Alexandra Dumitrescu, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Dr. Dumitrescu is a specialist in adult endocrinology. She is the recipient of numerous research grants, is widely published and has contributed to several leading textbooks on thyroid diseases. She is frequently invited to present her work at national and international conferences.

Research interests:

Identifying inherited genetic mutations that may cause thyroid diseases and metabolic disorders

Clinical interests:

• Endocrinology
• Thyroidology
• Inherited thyroid diseases
• Genetic syndromes

Selected publications:

• Nature Genetics
• American Journal of Human Genetics
• Endocrinology
• Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism