K. Sreekumaran Nair MBBS, MD, PhD

K. Sreekumaran Nair, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Endocrinologist in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN. He is recognized as a Distinguished Investigator at Mayo Clinic with the distinction of a named professorship, the David H. Murdock-Dole Endowed Professorship. He received Outstanding Mentor and Achievement (lifetime) in medical research from Mayo Clinic.

He was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He also is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Among many national and international awards that he has received includes the E.V McCollum distinguished investigator award from the American Society of Nutrition, the Sir David Cuthbertson Medal and lectureship and Honorary Membership of the European Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, and Honorary Doctorate and Adjunct Professorship by the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Takeda Lectureship from Japanese Geriatric Society. He served as the Editor-in-chief of Diabetes, the American Diabetes Association’s flagship journal from 2011 to 2016.

Dr. Nair’s research has originally reported that critical regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis and function depends on insulin and how insulin deficiency and insulin resistance cause dysregulation of mitochondrial function resulting in reduced ATP production and increased oxidative stress in tissues such as skeletal muscle and brain. His recent research links these altered mitochondrial abnormalities and consequently altered proteostasis to many chronic complications of diabetes including a higher prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. He has been continuously funded by the National Institute of Health for more than three decades. He has published a total of 324 papers with 20,000 citations and a hi-index of 78.