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Robert Gabbay, MD, Endocrinology, Boston, MA

RobertAGabbayMDPhD, FACP

Endocrinology • Boston, MA

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Chief Scientific and Medical Officer, American Diabetes Association Associate Professor Harvard Medical School

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Summary

  • Robert A. Gabbay, MD, PhD, FACP is Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President at Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. He has over 35 years of clinical and research experience. His research focuses on improving primary care health care delivery to enhance diabetes outcomes and patients’ experiences.

    Dr. Gabbay served as faculty chair of Pennsylvania’s statewide Chronic Care Model-focused Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) initiative (Chronic Care Initiative) involving more than 150 primary care practices with support from 17 payers. He has also worked as Principal Investigator on two AHRQ-funded PCMH projects before coming to the Joslin. The first, studied the experience of 25 practices in the first regional rollout of the Pennsylvania initiative in Southeast Pennsylvania. Dr. Gabbay was also selected to help develop state-level infrastructure for primary care transformation under AHRQ’s IMPaCT program.

    Dr. Gabbay’s focus at the Joslin Diabetes Center is to foster innovation within the walls of Joslin as well as disseminating these approaches regionally, nationally, and internationally.

Education & Training

  • New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)
    New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1990 - 1993
  • State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine
    State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 1990
  • University of Wisconsin
    University of WisconsinPhD, Biochemistry (Lardy), 1979 - 1985
  • University of Wisconsin
    University of WisconsinPhD, Biochemistry (Lardy), 1979 - 1985
  • McGill University
    McGill UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1975 - 1978
  • McGill University
    McGill UniversityBS, Biochemistry, Cum Laude, 1975 - 1978
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterFellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Certifications & Licensure

  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 1994 - 2024
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1998 - 2016
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 1991 - 2014
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly
  • CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification NextGen Ambulatory EHR, NextGen Healthcare, 2013
  • Fellow American College of Physicians, 2013
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Books/Book Chapters

  • Textbook of Diabetes 
    Chapter: The future of diabetes care 
    Gabbay, RA; Adelman, AMBlackwell Publishing2010
  • AIGF in Health and Disease in Contemporary Endocrinology 
    Chapter: IGF treatment of diabetes 
    Gabbay, RA; Moses, ACHumana Press1998
  • Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease 
    Chapter: Transmembrane signaling – a tutorial 
    Gabbay, RA; Flier JSWilliams and WilkinsEdition 9th,1998

Abstracts/Posters

  • Training for the Practice-Based Care Manager
    Gabbay RA, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Improving Patient Care Summit, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
  • A National Primary Care Extension Service in the United State
    Gabbay RA, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Improving Patient Care Summit, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
  • Collaborative Approach to Achieving NCQA Recognition Within Family Medicine Residency Practices in Pennsylvania
    Gabbay RA, North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting, Ontario, Canada, 1/1/2013
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Lectures

  • Diabetes Innovative Models of Care: Taking Back Your Practice with Innovation 
    ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/23/2019
  • Patient-Centered Diabetes Care 
    Princeton, NJ - 1/1/2014
  • IMPaCT: Infrastructure for Maintaining Primary Care Transformation 
    Washington, DC - 1/1/2014
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Press Mentions

  • To Effectively Combat Diabetes, Policymakers Must Treat Obesity like Other Diseases
    To Effectively Combat Diabetes, Policymakers Must Treat Obesity like Other DiseasesDecember 27th, 2022
  • Weight-Loss Drugs Are a Milestone for the Obese but Expose Health Inequity
    Weight-Loss Drugs Are a Milestone for the Obese but Expose Health InequityDecember 19th, 2022
  • More Aggressive Weight Loss Now Recommended for Diabetes
    More Aggressive Weight Loss Now Recommended for DiabetesDecember 15th, 2022
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Grant Support

  • PA SPREAD: PA Spreading Primary Care Enhanced Delivery InfrastructureAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2011
  • A Multi-Payer Patient Centered Medical Home Initiative In PennsylvaniaAgency For Healthcare Research And Quality2010–2011
  • Impact Of Nurse Case Management On Diabetes Co-MorbidityNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2009
  • Insulin Signaling Pathways Regulating Hepatic MetabolisNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases1996–1998

Professional Memberships

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