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Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, MD

CWR
Endocrinology
Contact Information
Office:   CL-0730
Phone:   617-735-3289
Fax:   617-735-3323
Email:   emaratos@bidmc.harvard.edu
Address:    330 Brookline Ave; CL-0730
 Boston, MA 02215
Advanced Degree And Training
Year Institution Area or Rank
1976 Mount Sinai School of Medicine Medicine
1976 George Washington University Hospital Resident in Medicine
1978 Beth Israel Hospital Resident in Medicine
1979 Harvard School of Public Health Research Fellow
1981 Joslin Diabetes Center Fellow
1984 Joslin Diabetes Center Instructor
1987 Joslin Diabetes Center Assistant Professor
1999 Joslin Diabetes Center Associate Professor
2001 Affiliate Neuroscience Faculty Member
2004 BIDMC Associate Professor
2005 Peabody Society -- HMS Associate Master
Research Lab Team Members
   Joanne Dushay MD      
Areas of Interest
2 Metabolic 3 Neuroscience    
Major Research Theme
1 -- Regulation of Energy Homeostasis: Role of the hypothalamus, particularly melanin concentrating hormone (MCH) in regulating energy balance
                                                         Role of striatum in energy balance and integrating peripheral & hypothalamic signals in regulate
2 -- Effect of diet on energy balance: this includes the physiologic effects of ketogenic diets on metabolism and physiology.
3 -- Use of ketogenic diet model in drug discovery: evaluating the role of FGF21 on lipid metabolism
External Recognition
1972 - Phi Beta Kappa
1980 - Postdoctoral Fellowship, American Cancer Society
1981-1982 Mary K. Iacocca Research Fellowship, Joslin Diabetes Center
1998, 2002 Merck Senior Fellows Award to Maratos-Flier's Fellows
1999-2002 Endocrine Society - Annual Meeting Steering Committee
2002 to  -  Ad Hoc Reviewer, Special Study Section /NPSA/NIH
2002-2007 - Associate Editor, Obesity Research
2003 - Association of American Physicians (AAP)
2004 - present Associate Master, Peabody Society, Harvard Medical School
2006 - Course director HMS 511.1, Role of Discovery in Medicine (required course for first year medical students)
2006 - Organizer of 2007 Keystone Symposium on Obesity
2011 - Distinguished Alumni Award, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Major Collaborative Activities
Director, Office for Academic Careers and Faculty Development.
Investigator's Lab Web Site
Research Lab URL     None listed
Harvard Catalyst Site:     Maratos-Flier Harvard Catalyst Web Site