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Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

David M. Nathan is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on areas within medicine, with a significant concentration on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their work also covers genetics, surgery, physiology, and family practice as related subfields.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the study of diabetes and associated disorders, with main topics including diabetes management and research, diabetes treatment and management, pancreatic function and diabetes, diet and metabolism studies, diabetes cardiovascular risks and lipoproteins, and diabetes management and education.

Frequent publication venues used by David M. Nathan include:

  • Diabetes Care
  • Diabetes
  • Clinical Chemistry
  • Diabetologia
  • JAMA Network Open

They have authored several notable papers, including:

  • Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus, 2023, Diabetes Care
  • Understanding Metabolic Memory: The Prolonged Influence of Glycemia During the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) on Future Risks of Complications During the Study of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC), 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Guidelines and Recommendations for Laboratory Analysis in the Diagnosis and Management of Diabetes Mellitus, 2023, Clinical Chemistry
  • Realising the long-term promise of insulin therapy: the DCCT/EDIC study, 2021, Diabetologia
  • The Beneficial Effects of Earlier Versus Later Implementation of Intensive Therapy in Type 1 Diabetes, 2021, Diabetes Care

Frequent co-authors collaborating with David M. Nathan include:

  • John M. Lachin
  • Ionut Bebu
  • Barbara H. Braffett
  • Gayle M. Lorenzi
  • Bernard Zinman

Among the recognitions received, David M. Nathan is a member of the Association of American Physicians.

Best Publications

  • The effect of intensive treatment of diabetes on the development and progression of long-term complications in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

    Diabetes Control;D M Nathan;S Genuth

  • Reduction in the incidence of type 2 diabetes with lifestyle intervention or metformin

    W. C. Knowler;E. Barrett-connor;S. E. Fowler;R. F. Hamman

  • Intensive diabetes treatment and cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes.

    David M. Nathan;Patricia A. Cleary;Jye Yu C Backlund;Saul M. Genuth

  • Medical Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy: A Consensus Statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes

    David M. Nathan;John B. Buse;Mayer B. Davidson;Ele Ferrannini

  • Follow-up report on the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus.

    Saul Genuth;K. G M M Alberti;Peter Bennett;John Buse

  • 10-year follow-up of diabetes incidence and weight loss in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study.

    William C Knowler;Sarah E Fowler;Richard F Hamman

  • International Expert Committee Report on the Role of the A1C Assay in the Diagnosis of Diabetes

    David M. Nathan;Beverly Balkau;Enzo Bonora;Knut Borch-Johnsen

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

    R. R. Wing;P. Bolin;F. L. Brancati;G. A. Bray

  • Translating the A1C Assay Into Estimated Average Glucose Values

    David M. Nathan;Judith Kuenen;Rikke Borg;Hui Zheng

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Retinopathy and nephropathy in patients with type 1 diabetes four years after a trial of intensive therapy.

    Diabetes Control;Complications Trial

  • Impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance: implications for care.

    David M. Nathan;Mayer B. Davidson;Ralph A. DeFronzo;Robert J. Heine

  • Long-term complications of diabetes mellitus

    David M. Nathan

  • Metabolic Surgery in the Treatment Algorithm for Type 2 Diabetes: a Joint Statement by International Diabetes Organizations.

    Francesco Rubino;David M Nathan;Robert H Eckel;Philip R Schauer

  • [Management of hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes: a consensus algorithm for the initiation and adjustment of therapy. (A consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes)].

    D M Nathan;J В Buse;M В Davidson;R J Heine

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Study at 30 Years: Overview

    David M. Nathan

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • Medical Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes: A Consensus Algorithm for the Initiation and Adjustment of Therapy: A Consensus Statement of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes: Response to Woo and Eizirik

    David M. Nathan

Frequent Co-Authors

James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University
John M. Lachin
John M. Lachin George Washington University
William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Steven E. Kahn
Steven E. Kahn University of Washington
Daniel E. Singer
Daniel E. Singer Harvard University
Edward S. Horton
Edward S. Horton Harvard Medical School
Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Caroline S. Fox
Caroline S. Fox MSD (United States)
James O. Hill
James O. Hill University of Alabama at Birmingham
Peter W.F. Wilson
Peter W.F. Wilson Emory University

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