David M. Nathan, M.D.
Director, Diabetes Center and
Clinical Research Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dr. David M. Nathan is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and is Director of the Clinical Research Center and of the Diabetes Center at Massachusetts General Hospital. His major research focus is the study and development of new methods to normalize glucose metabolism in diabetes mellitus and the long-term consequences of such therapy. He was one of the architects of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and currently chairs its long-term follow-up, the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study, and is the Chairman of the multi-center NIH Diabetes Prevention Program and of the GRADE Comparative Effectiveness Study of Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Nathan has chaired the international Expert Committee on the Diagnosis of Diabetes and the international Consensus Committee on the Treatment of Type 2 diabetes. With more than 500 publications, chapters, and books in the medical literature, Dr. Nathan is an internationally recognized expert on diabetes and its treatment and complications. He was awarded the Outstanding Clinician Award by the American Diabetes Association in 2002 and the National Institute of Diabetes Digestive and Kidney Disease Distinguished Scientist Award in 2010. In 2015, Dr. Nathan was given the inaugural Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research Award by the American Diabetes Association.
