Erik K. Alexander

Erik K. Alexander (born May 18, 1971) is an American medical educator and practicing clinician. He is Vice President of Education for Brigham Health, and Harvard Medical School Associate Dean for Medical Education (BWH).[1] In 2011, he joined the board of directors of the American Thyroid Association.[2] Alexander is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS), and is the Executive Director of the Brigham Education Institute (BEI) and Undergraduate Medical Education (medical student education) at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston, Massachusetts.[3]

Alexander is co-Chairman of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Education Committee on Teaching and Education,[4] and Director of the Brigham and Women's Hospital Principal Clinical Experience.[5]

Alexander is Chief of the Thyroid Section at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[6] He is co-Chairman of the 2017 American Thyroid Association national clinical guidelines on the treatment of Thyroid Disease during Pregnancy.[7] His work investigating thyroid physiology during pregnancy has helped to define treatment paradigms designed to prevent maternal hypothyroidism and its consequences.[8]

References

1. "Erik Alexander | Harvard Catalyst Profiles | Harvard Catalyst".
2. "New ATA Leadership Announced - American Thyroid Association". Thyroid.org. 7 November 2011. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
3. bei.brighamandwomens.org (accessed August 22, 2017)
4. "BEI Education Leadership Committee – Brigham Education Institute". Bei.brighamandwomens.org. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
5. "Erik K. Alexander, MD". Meded.hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
6. "Thyroid Center Team – Brigham and Women's Hospital". Brighamandwomens.org. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
7. Alexander, Erik K.; Pearce, Elizabeth N.; Brent, Gregory A.; Brown, Rosalind S.; Chen, Herbert; Dosiou, Chrysoula; Grobman, William A.; Laurberg, Peter; Lazarus, John H.; Mandel, Susan J.; Peeters, Robin P.; Sullivan, Scott (2017). "2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and the Postpartum". Thyroid. 27 (3): 315–389. doi:10.1089/thy.2016.0457. PMC 4739132. PMID 26462967.
8. Alexander, Erik K.; Marqusee, Ellen; Lawrence, Jennifer; Jarolim, Petr; Fischer, George A.; Larsen, P. Reed (2004). "Timing and Magnitude of Increases in Levothyroxine Requirements during Pregnancy in Women with Hypothyroidism". New England Journal of Medicine. 351 (3): 241–249. doi:10.1056/nejmoa040079. PMID 15254282.