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Marc-Andre Cornier, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Department/Division:
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes

Contact information:
Office Location: Davis Pavilion Rm 341N, Denver Health Medical Center
Phone number: (303)436-7425
email: MCornier@dhha.org

Area of Research:
Dr. Cornier's primary research interest is in studying the adaptations (metabolic, behavioral) to overnutrition in obese resistant and obese prone individuals.

Educational/Professional Background:
Dr. Cornier has been on faculty at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO as an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes since 2001. Prior to that he received his undergraduate education Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN where he received a bachelor of science in Biomedical Engineering in 1987. He then attended the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, GA where he received his medical degree in 1992. He went on to do his medical internship and residency at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, DC with the Department of Internal Medicine from 1992 to 1995. He followed this with a fellowship in endocrinology at the University of Colorado Denver in Denver, CO which he completed in 1999. Dr. Cornier has also been on staff at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, CO since 2001 as a clinical endocrinologist. In addition, he has completed a postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Science at the University of Colorado Denver in 2001 and has been a faculty member of the Centers for Obesity Research and Education (CORE) since 1999.

Grants Held (Current):

National Center for Research Resources, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, (K23 RR00192), "Post-Prandial Nutrient Partitioning in Humans" - 7/01-6/06

Publications:

  • Cornier MA, Jackman MR, Bessesen DH. Disposition of Dietary Ethanol Carbons in Rats: Effects of Gender and Nutritional Status. Metabolism, 49:379-385, 2000.
  • Cordain L, Melby CL, Hamamoto AE, O'Neill DS, Cornier MA, Barakat HA, Israel RG, Hill JO. Influence of Moderate, Chronic Wine Consumption on Insulin Sensitivity and Other Correlates of Syndrome X in Moderately Obese Women. Metabolism, 49:1473-8, 2000.
  • Cornier MA, Gayles, EC, Bessesen DH. The Effects of Chronic Ethanol Consumption on Energy Balance in Rats. Metabolism, 51:787-91, 2002.
  • Rozwadowski J, Cornier MA. Hypercalcemic Crisis, Critical Care Secrets, 3rd edition. Hanley & Belfus, in print.
  • Cornier MA, Tate CW, Grunwald GK, Bessesen DH. The Relationships Between Waist Circumference, Body Mass Index and Costs of Medical Care. Obesity Research, in print.

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