Seminar Wednesday 13:00 - 14:00
Professor Derek Leroith, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Centre, New York, USA
Internationally known for his research in Diabetes, Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes
and Bone Diseases) and Interim Chief of the Hilda & J. Lester Gabrilove Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bones Diseases.
Dr. LeRoith received his MD and PhD from the University of Cape Town where he also completed his residency and both a
research and clinical fellowship in Endocrinology. Prior to joining the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in
2005, Dr. LeRoith was Chief of the Diabetes Branch at the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases. This is the largest program devoted to the study of diabetes within the intramural program of the NIH.
Dr. LeRoith was the first to demonstrate the link between insulin and the insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and cancer and is
the current recipient of three NCI grants to study the relationship between cancer and type 2 diabetes. He has published over
600 original research papers, reviews and editorials and edited a number of books on Diabetes and IGF-related topics.
[Hosted by Professor Arieh Katz]