Alvin Powers MD (He/Him)

Summary

• Dr. Alvin Powers, an endocrinologist in Nashville, TN, is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine, completed a residency in internal medicine at Duke and an endocrinology fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has been in practice for 35 years. He specializes in diabetes and endocrinology. He is an experienced endocrinologist (adult), physician-scientist, and educator. He has more than 200 publications and has had leadership positions in national and international organizations related to diabetes and endocrinology.

Vanderbilt Diabetes - Vanderbilt Health Nashville, TN
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Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center
The Vanderbilt Diabetes Research and Training Center is a NIH-sponsored Diabetes Center that facilitates the discovery and translation related to diabetes.

The Powers Research Group - The laboratory of Al Powers at Vanderbilt University
The purpose of our research is to understand how glucose stimulates insulin secretion and how this is lost in diabetes