Katherine Modzelewski MD
Assistant Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
720 Harrison Ave | (617) 414-2937katherine.modzelewski@bmc.org
modzelek@bu.edu
Sections
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition & Weight Management
Biography
Katherine L. Modzelewski, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and a practicing clinical endocrinologist in the Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Weight Management at Boston Medical Center. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology at Boston Medical Center, where she serves as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency. She is also the co-director of the Inpatient Diabetes Program at Boston Medical Center. Her clinical interests include type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes technology and gender affirming care. Clinical research interests include diabetes outcomes, endocrine fellowship training in diabetes technology, and technology usage in underserved populations.
Education
Medicine-Internal, MD, New York Medical College
Biology, BS, Boston College
Publications
Siskind SM, Yadav S, Solomon M, Knapp PE, Menn-Josephy H, Francis J, Rennke HG, Ayalon R, Modzelewski KL. Nephrotic Syndrome as a Complication of Systemic Calcitonin Amyloidosis From Long-Standing Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Cancer. AACE Clin Case Rep. 2024; 10(6):244-248. PMID: 39734505.
Published on 5/1/2024Siskind SM, Johnson TY, Klings ES, Modzelewski KL. Diabetes Screening Rates and Practices in Patients With Sickle Cell Disease. Diabetes Care. 2024 May 01; 47(5):e42-e43. PMID: 38489046.
Published on 5/1/2024Modzelewski KL, Pipilas A, Bosch NA. Comparative Outcomes of Empagliflozin to Dapagliflozin in Patients With Heart Failure. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 May 01; 7(5):e249305. PMID: 38696170.
Published on 8/22/2023Yue H, Shah SB, Modzelewski KL, Knobel M, Copeli F, Kao L. A Grave Set of Diagnoses: A Case of Mania with Comorbid Autoimmune Thyroiditis Precipitated by Multiple Sclerosis Treatment. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2023 Sep-Oct 01; 31(5):242-247. PMID: 37615524.
Published on 4/3/2023Lee SY, Modzelewski KL, Law AC, Walkey AJ, Pearce EN, Bosch NA. Comparison of Propylthiouracil vs Methimazole for Thyroid Storm in Critically Ill Patients. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 03; 6(4):e238655. PMID: 37067797.
Published on 5/18/2022Rampon G, Jia S, Agrawal R, Arnold N, Martín-Quir?s A, Fischer EA, Malatack J, Jagan N, Sergew A, Case AH, Miller K, Tanios M, Doros G, Ross CS, Garcia MA, Gillmeyer KR, Griffiths NG, Jandali B, Modzelewski KL, Rucci JM, Simpson SQ, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Smartphone-Guided Self-prone Positioning vs Usual Care in Nonintubated Hospital Ward Patients With COVID-19: A Pragmatic Randomized Clinical Trial. Chest. 2022 Oct; 162(4):782-791. PMID: 35597286.
Published on 2/16/2022Modzelewski KL, Murati J, Charoenngam N, Rehm C, Steenkamp DW. Delays in Continuous Glucose Monitoring Device Initiation: A Single Center Experience and a Call to Change. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2022 Jun; 24(6):390-395. PMID: 35099277.
Published on 2/9/2022Fantasia KL, Demers LB, Steenkamp DW, Modzelewski KL. An Opportunity for Improvement: Evaluation of Diabetes Technology Education Among Adult Endocrinology Training Programs. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2023 Sep; 17(5):1274-1283. PMID: 35135342.
Published on 10/29/2021Modzelewski KL, Cannavo A, Fantasia KL, Korpaisarn S, Alexanian SM. A quality improvement initiative to successfully reduce the frequency of hypoglycemia during treatment of hyperglycemic crises at an academic safety-net hospital: Insights and results. J Clin Transl Endocrinol. 2021 Dec; 26:100269. PMID: 34804807.
Published on 9/1/2021Garcia MA, Rampon GL, Doros G, Jia S, Jagan N, Gillmeyer K, Berical A, Hudspeth J, Ieong M, Modzelewski KL, Schechter-Perkins EM, Ross CS, Rucci JM, Simpson S, Walkey AJ, Bosch NA. Rationale and Design of the Awake Prone Position for Early Hypoxemia in COVID-19 Study Protocol: A Clinical Trial. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 09; 18(9):1560-1566. PMID: 33647225.