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Vivian Andrew Fonseca

Vivian Andrew Fonseca MBBS, MD, MRCP, FRCP

Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Internal Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

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Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP, is a Professor of Medicine, the Tullis–Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes, and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), and the Board of Trustees of the American College of Endocrinology. He is a past President for Science and Medicine of the American Diabetes Association (2012), and has held a leadership role and served on various committees in several other organizations including the American Diabetes Association, the American College of Endocrinology and the American Board of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Fonseca is a fellow of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, the Royal College of Physicians (London), and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Fonseca has served on and been chairman of the Clinical Practice Committee of the American Diabetes Association, the ADA Disaster Task Force, the ADA Strategic Planning Committee and the joint ADA/ACC “Make the Link” Program. He has played a significant role in developing guidelines for treating diabetes (ADA and AACE), managing chronic disease and clinical trials after a natural disaster and drawing attention to the global epidemic of diabetes, particularly in Asia.
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