Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award
Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACE, FACP
Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACE, FACP, is a graduate of Yale University (Summa Cum Laude) and of Tufts Medical School (Alpha Omega Alpha). He did his post-graduate training in psychiatry and then medicine at the Beth Israel Hospital (BIH) and his endocrinology fellowship at the Thorndike Laboratories at BIH and was appointed instructor in medicine at Harvard. He is board certified in internal medicine and in endocrinology. He went to San Diego, Calif., to create a large inpatient diabetes center and since 2000 has served as medical director of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute. Dr. Einhorn served over 20 years on the national board of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and has served as its president and as president of the American College of Endocrinology (ACE) of which he is an ongoing trustee and a founding trustee of the ACE Foundation. He proudly served on the Endocrine Society Clinical Affairs Committee and has frequently been a faculty member for ENDO annual meetings, including the Meet the Professor sessions.
Dr. Einhorn is president of Diabetes and Endocrine Associates, a private practice with his long-standing colleague, Raymond Fink, MD. He has made important contributions to the teaching program at the University of California, San Diego, where he is clinical professor of medicine. He is also advisor to six start-up biotech companies, is associate editor of the Journal of Diabetes, and is a trustee of the famed La Jolla Playhouse.
Over the years, Dr. Einhorn has become a clear clinical thought leader in endocrinology through leading consensus conferences, participating in guideline creation, innumerable CME lectures, and scientific advisory boards. Dr. Einhorn is beloved by his many devoted patients and the doctors in his community.