JamesVHennesseyMD
Endocrinology • Boston, MAThyroid
Associate Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Office
330 Brookline Ave.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA 02215Phone+1 617-667-9344Fax+1 617-667-7060- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- James V. Hennessey is currently Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard medical School and Director of Clinical Endocrinology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston MA. He completed subspecialty training in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center where he conducted research in thyroxine bioequivalence. He served as the Chief of Endocrinology at U.S.A.F. Medical Center Wright-Patterson in Ohio and later joined the faculty of Wright State University School of Medicine as Director of Clinical Clerkships. He later served again at Wright-Patterson Medical Center during Operation Desert Storm. He completed his Air Force career as State Surgeon of the Rhode Island National Guard. He was Associate Director for Clinical Education in the Division of Endocrinology and Associate Professor of Medicine at Brown Medical School in Providence Rhode Island prior to his move to Boston. A focus of Dr. Hennessey’s career has been the clinical education of Students, Residents and Fellows in Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is an active member of the AACE, ATA, The Endocrine Society and The American College of Physicians and is a former Governor of the Rhode Island Chapter of the ACP.
Education & Training
National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1983 - 1985
University of Connecticut (New Britain)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1978 - 1981
Karl-Franzens University of Graz Faculty of MedicineClass of 1977
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2007 - 2029- MA State Medical License 2007 - 2026
CT State Medical License 1980 - 2025
RI State Medical License 1993 - 2008
OH State Medical License 1988 - 1994- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Levothyroxine Monotherapy: What Works Better for the Individual With Hypothyroidism?James V Hennessey> ;Endocrine Practice. 2023 Jul 1
- Comparative Effectiveness of Persistent Use of a Name-Brand Levothyroxine (Synthroid®) vs. Persistent Use of Generic Levothyroxine on TSH Goal Achievement: A Retrospec...Liya Wang, Yaozhu J Chen, Michael Grabner, Bal Nepal, Amit Bodhani, Ramon Espaillat, James V Hennessey> ;Advances in Therapy. 2022 Jan 1
- 6 citationsThyroid testing paradigm switch from thyrotropin to thyroid hormones: Future directions and opportunities in clinical medicine and researchStephen P. Fitzgerald, Nigel G. Bean, James V. Hennessey, Henrik Falhammar> ;Endocrine. 2021 Aug 27
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Press Mentions
Stopping Levothyroxine in Subclinical Hypothyroidism Safe, FeasibleOctober 24th, 2022
Thyroid Hormone Therapy: Past, Present, and FutureOctober 15th, 2019
What's the Best Treatment for Graves' Disease?April 8th, 2019- Join now to see all
Professional Memberships
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Other Languages
- German
Hospital Affiliations
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterBoston, Massachusetts- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-NeedhamNeedham, Massachusetts
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