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Derek LeRoith MD PhD is currently the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Diseases at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Dr. LeRoith has worked at the NIH since 1979 in the field of Endocrinology and Diabetes and rose to be Diabetes Branch at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda MD, a position he held until 2005.
His main interests have focused on the role of insulin and the insulin-like growth factors in normal physiology and disease states. In these areas he has published over 500 peer-reviewed articles and reviews in high profile journals. He is also the senior editor of a textbook on Diabetes, now in its third edition and has edited books on the insulin-like growth factors. | 