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Chief of the Division of Endocrinology
University of Florida
Newberry, Florida, United States
Dr. Cusi is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The University of Florida at Gainesville, and at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Gainesville, FL (2011-present). He completed his early medical training in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and fellowship in endocrinology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. His earlier career was at the University of San Antonio Health Science Center, Texas (1992-2011) was on the role of defects in insulin secretion and of insulin resistance in the development of T2DM. He later focused on the role of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH), a common complication in diabetes that we now today deserves the same screening awareness as retinopathy, nephropathy or cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Cusi has published more than 200 peer-reviewed manuscripts focusing on the underlying mechanisms of NAFLD in obesity and diabetes. He has contributed to several guidelines for the management of NAFLD. His basic and clinical research programs at the University of Florida include funding from the National Institute of Health and from industry with a focus on the mechanisms leading to NAFLD and a search for new treatments for NASH. He received from The University of Florida the prestigious Exemplary Teacher Award, as well as the Clinical Research Award for Outstanding Achievement, Research Discovery, and Productivity. In 2020, he received the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Jack Baskin, MD, Endocrine Teaching Award.
Thursday, May 4, 2023
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM