The Mantzoros Lab: An Overview

The Mantzoros Team is within the Endocrine Division of the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, in Boston, Massachusetts. Our academic team is active in performing research, teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level and providing clinical care.

Members of the team are practicing physicians who provide clinical care in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and hands on training to medical students, residents and fellows.

Although we do care for patients with any medical problems in the area of Internal Medicine, our clinical group specializes in the area of general Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, providing comprehensive care in our state-ot-the-art facilities in the Shapiro Clinical Center.

The Director of the group, Dr. Christos Mantzoros, is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism as well as Clinical Nutrition.

Dr. Mantzoros is the Director of the Human Nutrition Research Unit and the Clinical Research Overseer at the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Dr. Mantzoros also serves on the Executive Committee of the Clinical Scholars Program at Harvard Medical School, a postgraduate Master's level 2-year long program that provides formal training in Clinical and Translational Research for medical doctors at Harvard Medical School affiliated institutions.

Until recently, Dr. Mantzoros was also the Course Director of the Introduction to Human Investigation course at Harvard Medical School and is still serving on the Curriculum Development, Mentoring Committees and directs the Students' Academic and Professional Conduct Committee of the Program at Harvard Medical School.

In addition, Dr. Mantzoros is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School and has served on the Advisory Board of several pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies.

The Mantzoros Research Group consists of several fellows, research assistants and students from all over the country and the world. Colleagues and collaborators in this division and other institutions around the world include many leaders in the fields of molecular medicine, metabolism and clinical epidemiology, creating a rich environment for research and education. Our research activities are described in detail under Research.