Dr. Ruth Weinstock

Ruth S. Weinstock, MD, PhD, is SUNY Distinguished Service Professor and Division Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse NY.  She is also the Medical Director of the Clinical Research Unit and Medical Director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at Upstate Medical University, and served as the American Diabetes Association 2021 President, Medicine and Science.    She received the SUNY Research Foundation Award Honoring Research in Science, Engineering and Medicine, the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, the American Diabetes Association Outstanding Physician-Clinician Award, and the Samuel Elchoid II Memorial Award for Contributions in Diabetes from the American College of Physicians. 

Her research over the past 30 years has focused on the study of new approaches for the prevention and management of diabetes mellitus and its complications.  She has >200 publications, has served as Associate Editor of Diabetes Care and Section Editor for Endocrinology for the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, on the editorial board of Endocrinology, on national committees for the Department of Veterans Affairs, as well as on numerous other national, regional and local committees and task forces related to diabetes research and improving diabetes care.  Dr. Weinstock graduated from Smith College summa cum laude with Highest Honors in the Biological Sciences, and received her MD and PhD degrees from Columbia University.