Mitchell Lazar

Who is Mitchell Lazar?

Mitchell Lazar is an endocrinologist and physician-scientist widely known for his discovery of the hormone resistin and his contributions to the transcriptional regulation of metabolism.

Dr. Mitchell Lazar is the Sylvan Eisman Professor of Medicine and Genetics, the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, and the Director of the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Lazar graduated from Syosset High School, and after just three years received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, then received a PhD in Neurosciences and an MD from Stanford University. He trained in Internal Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and in Endocrinology at the Massachusetts General Hospital before joining the University of Pennsylvania faculty in 1989.

Dr. Lazar's research focus is on the epigenomic regulation of gene expression and metabolism. He is particularly interested in nuclear receptors, which are master regulators of metabolism. Dr.