Marc Cornier

Cornier is a professor of medicine with tenure, the James A. Keating Endowed Chair in diabetes, and director of the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolic diseases at the Medical University of South Carolina. His career has focused on cardio metabolic diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and lipid disorders. He received his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt University and his medical degree from the medical college of Georgia. He completed an internal medicine residency at Georgetown university medical centre, followed by a fellowship in endocrinology, metabolism, and diabetes at the University of Colorado. He subsequently joined the faculty of the University of Colorado’s division of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes, where he worked until 2021. Since then, he has continued his work in cardio metabolic diseases, including diabetes, lipid disorders, and obesity, at the medical university of South Carolina. He is an active clinical and translational investigator whose primary research interests include body weight regulation and the evaluation of optimal interventions for weight management and metabolic health. He is also actively involved in clinical trials investigating treatments for lipid disorders, diabetes, and obesity. He has served as a volunteer and leader in several prominent health-related associations and currently serves as the immediate past president of the obesity society.