Jeffrey S. Flier MD has served as a member of our board
of directors since October 2016. Since August 2016, Dr.
Flier has served as the Higginson Professor of
Physiology and Medicine and Harvard University
Distinguished Service Professor, and from 2007 to August
2016 served as the twenty-first Dean of the Faculty of
Medicine at Harvard University. Previously, from 2002 to
2007, Dr. Flier served as Chief Academic Officer of Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center and served as Harvard
Medical School Faculty Dean for Academic Programs. An
elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and a
fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, his
many honors include the Eli Lilly Award of the American
Diabetes Association, and the Berson Lecture of the
American Physiological Society. He was the recipient of
the 2005 Banting Medal from the American Diabetes
Association, its highest scientific honor. Dr. Flier
received his BS from City College of New York and his MD
from Mount Sinai School of Medicine with highest
academic honors, and he completed his residency training
at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Jeffrey Flier, MD
Higginson Professor of Physiology and Medicine and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor; Former Dean of Harvard Medical School