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

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 at 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 Health Sciences Center in Denver, CO which he completed in 1999. Dr. Cornier has also been on staff at Denver Health Medical Center in Denver, CO since 1999 as a clinical endocrinologist. In addition, he has completed a postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Science at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in 2001 and has been a faculty member of the Centers for Obesity Research and Education (CORE).

Dr. Cornier's primary research interest is in studying the metabolic and behavioral adaptations to short-term overnutrition in “obese resistant” and “obese prone” individuals. In other words, trying to understand how certain individuals stay lean in an environment that promotes weight gain and obesity. He has also been interested in ethanol metabolism

Selected Publications

  • Cornier MA, Bergman BC, Bessesen DH. The Effects of Short-Term Overfeeding on Insulin Action in Lean and Reduced-Obese Individuals. Metabolism, 55:1207-1214, 2006. PUBMED

  • Cornier MA, Bessesen DH, Gurevich I, Leitner JW, Draznin B. Nutritional Up-regulation of p85α Expression is an Early Molecular Manifestation of Insulin Resistance. Diabetologia, 49:748-754, 2006. PUBMED

  • Cornier MA. Obesity and Diabetes. Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes, 12 :260-266, 2005.

  • Cornier MA. Should I be making an effort to diagnose metabolic syndrome in my patients and if so, why? Ask OM; Clinical Q & A, Obesity Management, 1:105-106, 2005.

  • Cornier, MA, Donahoo WT, Pereira R, Gurevich I, Westergren R, Enerback S, Eckel PJ, Goalstone ML, Hill JO, Eckel RH, Draznin B. Insulin Sensitivity Determines the Effectiveness of Macronutrient Composition of the Hypocaloric Diet on Weight Loss in Obese Women. Obesity Research, 13:703-709, 2005. PUBMED

  • Cornier MA. Disposal of Ethanol Carbons, Comprehensive Handbook of Alcohol Related Pathology, Volume 1. Academic Press, 2005.