RobertAGabbayMDPhD, FACP

Endocrinology • Boston, MA

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association Associate Professor Harvard Medical School

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Office
Joslin Diabetes Center
1 Joslin Pl
Boston, MA 02215
Phone+1 617-309-2470

Summary

Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He has over 35 years of clinical and research experience. His research focuses on improving primary care health care delivery to enhance diabetes outcomes and patients’ experiences.

Dr. Gabbay served as faculty chair of Pennsylvania’s statewide Chronic Care Model-focused Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative (Chronic Care Initiative) involving more than 150 primary care practices with support from 17 payers. He has also worked as Principal Investigator on two AHRQ-funded PCMH projects before coming to the Joslin. The first, studied the experience of 25 practices in the first regional rollout of the Pennsylvania initiative in Southeast Pennsylvania. Dr. Gabbay was also selected to help develop state-level infrastructure for primary care transformation under AHRQ’s IMPaCT program.

Dr. Gabbay’s focus at the Joslin Diabetes Center is to foster innovation within the walls of Joslin as well as disseminating these approaches regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1990
University of WisconsinPhD, Biochemistry (Lardy), 1979 - 1985
University of WisconsinPhD, Biochemistry (Lardy), 1979 - 1985
McGill UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1975 - 1978
McGill UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1975 - 1978
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
MA State Medical License 1994 - 2026
NY State Medical License 1991 - 2026
PA State Medical License 1998 - 2016
American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly
Fellow American College of Physicians, 2013
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2013
Best Paper Award North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting 2012, 2012
Laurence M. Demers Career Development Professor Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, 2006
Outstanding Speaker Award Advances in Clinical Chemistry, Education and New Technology National Meeting, 2005
Most Outstanding Endocrinology Professor Penn State University College of Medicine, 2004
Best Doctors in America 2001
Provider Recognition for Delivery of Diabetes Care American Diabetes Association & National Committee for Quality Assurance, 2001
Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society, 1997
S.M. Babcock Fellowship in Biochemistry University of Wisconsin, 1981
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Clinical Trials

DYNAMIC Study: (Diabetes Nurse Case Management And Motivational Interviewing for Change) Start of enrollment: 2006 Aug 10
Completed
Phase 3
Program Reinforcement Impacts Self Management (PRISM) Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

31 citations
Implementing Effective Care Management in the Patient-Centered Medical Home
Catherine A Taliani, Patricia Bricker, Alan Adelman, Peter F. Cronholm, Robert A. Gabbay
The American Journal of Managed Care. 2013-12-12
65 citations
Web-based management of diabetes through glucose uploads: Has the time come for telemedicine?
Madona Azar, Robert A. Gabbay
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2009-01-01
83 citations
Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022.
Emily D Parker, Janice Lin, Troy Mahoney, Nwanneamaka Ume, Grace Yang
Diabetes Care. 2024-01-01

Books/Book Chapters

Textbook of Diabetes
Chapter: The future of diabetes care
Gabbay, RA; Adelman, AMBlackwell Publishing2010
AIGF in Health and Disease in Contemporary Endocrinology
Chapter: IGF treatment of diabetes
Gabbay, RA; Moses, ACHumana Press1998
Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
Chapter: Transmembrane signaling – a tutorial
Gabbay, RA; Flier JSWilliams and WilkinsEdition 9th,1998

