Shalender Bhasin MD

Dr. Shalender Bhasin is the Director of the Center for Clinical Investigation and of the Research Program in Men’s Health: Aging and Metabolism. He also serves as the Director of the NIA-funded Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center for Function Promoting Therapies at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received his MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi, India, residency training at Northwestern University Medical School, and fellowship training in Endocrinology and Nutrition at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Dr. Bhasin is an internationally recognized expert in human aging, clinical trials of function-promoting therapies for older adults, functional decline in aging, and testosterone biology. He chaired the Endocrine Society’s Expert Panel for the development of Guidelines for Testosterone Therapy. He is a translational researcher with over 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 130 reviews, and book chapters. Dr. Bhasin’s research has led to new applications of androgens and selective androgen receptor modulators.  His pioneering research in androgen biology and anabolic therapies for aging-associated sarcopenia has been supported by several NIH-funded grants.

Dr. Bhasin has been the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards. He has served as: Associate Editor of the JCEM; Chair of the Clinical Guidelines Committee of the Endocrine Society; Chair of the Clinical Guidelines Panel of the Endocrine Society for diagnosis and treatment of hypogonadism; and Chair of Athe merican Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology and Metabolism Board. He has been selected as one of the Best Doctors in America by Castle Connolly and by Boston Magazine. He is the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award of the Endocrine Society.