Dr. Cusi is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The University of Florida at Gainesville, and at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Gainesville, FL (2011-present). He completed his early medical training in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and fellowship in endocrinology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
His earlier career was at the University of San Antonio Health Science Center, Texas (1992-2011) on the role of defects in insulin secretion/insulin resistance in the development of T2DM and the role of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH) in T2DM. His current work is focused on the underlying mechanisms and new treatments for NAFLD/NASH.
Dr. Cusi has published over 200 original articles, editorials, reviews and book chapters in the fields of diabetes, obesity and liver disease. He has contributed to several guidelines in NAFLD. His basic and clinical research programs in diabetes and fatty liver disease include funding from the NIH and from industry in search of new treatments for NASH.
He received the prestigious Exemplary Teacher Award, as well as the Clinical Research Award for Outstanding Achievement, Research Discovery, and Productivity from The University of Florida (2015).
In 2020, he received the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) Jack Baskin, MD, Endocrine Teaching Award.