Abstracts/Posters

A National Primary Care Extension Service in the United State
Gabbay RA, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Improving Patient Care Summit, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Training for the Practice-Based Care Manager
Gabbay RA, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Improving Patient Care Summit, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
Effective Care Management Implementation in the Patient Centered Medical Home
Gabbay RA, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada, 1/1/2013
Collaborative Approach to Achieving NCQA Recognition Within Family Medicine Residency Practices in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada, 1/1/2013
Statewide Multi-Payer Medical Home Initiative Improves Diabetes Quality in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, Bricker P, Manley L, Wright J, Penn State Department of Medicine Research Day, Hershey, PA, 1/1/2012
Perceived Better Practices for Getting Medical Practice Buy-in to the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
Bleser W, Miller-Day M, Naughton D, Cronholm P, Gabbay RA, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Meeting, Champaign, IL, 1/1/2012
PA SPREAD: PA Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
Bricker P, Manley L, Adelman A, Kanzleiter-Keister L, Kern T, Gabbay RA, Penn State Department of Medicine Research Day, Hershey, PA, 1/1/2012
PA SPREAD: PA Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery Infrastructure
Bricker P, Manley L, Adelman A, Kanzleiter-Keister L, Kern T, Gabbay RA, Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity Spring Research Summit, Hershey, PA, 1/1/2012
Multi-Payer Supported Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, Ebersole B, Bailit M, Wagner E, International Health Informatics Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
Perceived Better Practices for Getting Medical Practice Buy-In to the Patient Centered Medical Home
Gabbay RA, International Congress of Quality Inquiry Meeting, Champagne, IL, 1/1/2012
A Multi-Payer Supported Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
A Multi-Payer Supported Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, International Health Informatics Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2012
A Positive-Deviance Approach to Diabetes Improvement. American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Meeting
Gabbay RA, Miller-Day M, Adelman A, Bricker P, American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2012
A Positive Deviance Approach to Understanding Key Features to Achieving Clinical Improvement in the Medical Home
Gabbay RA, Friedberg M, Miller-Day M, Adelman A, Cronholm P, Schneider E, Academy Health Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2012
Qualitative Study of Facilitators/Barriers to Adoption of the Patient Centered Medical Home
Stuckey H, Huntley J, Miller-Day M, Naughton D, Bricker P, Adelman A, Schaefer E, Gabbay RA, The Sixth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign-Urbana, IL, 5/1/2011
The Importance of Patients’ Values in Type 2 Diabetes Care
LaCoe CL, Beverly EA, Scanze MA, Gabbay RA, Wray LA, Society of Behavioral Medicine 32nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC, 4/1/2011
Older Adults’ Treatment Preferences for Type 2 Diabetes Care
Beverly EA, LaCoe CL, Scanze MA, Gabbay RA, Wray LA, Society of Behavioral Medicine 32nd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions, Washington, DC, 4/1/2011
Statewide Multi-Payer Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality
Gabbay RA, Ebersole B, Bailit M, Wagner E, Endocrine Society Meeting, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
A Multi-payer Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, Miller-Day M, Adelman A, Bricker P, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Conference, Bethesda, MD, 1/1/2011
Statewide Multi-Payer Medical Home Initiative Improves Diabetes Quality in Pennsylvania
Gabbay RA, Ebersole B, Bailit M, Wagner E, Bricker P, Society for General Internal Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2011
Improving Diabetes Quality Through a Coordinated Statewide Primary Care Transformation
Gabbay RA, Ebersole B, Bailit M, Wagner E, Sixta C, Siminerio L, International Diabetes Federation Meeting, Miami, FL, 1/1/2011
Setting Self-Management Goals in Primary in Pennsylvania: Model for Patient Centeredness
Gabbay RA, Siminerio L, International Diabetes Federation Meeting, Dubai, 1/1/2011
Barriers and Facilitators to Team-Based Care in the Patient Centered Medical Home
Gabbay R, Stuckey H, Huntley J, Naughton D, Miller-Day M, Adelman A, North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1/1/2011
Statewide, Multi-Payer Supported Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality
Gabbay RA, Ebersole B, Bailit M, Wagner E, North American Primary Care Research Group Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1/1/2011
Team Based Care: Barriers and Facilitators to Its Adoption in the Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH)
Stuckey H, Huntley J, Naughton D, Miller-Day M, Gabbay RA, Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity Fall Poster Forum, University Park, PA, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

Diabetes Innovative Models of Care: Taking Back Your Practice with Innovation
ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/23/2019
Patient-Centered Diabetes Care
Princeton, NJ - 1/1/2014
IMPaCT: Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation
Washington, DC - 1/1/2014
Improving the Quality of Diabetes Care
1/1/2013
Strengthening Diabetes Care in the Primary Care System
Jakarta, Indonesia - 1/1/2013
Data Discussion, Risk Stratification, Sustaining and Spreading Changes
Hershey, PA - 1/1/2013
Identifying Best Practices for Primary Care Practice Transformation
Tucson, AZ - 1/1/2013
13th Annual Diabetes Symposium
Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania - 11/10/2012
Better Diabetes Outcomes Using a System-Based Approach
University of Salzburg, Austria - 1/1/2012
Data Review, Self-Management Support
Hershey, PA - 1/1/2012
New Models of Diabetes Care
Mexico City, Mexico - 1/1/2012
A Statewide Medical Home Learning Laboratory: Accelerating Improvement through Lessons Learned
New Orleans, LA - 1/1/2012
Getting to Goal – Practical Approaches to Diabetes Care
Springfield, MA - 1/1/2012
Quality Assurance
1/1/2012
Planned Care at Every Visit, Process Redesign, Clinical Diabetes Management
Hershey, PA - 1/1/2012
Patient Centered Medical Home and Diabetes
Detroit, MI - 1/1/2012
Reinventing Diabetes Care
Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
A Journey Towards Quality
Boston, MA - 1/1/2012
Who are the Highest Risk Patients
Millersville, PA - 1/1/2011
Incretin Therapy: Is There a Role in Treating Pre-Diabetes and Obesity Alone?
Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2011
Endocrinology Update
1/1/2011
Statewide, Multi-Payer Supported Medical Home Initiative Improves Primary Care Quality
Alberta, Canada - 1/1/2011
Clinicians Managing Clinical Inertia in Patients with Diabetes
Scranton, PA - 1/1/2010
Dealing with Clinical Inertial – Drugs, Teams and Patients
Allegheny, PA - 1/1/2010
Best Use of Resources
Allegheny, PA - 1/1/2010
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Press Mentions

Pillars of Diabetic Kidney Disease TreatmentNovember 5th, 2024
Mounjaro, Zepbound Lowers Diabetes Risk by 94%, Eli Lilly Trial ShowsAugust 22nd, 2024
How to Prepare for Power Outages if Your Health Depends on Home Medical DevicesJuly 11th, 2024
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Grant Support

PA SPREAD: PA Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery InfrastructureAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2011
A Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative In PennsylvaniaAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2010–2011
Impact Of Nurse Case Management On Diabetes Co-MorbidityNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2009
Insulin Signaling Pathways Regulating Hepatic MetabolisNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1996–1998