June 4 at 3 pm | Guest Lecture by E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD of UCLA
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Wednesday, June 4 at 3 pm | Presented by E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Located at HMRI
686 S. Fair Oaks Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
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E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
William S. Adams Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Chair and Executive Medical Director
Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine and UCLA Health
On Wednesday, June 4, at 3 pm, Dr. Abel will present a lecture at HMRI:
Title of Lecture TBD
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor E. Dale Abel is the William S. Adams Distinguished Professor and Chair for the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine and Executive Medical Director UCLA Health. Dr. Abel graduated with Distinction from the University of the West Indies School of Medicine, obtained a DPhil from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, trained in Internal Medicine at Northwestern University, where he was chief resident and in endocrinology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical school. Dr. Abel has had a distinguished career in endocrine, metabolism and cardiovascular research. His pioneering work on glucose transport and mitochondrial metabolism launched his current research interests: molecular mechanisms responsible for cardiovascular complications of diabetes. Dr. Abel has published more than 250 peer reviewed publications in competitive journals, his work has been highly cited and has shaped much of current understanding of the metabolic mechanisms underlying heart failure, particularly in obesity and diabetes.
Dr. Abel is the recipient of numerous awards for scholarship and mentorship, including awards and endowed lectureships such as the Fred Conrad Koch Lifetime Achievement Award of the Endocrine Society, the 2018 African American Museum of Iowa History Makers Award. He is an elected member of the American Association of Physicians (AAP), the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), the American Clinical and Climatological Association (ACCA), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). He is past President of the Endocrine Society and the Association of Professors of Medicine.