Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, PhD, is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, and Division Chief and Fellowship Program Director of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY. She is also the Medical Director of the Clinical Research Unit and Medical Director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at Upstate Medical University. She graduated from Smith College summa cum laude with Highest Honors in the Biological Sciences, and received her MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and her PhD degree in the Department of Human Genetics and Development at Columbia University. Her training in Internal Medicine was at the Presbyterian Hospital in NYC, and fellowship training in Endocrinology and Metabolism was at the Presbyterian Hospital in NYC and Upstate Medical University. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology and Metabolism. Her research focuses on the study of new approaches for the prevention and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications. This work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and multiple industry sponsors and not-for-profit organizations. She has >140 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Weinstock is a member of numerous professions organizations, including the American College of Physicians (fellow), the American Diabetes Association, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (fellow), the Endocrine Society and others. She has served on review panels for NIDDK, on the National Board of Directors and numerous committees of the American Diabetes Association, as Associate Editor of Diabetes Care and Section Editor for Endocrinology for the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, on national committees for the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as on other national, regional and local committees and task forces related to diabetes research and improving diabetes care.