Alan P. Farwell, MD

Clinical Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Alan Farwell, MD, Medicine/Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition, is among the country’s top senior clinician-educators in endocrinology, who specializes in thyroid disease, thyroid cancer and patient education and advocacy. He is the founding chair of the Patient Education and Advocacy Committee of the American Thyroid Association (ATA), founding chair of the ATA Alliance for Thyroid Patient Education and editor-in-chief of Clinical Thyroidology for the Patient (now Public), a monthly online journal that presents summaries of research studies written in lay language to allow the rapid dissemination of thyroid research to the widest possible audience.

Publications

  • Published 8/21/2026

    Dao J, Lalu T, Leung B, Wang B, Bodanapu G, Annesi CA, Pearce EN, Farwell AP, McAneny D, Drake FT. Limited English Proficiency and Definitive Management for Graves' Disease. J Surg Res. 2026 Oct; 326:963-968. PMID: 42628249.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 6/20/2022

    Solomon AL, Farwell AP, Pearce EN, Lee SY. Letter to the Editor: A Patient-Centered Survey-Based Assessment of Prenatal Management of Hypothyroidism for Women of Reproductive Age. Thyroid. 2022 Jul; 32(7):871-874. PMID: 35596561.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 7/14/2020

    Farwell AP. Commentary on "Long Work Hours Are Associated with Hypothyroidism: A Cross-Sectional Study with Population-Representative Data" by Lee et al. Thyroid. 2020 10; 30(10):1395-1396. PMID: 32515289.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/5/2018

    Peterson SJ, Cappola AR, Castro MR, Dayan CM, Farwell AP, Hennessey JV, Kopp PA, Ross DS, Samuels MH, Sawka AM, Taylor PN, Jonklaas J, Bianco AC. An Online Survey of Hypothyroid Patients Demonstrates Prominent Dissatisfaction. Thyroid. 2018 06; 28(6):707-721. PMID: 29620972.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 5/9/2017

    von Oettingen J, He X, Jean-Baptiste E, Altenor K, Farwell A, Braverman LE. Use of Bouillon Cubes Is a Major Source of Alleviating Iodine Deficiency in Haiti. Thyroid. 2017 06; 27(6):861-862. PMID: 28385121.

    Read at: PubMed

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Other Positions

  • Section Chief, Medicine
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • University of Massachusetts Medical School, MD
  • University of Vermont, BA

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