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Marie McDonnell, MD, Endocrinology, Boston, MA

MarieE.McDonnellMD

Endocrinology Boston, MA

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Director of Diabetes, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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  • Office

    221 Longwood Ave
    suite 381
    Boston, MA 02115
    Phone+1 617-732-5666
    Fax+1 617-638-7449

Summary

  • Marie McDonnell, MD is a Boston-based endocrinologist with specialties in diabetes and obesity management. She completed her Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism fellowship in 2005 at Boston University Medical Center following her residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital from 1999 - 2003. She has numerous published works relating to diabetes, metabolism. Dr. McDonnell's clinical research area is health outcomes and implementation of scalable specialty-level diabetes care delivery services in acute and ambulatory settings, with a focus on designing and testing care models for marginalized patient populations with diabetes. She has several ongoing research efforts with local, regional and national collaborators in the areas of population science and pragmatic clinical trials. Dr. McDonnell has served on several national and international guideline committees related to diabetes care both in the inpatient and ambulatory settings, including management of perioperative glucose in the setting of cardiothoracic surgery, the pharmacological management of obesity, the care of the older adult with diabetes, and inpatient diabetes management. She also just completed her three-year term as Chair of the Endocrine Society Clinical Guidelines committee. Dr. McDonnell currently serves as the Chair of the guideline development panel for the update of the pharmacological management of obesity guideline for the Endocrine Society.

Education & Training

  • Boston University Medical Center
    Boston University Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2003 - 2005
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2003
  • Boston University School of Medicine
    Boston University School of MedicineClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

  • ME State Medical License
    ME State Medical License Current
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • RI State Medical License
    RI State Medical License 2022 - 2024
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2000 - 2004
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
    American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
  • Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Treatment of Diabetes in Older Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/23/2019
  • Guided Posters: Diabetes and Glucose Metabolism 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/24/2019

Press Mentions

  • Semaglutide’s Next Role: Enhancing Automated Insulin Delivery Outcomes
    Semaglutide’s Next Role: Enhancing Automated Insulin Delivery OutcomesJanuary 21st, 2025
  • #387: Diabetes Updates with Dr. Marie McDonnell: New Tools for the New Rules
    #387: Diabetes Updates with Dr. Marie McDonnell: New Tools for the New RulesMarch 27th, 2023
  • New Diabetes Drugs like Ozempic Are Changing How Patients Are Treated
    New Diabetes Drugs like Ozempic Are Changing How Patients Are TreatedMarch 5th, 2023
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  • Spanish