Dr. Patti is a physician-scientist and adult endocrinologist at Joslin Diabetes Center, Director of the Hypoglycemia Clinic, and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.  Her NIH-funded laboratory studies focus on identification of molecular and epigenetic mechanisms by which environmental/nutritional factors during early life confer metabolic disease risk in later life and in subsequent generations.  Clinical/translational studies focus on the intestine as a mediator of systemic glucose metabolism, and novel approaches to treatment of post-bariatric hypoglycemia.  

Dr. Patti received her MD from Jefferson Medical College magna cum laude, internal medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh, and endocrinology fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Numerous leadership roles include organizer of a diabetes-focused Keystone Symposium, chair of ADA Scientific Sessions Planning Committee and Research Policy Committee, and NIH study section membership.  She was elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation, Association of American Physicians, and to Fellowship in both American College of Physicians and Obesity Society.