Alexander A. Soukas MD PhD
Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism, Obesity
Associate Professor of Medicine, Diabetes Unit, Endocrine Division, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
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185 Cambridge Street, CPZN 6224Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-726-8722
Fax+1 617-724-8534
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Education & Training
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 2005 - 2008
Mass General Brigham/Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2005
Weill Cornell MedicineClass of 2003
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2026
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- American Society for Clinical Investigation, Selected Member American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2020
- Weissman Family MGH Research Scholar Massachusetts General Hospital, 2018
- Glenn Award for Research in the Biological Mechanisms of Aging Glenn Foundation, 2017
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Clinical Trials
- Dietary Intake of Tryptophan and Metformin Response Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsThe direct targets of metformin in diabetes and beyond.Luxia Yao, Lei Wang, Runshuai Zhang, Alexander A Soukas, Lianfeng Wu
Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2025-04-01 - The nuclear pore complex connects energy sensing to transcriptional plasticity in longevity.Yifei Zhou, Fasih M Ahsan, Alexander A Soukas
Biorxiv. 2025-02-17 - Corrigendum to "A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial of 8-week intranasal oxytocin administration in adults with obesity: Rationale, study des...Marie-Louis Wronski, Franziska Plessow, Liya Kerem, Elisa Asanza, Michelle L O'Donoghue
Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2024-05-01
Press Mentions
Mitochondrial Permeability Plays a Key Role in Aging, Recovery from Ischemic InjuryApril 4th, 2019
On the Brink of a Cancer BreakthroughJuly 6th, 2017
How Diabetes Drug Metformin Prevents, Suppresses Cancer GrowthDecember 16th, 2016- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (BADERC)MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2023–2028
- Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (BADERC)MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2023–2028
- Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (BADERC)MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2023–2028
- Mitochondrial action of metformin in aging and longevityMASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL2020–2025
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