Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Fellowship Lectureships

Dr. Louis A. Izenstein Visiting Professorship And Lectures In Diabetes, Obesity And Metabolism

Started by the Dr. Louis Izenstein’s family, upon his death in 1996, these lectures were developed by the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism to honor the memory of Dr. Izenstein. Dr. Izenstein was a pioneer and visionary, a native of Springfield that returned to the area upon finishing his training to develop an Academic Department of Medicine with the special focus on the development of high level faculty and to bring the state-of-the-art to the management of Diabetes.

A dedicated and highly regarded physician in the then Springfield Hospital, he devoted most of his clinical activities to provide comprehensive care to patients of all ages with diabetes. The Dr. & Mrs. Louis Izenstein Fund for Education & Research in Diabetes and Endocrinology is to bring an expert in the field of diabetes, metabolism or obesity, a nationally and internationally renowned figure to Baystate Medical Center. The award intends to recognize an investigator whose research has or will significantly advance the prevention or treatment of such disorders.