Integrating Lifestyle Medicine for Prediabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiometabolic Disease (ePub)

Dr. Michael Via is a clinical endocrinologist and an associate professor of medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Beth Israel Medical Center, where he is the program director of a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism. He has authored over 50 articles and chapters on topics in nutritional, biochemical, and metabolic science and their implications in health and disease. He has served as chair of the Nutrition Committee as well as the director of the metabolic support service at Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center since 2008, and has been invited as section editor of the lipids, obesity, and nutrition section of the American College of Endocrinology Self-Assessment Program.

Michael began his career studying biochemistry at Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, where his honors thesis focused on omega-3 fatty acid metabolism. He continued though medical school and training with a strong interest in metabolic health. He carries Board Certifications in Endocrinology and Metabolism as well as in Nutritional Sciences and his clinical practice, teaching, and research converge in these fields.

Dr. Mechanick is Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of The Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health at Mount Sinai Heart, and in the Cardiovascular Institute and Division of Cardiology, and Director of Metabolic Support in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He received his M.D. degree from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, completed Internal Medicine residency at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed Endocrine Fellowship at The Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Mechanick authored over 370 publications in Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition Support with 258 PubMed citations currently. He is the 2016-2017 Past President of the American College of Endocrinology, 2013-2014 Past President of the American Association of