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Leigh Perreault, M.D.,  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Upon graduation from medical school, Dr. Perreault moved from California to Colorado in the spring of 1996.  She completed her residency in Internal Medicine, as well as her fellowship in Endocrinology, at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC), Denver, CO.  Currently, she is dual board-certified in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, and sees patients in a general Endocrinology clinic every Wednesday afternoon on the University Hospital Fitzsimmons Campus.  Dr. Perreault’s research interests lie in the area of gender differences in fuel metabolism and how such differences may dictate gender differences in the pathophysiology of metabolic diseases, such as diabetes.  Research to date has involved the use of exercise testing, indirect calorimetry, tissue biopsies, and stable isotope methodology.  In May 2002, Dr. Perreault was recruited as the Medical Director of the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) Satellite at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CU-Boulder), CO.  In this capacity she oversees all human subject protections and interacts directly with the regulatory agencies which govern such protections, such as the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Health and Human Services.  In addition, she acts as a scientific and medical consultant to both investigators and staff of the GCRC Satellite, and mentors graduate students.  She is a member of the American Diabetes Association and the Endocrine Society.

Selected Publications

  • Perreault L, Lavely JM, Bergman BC, Horton TJ. Gender differences in insulin action after a single bout of exercise. J Appl Physiol. 2004 Sep;97(3):1013-21. PUBMED

  • Perreault L, Lavely JM, Kittelson JM, Horton TJ. Gender differences in lipoprotein lipase activity after acute exercise. Obes Res. 2004 Feb;12(2):241-9. PUBMED

  • Dean TM, Perreault L, Mazzeo RS, Horton TJ. No effect of menstrual cycle phase on lactate threshold. J Appl Physiol. 2003 Dec;95(6):2537-43. PUBMED

  • Perreault L.  Cushing's disease from thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma: Case report and literature review.  The Endocrinologist, 12: 285-288, 2002.

  • Perreault L.  European Association for the Study of Diabetes Meeting (Glasgow, Scotland 2001): Correspondence on three symposia, Resident & Staff Physician, 3-8, March 2002.