelson Goldberg Lecture in Signal Transduction and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
• 2005 - Catherine Tuck Memorial Lecture, Columbia University Medical School, New York, NY
• 2005 - Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Washington, DC
• 2005 - The 10th Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture, Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
• 2005 - Charles H. Best Award, Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada
• 2005 - Jacobaeus Prize, Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
• 2006 - National Institutes of Health Merit Award

Visiting Professorships

• 2000 - Visiting Professor, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2001 - Pfizer Visiting Professor, Pacific Northwest Research Institute and University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
• 2002 - Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Durham, NC

Publications

• Go to Publications in the Kahn lab for a list.