Leonid Poretsky
Experienced in Malnutrition
Experienced in Malnutrition

Overview

Leonid Poretsky, M.D. is Chief, Division of Endocrinology; Associate Chairman for Research; Director of the Gerald J. Friedman Diabetes Institute; and the Founding Director, The Gerald J. Friedman Transgender Program for Health and Wellness all in the Department of Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City. He is also a Professor of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Dr. Poretsky was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, where he graduated from First (Pavlov) Medical Institute summa cum laude in 1977. Upon immigrating to the United States in 1979 and completing medical residency, he graduated from the endocrinology fellowship at Boston s Beth Israel Hospital (now Beth Israel/Deaconess Medical Center) and Harvard Medical School. He has authored over 100 publications and is the editor of a 1,000-page textbook entitled Principles of Diabetes Mellitus , currently in its 3rd edition. He is also the editor of Contemporary Endocrinology and co-editor of Transgender Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Approach, all published by Springer Publishing, Inc. His research interests include the relationship between energy metabolism and reproduction, endocrinological aspects of HIV infection, and clinical studies in diabetes. His research projects have been supported over the years by philanthropy, industry and government grants, including the grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the New York State Department of Health. He has served on the NIH grant review committees and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and other journals.

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https://feinstein.northwell.edu/institutes-researchers/our-researchers/leonid-poretsky-md

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Dr. Poretsky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Malnutrition. His top areas of expertise are Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Obesity, and Obesity in Children.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Malnutrition.

Graduate Institution
St. Petersburg Medical & Technical Institute
Residency
South Brooklyn Health
Specialties
Endocrinology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in NY
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine
American Board Of Internal Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Fellowships
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Hospital Affiliations
Lenox Hill Hospital
Hofstra/Northwell School Of Medicine/Nursing
Languages Spoken
English
Russian
Gender
Male

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Locations

Northwell Health Physician Partners Endocrinology at East 59th Street
110 East 59th Street, Suite 8B, New York, NY 10022

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Poretsky has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Hypoparathyroidism
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


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