LesterBarrySalansMD
Internal Medicine • New York, NYClinical Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Office
965 5th Ave # 5c
New York, NY 10021Phone+1 212-348-6306
Education & Training
Rockefeller University HospitalChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 1967 - 1968- Rockefeller University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 1964 - 1967
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1961 - 1963- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1961 - 1962
University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1961
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1962 - Present
NY State Medical License 1965 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1978 - 1985
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Alumnus of the Year University of Illinois College of Medicine, 2016
- Charles Best Award American Diabetes Association, 1985
- Fellow American College of Physicians, 1983
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 211 citationsStudies of Human Adipose Tissue. Adipose Cell Size and Number in Nonobese and Obese PatientsL B Salans, Samuel W. Cushman, Rodger E. Weismann
The Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1973-04-01 - 369 citationsInsulin-stimulated translocation of glucose transporters in the isolated rat adipose cells: characterization of subcellular fractions.Ian A. Simpson, Dena R. Yver, P J Hissin, L. J. Wardzala, Eddy Karnieli
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. 1983-12-19 - 25 citationsSpontaneous and experimental human obesity: effects of diet and adipose cell size on lipolysis and lipogenesis.George A. Bray, J.A. Glennon, L.B. Salans, Edward S. Horton, Elliot Danforth
Metabolism. 1977-07-01
Press Mentions
Fat Cells and Gut BugsAugust 17th, 2017
Study Finds That Fat Cells Die and Are ReplacedMay 5th, 2008
Study Finds That Fat Cells Die and Are ReplacedMay 5th, 2008
Grant Support
- NumerousNIH1968–1976
Committees
- Chair, Member, Numerous 1968 - 2005
Research History
- Professor, Associate and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Research FellowClinical and basic research on diabetes mellitus and obesity1962 - 2015
- Director, National Insitute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive Diseases and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health1980 - 1985
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
Industry Relationships
- Vice President, Research, Sandoz, Novartis1986 - 1997
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