Dave Harlan

As an American Board of Internal Medicine certified endocrinologist, Dave has spent his 39-year professional career practicing and promoting innovative care for people with diabetes in various capacities. He received his medical training at Duke and then spent the first 30 years in the US Navy, and later, the US Public Health Service, attaining the rank of Captain in both. While assigned at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dave conducted internationally recognized efforts exploring transplantation-based therapies for diabetes, among other things. Since 2010, he has served as Co-Director of the Diabetes Center of Excellence at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. In addition to leading this cutting-edge research program, he continues to care for patients at the UMass Memorial Medical Center.