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Alberto Distefano

Physician · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

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History

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
2022–Present

Yale-New Haven Hospital
2015–2017
Ophthalmology
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2012–2015
Preliminary or Transitional Year
2011–2012
New York Medical College
2007–2011

Research

Suppression of diacylglycerol acyltransferase-2 (DGAT2), but not DGAT1, with antisense oligonucleotides reverses diet-induced hepatic steatosis and insulin resistance
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2007 · 321 citations
Continuous fat oxidation in acetyl-CoA carboxylase 2 knockout mice increases total energy expenditure, reduces fat mass, and improves insulin sensitivity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2007 · 257 citations
Paradoxical effects of increased expression of PGC-1alpha on muscle mitochondrial function and insulin-stimulated muscle glucose metabolism
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008 · 237 citations

EL
Emily Li
6 papers · 5 as a resident
Gerald Shulman
5 papers
MS
Mahsa Sohrab
5 papers · 1 as a fellow
AK
Amey Kulkarni
4 papers · 3 as a fellow
VS
Varman Samuel
3 papers
Crandall Peeler
2 papers
John Sinard
2 papers
Manishi Desai
2 papers
Nina Boal
2 papers · 1 as a resident
Ramy Rashad
2 papers · 2 as a resident
Stephen Christiansen
2 papers
AK
Aaron Kaufman
1 paper · 1 as a resident