Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Assistant in Endocrinology, Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Investigator, Center for Human Genetic Research and Broad Institute
Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D. graduated from the combined B.A./M.S. Honors Program at Northwestern University in Chicago and then entered the Medical Scientist Training Program at Northwestern. Upon obtaining his M.D./Ph.D. degrees, Dr. Florez moved to Boston where he completed residency training in internal medicine and a fellowship in endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. During his post-doctoral work he joined Dr. David Altshuler to investigate the genetics of type 2 diabetes, with particular attention to genes that encode hypoglycemic drug targets. Currently, Dr. Florez is leading a translational genetics effort in type 2 diabetes in the Center for Human Genetic Research at MGH and the Broad Institute. In addition to his research and teaching duties, he directs the MGH Down Syndrome Clinic for Adults and Adolescents, and is clinically active in the MGH Diabetes Center and in the Endocrine inpatient consult service. He is the recipient of the MGH Physician Scientist Development Award, a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award and the Christian Pueschel Memorial Award granted by the National Down Syndrome Congress.