The Faculty

The Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism includes 8 full-time and 1 part-time faculty, (8 MDs and 1 PhD). Faculty have a diverse range of clinical and research interests and expertise, providing an excellent environment for fellowship training in clinical and basic laboratory endocrine investigation.

Harold E. Carlson, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Chief, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Director of Fellowship Training

Clinical Interests: Neuroendocrinology; thyroid disorders; gynecomastia.

Research: Etiology of gynecomastia; thyroid hormone pharmacokinetics.

Training:
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1964-1968
Residency: Ward Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1968-1970.
Clinical Associate, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIAMD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1970-1972.
Fellowship in Metabolism, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1972-1974.

Professional Appointments:
Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 1985.
Associate and Full Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982-1985.
Assistant and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 1974-1982.

Marina M. Charitou, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests: Thyroid sonography; thyroid nodules; women's health

Training:
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1997-2001.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 2001-2004.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 2004-2006.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 2007.
Instructor in Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006-2007.

Marie C. Gelato, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director of General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)
Director, Clinical Research Education Training program (K30 program)

Clinical Interests: Neuroendocrinology; adrenal, thyroid and ovarian disorders.

Research: Molecular pathogenesis of HIV lipodystrophy; anabolic actions of growth hormone.

Training:
Ph.D. in physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975.
Medical School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975-1979.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 1979-1981, and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers University, 1981-1982.
Fellowship in Endocrinology: Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1982-1985.

Professional Appointments:
Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 1987.
Program Director, General Clinical Research Center, SUNY-Stony Brook.
Senior Staff Fellow, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1985-1987.

Anoop Kapoor, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Chief of Endocrinology Section VAMC

Clinical Interests: Thyroid; metabolic bone disease.

Research: Treatment of osteoporosis.

Training:
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of New Delhi, India, 1971.
Residency: Rotating and Internal Medicine Residencies, New Delhi, India, 1972-1976;
Mt. Sinai Hospital of Queens, Elmhurst, NY, 1976-1977.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, 1977-1979.

Professional Appointments:
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 1979.
Chief, Endocrinology Section, Northport VAMC, Northport, NY.

Igor Kravets, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests: diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, general endocrinology.

Research: diabetes mellitus, neuroendocrinology.

Training:
Medical School: SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 1997-2001.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2001-2004.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook University Hospital, 2005-2007.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Full-time faculty member since 2008.
Instructor of Clinical Investigation, Rockefeller University, 2007-2008
Attending Physician, Hospitalist Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2004-2005.

Irwin J. Kurland, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Diabetes mellitus.

Research: Regulation of insulin action and glucose metabolism.

Training:
Medical School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1979-1985.
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1986-1988.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1991-1992.
Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, 1985-1992.

Professional Appointments:
Associate Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 2004.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 1995-2004.

Harmeet Singh Narula, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests: Diabetes mellitus; thyroid cancer; diseases of the parathyroid; endocrine disorders during pregnancy; inpatient diabetes management.

Research: Thyroid cancer; inpatient diabetes management.

Training:
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of New Delhi, India, 1992-1998.
Residency: Internal Medicine, SUNY-Stony Brook University Hospital, 1998-2001.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2001-2003.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Full-time faculty member since 2005.
Private practice of endocrinology, Stony Brook, NY, 2003-2005.

Steven P. Weitzman, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests: Thyroid, parathyroid, lipid and adrenal disorders.

Research: Thyroid.

Training:
Medical School: SUNY- University at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1998-2002.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2002-2005.
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2005-2006.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2006-2008.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Full-time faculty member since 2008.

Dennis Mynarcik, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

Research: Molecular pathogenesis of HIV lipodystrophy and obesity..

Training:
Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Physiology, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY, 1986.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Cell Biology and Genetics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, 1986-1989.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1989-1990.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1990-1997.

Professional Appointments:
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 1998.
Research scientist, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1997-1998.

In addition of full-time faculty listed above, there are a number of individuals who participate actively in conferences, collaborate in research activities and contribute to the academic vitality of the Division.

Thomas A. Wilson, MD, Andrew Lane, MD and Mireya Garcia, MD of the Pediatric Endocrinology and Juvenile Diabetes Unit.

Richard A. Bronson, MD and Michael Lydic, MD of the Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Division in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Raphael P. Davis, MD of the Department of Neurosurgery participates in the neuroendocrinology program.

Clinical Faculty:

Sherry K. Sussman, MD, David Kugler, DO and Michael Shanik, MD
Drs. Sussman, Kugler and Shanik are in private practice in the area. Dr. Sussman is a 2001 graduate, and Dr. Kugler a 1987 graduate of the Endocrinology fellowship program at Stony Brook. Dr. Shanik completed his Endocrinology fellowship at North Shore/Long Island Jewish Health System in 2007.

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