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Office
3601 21st Ave S
Nashville, TN 37232Phone+1 615-936-7678Fax+1 615-936-0063
Summary
- Dr. Alvin Powers, an endocrinologist in Nashville, TN, is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, completed a residency in internal medicine at Duke and an endocrinology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been in practice for 35 years. He specializes in diabetes and endocrinology. He is an experienced endocrinologist (adult), physician-scientist, and educator. He has more than 200 publications and has had leadership positions in national and international organizations related to diabetes and endocrinology.
Education & Training
- Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1986 - 1987
- Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
- Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1979 - 1982
- University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
- TN State Medical License 1988 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2023
- President, Medicine and Society American Diabetes Association, 2017
- Board of Directors American Diabetes Association, 2014-2016
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Clinical Trials
- Multicenter Assessment of the Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsDisrupted RNA editing in beta cells mimics early-stage type 1 diabetes.Udi Ehud Knebel, Shani Peleg, Chunhua Dai, Roni Cohen-Fultheim, Sara Jonsson
Cell Metabolism. 2024-01-02 - 127 citationsα Cell Function and Gene Expression Are Compromised in Type 1 DiabetesMarcela Brissova, Rachana Haliyur, Diane C. Saunders, Shristi Shrestha, Chunhua Dai
Cell Reports. 2018-03-06 - 35 citationsβ-Cell DNA Damage Response Promotes Islet Inflammation in Type 1 DiabetesElad Horwitz, Lars Krogvold, Sophia Zhitomirsky, Avital Swisa, Maya Fischman
Diabetes. 2018-08-24
Press Mentions
- Diabetes Day Spotlights Achievements, Current InvestigationsJune 6th, 2024
- COVID-19 Can Infiltrate Insulin-Producing Cells in the Pancreas, Study SuggestsJune 1st, 2021
- Distinguished Diabetes Researcher Named 2021 Hamm Prize LaureateMay 5th, 2021
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- International Society of EndocrinologyMember
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