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Mark Nanes MD/PhD

  • Department of Medicine
    Professor Emeritus
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Overview

Dr. Mark Nanes is professor of medicine at Emory University. Dr. Nanes received a BA at Clark University and PhD, MD at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. His graduate work in reproductive endocrinology focused on prolactin regulation of corpus luteum function in the laboratory of Dr. Irving Rothchild and later the study of extra renal production of vitamin D 1-alpha hydroxylase in decidual tissue and placenta. Dr. Nanes completed his internal medicine residency at University Hospitals, Case Western Reserve University. Following residency, Dr. Nanes trained in Endocrinology as a medical staff fellow in the Metabolic Diseases Branch at the National Institutes of Health. He worked with Dr. Stephen Marx and developed an interest in the pathophysiology of inflammatory cytokines in skeletal disorders.

Dr. Nanes joined the faculty at Emory University in 1988. He was program director of the Emory Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program. At the VA Medical Center, Dr. Nanes served as chief of the Endocrine Section and assistant chief of Subspecialty Medicine prior to his appointment as Chief of Medicine. Dr. Nanes stepped down from his position as Chief of Medicine at the VA in 2016.

Dr. Nanes has served as a member of the NIH Skeletal Biology Structure and Regeneration Study Section and the Department of Veterans Affairs Merit Review Board in Endocrinology. He is a past editorial board member for Endocrinology and the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and is an ad hoc reviewer for a variety of endocrinology and bone journals. Dr. Nanes research focuses on the inflammatory cytokine TNF as a mediator of skeletal disease. TNF contributes to bone loss by targeting the differentiation, function, and lifespan of bone cells and by causing acquired resistance to vitamin D. His most recent projects evaluate cytokine modulation of signal pathways in bone cell differentiation and function. As Chief of Specialty Medicine at the VA Medical Center, Dr. Nanes faces the challenge of delivering quality care to a burgeoning patient population, the expansion of subspecialty services, enhancement of the Emory Medical residency program, and establishing a new VA dual affiliation with both Emory and Morehouse Schools of Medicine.

Academic Appointment

  • Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Case Western Reserve University
  • AB from Clark University
  • PhD from Case Western Reserve University

Research

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