Richard E. Pratley MD
Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead, AdventHealth Translational Research Institute, Orlando, Florida; Medical Director, AdventHealth Diabetes Institute, Orlando, Florida; Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MarylandDr. Richard Pratley, an internationally recognized expert in diabetes, is Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead at the AdventHealth Translational Research Institute and Medical Director of the AdventHealth Diabetes Institute in Orlando, as well as Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Dr. Pratley is a principal investigator for both NIH- and pharmaceutical company–sponsored trials in diabetes and obesity. His current research interests include the prevention of diabetes, improving the care of older individuals with diabetes, developing new drugs to treat and prevent diabetes and its complications, understanding the role of the fat cell in increasing the risk for diabetes and heart disease, and investigating extracellular vesicles in inter-cellular and inter-organ cross-talk. He presents his research regularly at national and international meetings and has written over 400 peer-reviewed articles. He is a member of the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. He has served on the editorial boards of a number of high-impact journals, including Diabetes Care, The Lancet Diabetes &Endocrinology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications.
Disclosures
- Speaker fees: Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk
- Consulting fees: AbbVie; AstraZeneca; Bayer AG; Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Boehringer Ingelheim; Corcept Therapeutics; Eli Lilly; Endogenex; Gasherbrum Bio; Genprex; Getz Pharma; Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co; Intas Pharmaceuticals; Lexicon Pharmaceuticals; Lilly USA; Novo Nordisk; Pfizer; Regeneron; Rivus Pharmaceuticals, Scholar Rock; Sun Pharmaceutical Industries
- Grants: Biomea Fusion; Carmot Therapeutics; Dompé; Endogenex; Fractyl Health; Eli Lilly; Novo Nordisk; Sanofi
- Stock options: Altanine, Inc
Recent Contributions to PracticeUpdate:
- Safety and Efficacy of Exenatide Once Weekly Plus Dapagliflozin Once Daily in Type 2 Diabetes
- Hypoglycemia and Risk of Cardiovascular Events
- Contemporary Approaches to Managing Diabetes in Older Adults
- ADA 2018: Observations From the DEVOTE Trial
- ADA Scientific Sessions 2018: Recommendations From Dr. Richard Pratley
- Management of Type 1 Diabetes With a Very Low–Carbohydrate Diet
- Type 2 Diabetes Reduces Risk of Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection
- Empagliflozin Treatment Is Associated With Improved Beta-Cell Function in Type 2 Diabetes
- The Role of Age and Excess BMI in Progression to Type 1 Diabetes in Adults
- 2017 Top Stories in Diabetes: Artificially Sweetened Beverages and Associated Risks