Andres Jose Acosta Cardenas MD, PhD

Andres Jose Acosta Cardenas is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and in the Department of Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. Dr. Acosta focuses his research on gastrointestinal physiology to understand the complexity of food intake regulation and obesity. Obesity is a primary cause of type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Dr. Acosta's laboratory utilizes a combination of genetics, physiology, pharmacology, proteomics, metabolomics, and gastrointestinal and brain imaging to understand food intake regulation and modulate them for the treatment of obesity. In collaboration with his mentor, Michael Camilleri, M.D., Dr. Acosta is using cutting-edge techniques to understand the pharmacotherapy and pharmacogenomics of obesity.

Dr. Acosta's main focus is on the mechanisms and regulation of appetite, satiation, and satiety, including the role of gastric function, gastrointestinal hormones, taste preferences, bile acids, and enterohepatic regulation and gut energy utilization. Additionally, Dr. Acosta studies the effect of genetics, pharmacology, and endoscopic devices on food intake regulation.