Alyson Myers, MD

Alyson K. Myers, MD, is an Associate Professor and the Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Medicine at Montefiore/Albert Einstein in the Bronx. She is also an adjunct Associate Professor at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, where she also served as the medical director of inpatient diabetes for North Shore University Hospital from 2013–21. Dr. Myers attended the University of Virginia where she majored in French and minored in Chemistry. After college, she returned home to Queens, NY to teach junior high school math and science. A year later, she attended SUNY Downstate for medical school, where she was the four-year recipient of the President’s Award Scholarship. She completed a five-year combined Internal Medicine/Psychiatry Residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL. During her fourth year, she was chief resident. After residency, she completed an endocrinology fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern. During the fellowship, she received a T32 training grant in mood disorders and diabetes under the mentorship of Dr. Madhukar Trivedi.

In 2022, she was co-awarded a Center for Diabetes Translational Research grant to further examine and improve the health outcomes of persons with Diabetic Foot Ulcers. Her goal is to lower the high rate of amputations of Black and Brown persons with diabetes in the Bronx by using multidisciplinary care and limb salvage techniques. Dr. Myers has several publications on the topics of diabetes disparities and diabetes technology. She has been a long-time reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology and Diabetes Care. In 2023, she was the editor of Diabetes and COVID-19. Also, she is an active member of the Endocrine Society as an abstract reviewer, a member of the Publications committee, and a co-lead for the ExCEL Program, which provides leadership training for endocrine fellows and early career attendings. Dr. Myers has served two terms on the American Board of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.