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John (Jack) Leahy, MD (chair)
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Professor of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
Colchester, VT
Jack Leahy, MD is Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of Vermont College of Medicine in Burlington. He is Director of the Vermont Regional Diabetes Center and an attending physician at the Medicine Health Care Service, both at Fletcher Allen Health Care/University of Vermont. After earning his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Dr. Leahy completed an internship, residency, chief residency in medicine, clinical fellowship in endocrinology, and fellowship in research at the same institution. He is board-certified in internal medicine and endocrinology and metabolism.
Dr. Leahy has authored or co-authored many book chapters and articles, the latter in such peer-reviewed journals as Diabetes, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and New England Journal of Medicine. In addition, he co-edited 2 books on the clinical care of people with diabetes, and he was Editor-in-Chief of Insulin Therapy and Your Practice: Strategies for Improving Patient Outcomes, published by the American Diabetes Association.
Dr. Leahy's research interests have included pancreatic β-cell dysfunction and insulin resistance in diabetes, and he is currently the principal investigator in studies examining the mechanisms of β-cell compensation and failure.
