The Faculty

Harold E. Carlson, MD

Clinical Interests:  Neuroendocrinology; thyroid disorders; gynecomastia.

Research:  Etiology of gynecomastia; thyroid hormone pharmacokinetics.

Training:
Medical School: Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, 1964-1968
Residency: Ward Medicine, Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, MO, 1968-1970.
Clinical Associate, Clinical Endocrinology Branch, NIAMD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1970-1972.
Fellowship in Metabolism, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1972-1974.

Professional Appointments:
Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 1985.
Associate and Full Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, 1982-1985.
Assistant and Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California-Los Angeles, 1974-1982.

Marina M. Charitou, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Thyroid sonography; thyroid nodules; women's health

Training:
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 1997-2001.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 2001-2004.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, 2004-2006.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine. Faculty member since 2007.
Instructor in Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 2006-2007.

Marie C. Gelato, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical Research Education Training program (K30 program)

Clinical Interests:  Neuroendocrinology; adrenal, thyroid and ovarian disorders.

Research:  Molecular pathogenesis of HIV lipodystrophy; anabolic actions of growth hormone.

Training:
Ph.D. in physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975.
Medical School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1975-1979.
Residency: Internal Medicine, Dartmouth Mary Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, 1979-1981, and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Rutgers University, 1981-1982.
Fellowship in Endocrinology: Developmental Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1982-1985.

Professional Appointments:
Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Faculty member since 1987.
Program Director, General Clinical Research Center, SUNY-Stony Brook.
Senior Staff Fellow, Metabolism Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1985-1987.

Anoop Kapoor, MD

Clinical Interests: Thyroid; metabolic bone disease.

Research: Treatment of osteoporosis.

Training:
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of New Delhi, India, 1971.
Residency: Rotating and Internal Medicine Residencies, New Delhi, India, 1972-1976;
Mt. Sinai Hospital of Queens, Elmhurst, NY, 1976-1977.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, Nassau County Medical Center, East Meadow, NY, 1977-1979.

Professional Appointments:
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Faculty member since 1979.
Chief, Endocrinology Section, Northport VAMC, Northport, NY.

Igor Kravets, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests:  diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, general endocrinology.

Research:  diabetes mellitus, neuroendocrinology.

Training:
Medical School:  SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY  1997-2001.
Residency:  Internal Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 2001-2004.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook University Hospital, 2005-2007.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Full-time faculty member since 2008.
Instructor of Clinical Investigation, Rockefeller University, 2007-2008
Attending Physician, Hospitalist Service, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, 2004-2005.

Harmeet Singh Narula, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Clinical Interests:  Diabetes mellitus; thyroid cancer; diseases of the parathyroid; endocrine disorders during pregnancy; inpatient diabetes management.

Research:  Thyroid cancer; inpatient diabetes management.

Training:
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, University of New Delhi, India, 1992-1998.
Residency: Internal Medicine, SUNY-Stony Brook University Hospital, 1998-2001.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2001-2003.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Full-time faculty member since 2005.
Private practice of endocrinology, Stony Brook, NY, 2003-2005.

Steven P. Weitzman, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine 

Clinical Interests:  Thyroid, parathyroid, lipid and adrenal disorders. 

Research:  Thyroid. 

Training:
Medical School:  SUNY- University at Buffalo School of Medicine, 1998-2002.
Residency:  Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2002-2005.
Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 2005-2006.
Fellowship in Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2006-2008.

Professional Appointments:
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Full-time faculty member since 2008.

Research:  Molecular pathogenesis of HIV lipodystrophy and obesity..

Training:
Ph.D. in Biochemistry/Physiology, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY, 1986.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Cell Biology and Genetics, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY, 1986-1989.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1989-1990.
Postdoctoral research associate, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1990-1997.

Professional Appointments:
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine.  Faculty member since 1998.
Research scientist, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, SUNY-Stony Brook, 1997-1998.