David A. D'alessio MD

Dr. D’Alessio is Professor of Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine and Director of the Division of Endocrinology. He is a staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Centre where he has consultative practices in the lipid and endocrinology clinics. Dr. D’Alessio went to medical school at the University of Wisconsin, was a resident at Temple University Hospital, and did an Endocrinology fellowship at the University of Washington. He has held faculty positions at the University of Washington, University of Cincinnati, and Duke. His primary research interest is in the regulation of glucose tolerance and abnormalities that lead to type 2 diabetes. Work in his lab is directed at the interplay between circulating glucose, GI hormones, and neural signals to control insulin secretion with a primary focus on the gut peptide GLP-1 and its role in normal physiology, type 2 diabetes, and bariatric surgery. He has research funding from the NIH and VA.