Harvard University

Gail K. Adler, MD, PhD, FAHA is Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Cardiovascular Endocrinology Section in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Adler graduated from Cornell University School of Arts and Sciences, received her MD from New York University School of Medicine, her PhD from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and completed internal medical residency training at University of Virginia Hospital and endocrinology fellowship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She heads a multi-disciplinary, translational research program focusing on hormonal mechanisms of cardiovascular disease with an emphasis on the role of aldosterone and has published over 140 original research reports. She has been continuously funded by National Institute of Health (NIH) since fellowship and served on NIH study sections, editorial boards and been associate editor of highly respected journals. She chaired the recent Endocrine Society’s Guideline Development Panel on the Management of Primary Aldosteronism.

Dr. Adler is an outstanding mentor and has a long history of successfully mentoring faculty on career advancement and promotion through her roles as Chief of the Cardiovascular Endocrinology Section, Program Director of a NIH T32 training program for post-doctoral fellows, co-Chair Department of Medicine Promotions Committee, and Associate Clinical Research Center Director for BWH Center for Clinical Investigation, Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center. She held a NIH K-24 Mentoring Award for ten years and received the 2018 HMS Scholars in Medicine Excellence in Student Mentoring Award and 2025 HMS William Silen Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award. Dr. Adler is passionately committed to promoting the careers of junior faculty.