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William V. Tamborlane Jr

William V. Tamborlane Jr MD

Pediatric Endocrinology
New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

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William V. Tamborlane, MD, received his undergraduate BS degree from Georgetown University and was also a graduate of Georgetown University School of Medicine, where he completed his residency in pediatrics before going to Yale as a postdoctoral fellow in pediatric endocrinology. His scientific accomplishments over the past 45 years have established his international reputation as one of the most highly regarded clinical scientists in childhood diabetes and related disorders. He has published more than 1,000 original articles, chapters, and reviews in the area of diabetes. Significant accomplishments have included pioneering studies in the development of insulin pump therapy, the direction of the Yale Center in the NIDDK-sponsored DCCT/EDIC and GRADE studies, and investigations of diabetes-induced defects in counterregulatory hormone responses to hypoglycemia. The prime focus of his work has been on patient-oriented studies in type 1 and type 2 diabetes and related metabolic and endocrine disorders. The hallmark of his research has been to overcome metabolic, physiologic, and psychological obstacles to the successful management of diabetes. The current research effort is focused on applying for recent advances in diabetes technology towards the development of an artificial pancreas for individuals with type 1 diabetes and the study of new treatments for childhood obesity and type 2 diabetes. He is the recipient of many awards and honors. He is frequently listed in publications of distinction, including American Men and Women of Science, The Best Doctors in America, America’s Top Doctors, and America’s Top Pediatricians. In 2006 and 2011, he was awarded the Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine Award for Excellence in Clinical Research in Type 1 Diabetes by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. he has also received the 2009 Diabetes Technology Society’s Diabetes Technology Leadership Award, the 2010 American Diabetes Association Outstanding Physician Clinician Award, the 2014 National Award for Career Achievement and Contributions to Clinical, the Translational Science by ACRT/SCTS/AFMR, the 2014 Diabetes Prize for Achievement by the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent and the 2017 American Diabetes Association award for Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Diabetes Research. He has served on the FDA’s Endocrine Advisory Board, on the National Board of Directors of the American Diabetes Association, was the first Steering Committee Chair of the Diabetes Research in Children Network, is the Founder and Chair of the Pediatric Diabetes Consortium, and former Vice Chair (for Pediatrics) of the T1D Exchange Clinic Registry. He leads a multidisciplinary team of physicians, diabetes nurse educators, dieticians, and social workers caring for over 1000 children, adolescents, and young adults with diabetes. He has also been the mentor of many young physician-scientists in their training and career development in clinical research in diabetes.