About Us
Editorial Board
Irl B.
Hirsch, MD
Endocrinologist
Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
University of Washington School of Medicine
Dr. Hirsch is a professor of medicine and holds the Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle. He graduated from medical school at the University of Missouri, performed his internal medicine training at the University of Miami and Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, and completed his endocrinology fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.
Dr. Hirsch has been interested in new technologies for the treatment of diabetes, particularly those involved in the use of insulin therapy. He has also been interested in the mechanisms of how insulin co-modulates inflammation with glucose and how this results in improvements in outcomes, particularly of hospitalized patients. The management of hyperglycemia in the hospital has been an interest of Dr. Hirsch for over 20 years. He is currently involved in numerous research studies including several involving the use of real-time glucose sensors and inhaled insulin. He is also currently an investigator in ORIGIN, ACCORD, and SEARCH For Youth in Diabetes.
Dr. Hirsch is also interested in the use of computers in diabetes data management, and how pattern recognition can be used to improve diabetes control, in addition to how glycemic variability noted on glucose meter downloads may be an independent risk for microvascular complications. He has a very active clinical practice of which 80 percent of patients have type 1 diabetes. He has authored over 100 papers including reviews of insulin in the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA, 30 editorials, numerous book chapters, and four books, written for patients and physicians. He is the past editor-in-chief of both DOC News and Clinical Diabetes, and recently completed his sixth year of the ABIM Subspecialty Board of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes.
John L.
Leahy, MD
Endocrinologist
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Unit
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Dr. Leahy is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington. He is Director of the Vermont Regional Diabetes Center and Attending Physician at the Medicine Health Care Service, both at Fletcher Allen Health Care/University of Vermont. Dr. Leahy also serves as Director of the Endocrine Fellowship Program at the university. He is board certified in internal medicine and in endocrinology and metabolism.
After earning his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Dr. Leahy completed an internship in medicine at the college. There, he subsequently underwent residency training in medicine, and completed his clinical fellowship in endocrinology and his fellowship in research.
Dr. Leahy’s research interests have included pancreatic beta cell dysfunction and insulin resistance in diabetes, and he is currently the principal investigator in studies examining the mechanisms of beta cell compensation. He also serves as a reviewer for the Metabolism Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Leahy has authored and co-authored many book chapters and articles, the latter of which have appeared in such peer-reviewed journals as Diabetes, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, and The New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, he is co-editor of Diabetes, Year Book of Endocrinology, and editor-in-chief of Insulin Therapy and Your Practice: Strategies for Improving Patient Outcomes, published by the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
Dr. Leahy is the recipient of the ADA Mentor Fellowship Award for his work as principal investigator. He is a member of various professional organizations, including the ADA, the Endocrine Society, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, among others.
Kevin A.
Peterson, MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Director of Research, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
Director, Center of Excellence in Primary Care
Associate Professor
University of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Peterson is a tenured associate professor and is the director of research in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and director of the Center of Excellence in Primary Care at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He has directed the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Research Network for 15 years and served two terms as chair of the Federation of Practice Based Research Network representing over 8,500 primary care physicians involved in practice-based research. Dr. Peterson obtained his B.A. degree from Carleton College in Northfield, MN, his M.D. degree from the Mayo Medical School in Rochester, MN, an F.R.C.S. (Ed) from the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, UK, an F.A.A.F.P. from the American Academy of Family Physicians, and his M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
He is principal investigator for the electronic Primary Care Research Network (ePCRN) sponsored by the NIH Roadmap: Re-engineering the Clinical Research Enterprise, and serves as chair of the network development group for the NIH Roadmap. He is site-principle investigator for the ACCORD Trial, a large diabetes clinical trial sponsored jointly by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI, NIH), and NIDDK. He is principal investigator of a task order contract for Primary Care-Practice Based Research Networks (PBRNs) awarded to the Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians by the AHRQ. He is the site principal investigator of the C3D Adoption project from CaBIG, NCI.
Doron
Schneider, MD, FACP
General Internist
Medical Director, Center for Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality
Abington Memorial Hospital
Dr. Schneider practices internal medicine at Abington Memorial Hospital, in Abington, PA. There he serves as Director of the Center for Patient Safety and Healthcare Quality, Deputy Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency and is a clinic preceptor, hospitalist and teacher.
Dr. Schneider received his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and completed a residency in internal medicine at New England Deaconess Hospital.
He has published and presented his research in posters, grand rounds, conferences and video. A member of the ACP Diabetes Initiative Advisory Board, Dr. Schneider is also a reviewer for ACP Diabetes Self Assessment Program, ACP Hospitalist and The Journal of Rheumatology. He also serves as national faculty for ACP Quality Net and the ACP Closing the Gap Program.
Dr. Schneider is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Association of Program Directors of Internal Medicine.
