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Curriculum Vitae

Anthony J. Pick, MD, CDCES, CCD

Internal Medicine · Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism · Obesity Medicine · Clinical Lipidology

Windy City Endocrine Consultants, LLC · Northbrook, IL · hello@threadmed.org

Professional profile

Quadruple board-certified physician (Internal Medicine; Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism; Obesity Medicine; Clinical Lipidology) with additional certifications in diabetes education (CDCES) and clinical densitometry (CCD). Practicing internal medicine and endocrinology since 1997, with an added focus on obesity and lifestyle medicine since 2017, across the endocrine, diabetes, cardiometabolic, bone, and weight-regulation axes. Former Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital endocrine and metabolic medicine director, with extensive translational experience in health-system program design, clinical operations redesign, and quality improvement. Currently in endocrine practice at True Health (Deerfield, IL). Experienced educator and medicolegal consultant for plaintiff and defense.

Board certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) — Diplomate, 1994–present
  • ABIM Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism — Diplomate, 1997–present
  • American Board of Obesity Medicine (ABOM) — Diplomate, 2017–present
  • American Board of Clinical Lipidology (ABCL) — Diplomate, 2024–present

Additional certifications

  • Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) — 2007–present
  • Certified Clinical Densitometrist (CCD), International Society for Clinical Densitometry — 2025–present
  • Certified Cardiometabolic Clinical Professional (CCCP), Cardiometabolic Congress — 2023–2025

Education & postgraduate training

  • Fellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism — University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine (1994–1997). Research training in β-cell biology with K.S. Polonsky, MD; first-author publication in Diabetes (1998) on apoptosis and β-cell mass compensation in the ZDF rat, with co-authorship in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (1998) and Diabetes (1999).
  • Residency, Internal Medicine — Johns Hopkins University Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
  • Internship — University of Cape Town / Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
  • MBChB (US MD equivalent) — University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences; Distinction in Pre-clinical Examinations; Yvonne Parfitt Bursaries Trust Scholarship

Current positions

  • Clinical Investigator — Clinical Investigation Specialists, Gurnee, IL and Kenosha, WI (July 2026–)
  • Endocrinologist — True Health, Deerfield and Buffalo Grove, IL (Dec 2025–). Membership-based innovative medical practice; building clinical infrastructure across diabetes, endocrinology, cardiometabolic and obesity programs, bone health (DXA), and physician–health-coach multidisciplinary team-based care.
  • Founder & Principal — Windy City Endocrine Consultants, LLC (2005–). Medicolegal expert review and industry consulting in endocrinology, diabetes, obesity, lipidology, cardiometabolic medicine, and bone health.

Academic & leadership appointments

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) — Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (1998–2025)
  • Director of Endocrinology (inaugural) — Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (2018–2023). Built the regional health-system endocrine program: outpatient endocrine services, inpatient endocrine consult service, glucose management program, and support for fracture prevention and maternal–fetal endocrine services.
  • Director of Metabolic Medicine — Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (2024–2025). Helped lead implementation of cardiometabolic and obesity programs across the NM North Region.

Clinical & research appointments

  • Affiliated Clinical Privileges, Endocrinology — Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (3/2026–present)
  • Health System Endocrinologist — Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital (8/2016–11/2025)
  • Contributing Endocrine Faculty — Northwestern Memorial Hospital (8/1997–6/2025)
  • Internal Medicine & Endocrinology Private Practice — Sobel Medical Associates, Chicago, IL (8/1997–6/2016)
  • Neurosurgical Moonlighting Resident — Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch (CINN), Columbus Hospital, Chicago, IL (1994–1997)
  • Research Associate — Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami (1989–1991)

Areas of clinical & systems expertise

  • Diabetes care and technology, including CGM implementation and insulin pump therapy
  • Obesity medicine, anti-obesity pharmacotherapy (GLP-1 receptor agonists, dual/triple agonists), and cardiometabolic disease
  • Lipidology, severe hypertriglyceridemia, and cardiovascular risk reduction
  • Bone and mineral metabolism; fracture liaison and prevention; clinical densitometry (DXA, TBS, body composition)
  • Inpatient glucose management systems and perioperative protocols; DKA, HHS, euglycemic DKA, severe hypoglycemia
  • Thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary disorders and endocrine emergencies
  • Male hypogonadism; PCOS/PMOS; menopause; cardiometabolic and kidney–liver–metabolic disease
  • Health-system program design, quality improvement, and operations redesign; digital health, e-consults, and AI-enabled clinical workflows
  • Clinical investigation

Honors & awards

  • Northwestern Medicine Innovation Grant — Remote Patient Monitoring (2020)
  • NM Academy of Quality, Safety & Innovation (AQSI) Best Project — Perioperative Glucose Management in Total Joint Replacement Surgery (2018)
  • Northwestern Medicine Innovation Grant — Telemedicine for Endocrinology (2018)
  • Distinguished Teacher of the Year — NM Lake Forest Hospital Family Medicine Residency (2017)
  • Northwestern University Department of Medicine Teaching Awards (2006–2009)
  • Graduation with Distinction in Pre-clinical Examinations, University of Cape Town (1987)

Selected research activities

  • Sub-Principal Investigator, Clinical Investigation Specialists (CIS), Gurnee, IL / Kenosha, WI (2026–)
  • Mentor/advisor, Anna Davis doctoral work in population health (Loma Linda / Northwestern) on implementation of lifestyle medicine in a health-system endocrine clinic (2020–2025)
  • Clinical Supervisor, Time in Nature Impact on Prediabetes (PI: Terry Horton, PhD, Northwestern) — NM Lake Forest Hospital (2024–2025)
  • Implementation of Lifestyle Medicine in Endocrinology and Cardiometabolic Clinics (2021–2025)
  • Principal Investigator, Somatuline Depot Injection for Acromegaly Study (SODA) (2011)

Industry disclosures — scientific & medical advisory boards

  • Madrigal Pharmaceuticals — Metabolic Liver Disease (2023)
  • Eli Lilly — Obesity Medicine Advisory Board (2022)
  • Senseonics Eversense 365 — Implantable CGM Medical Advisory Board (2021)
  • Novo Nordisk — Type 2 Diabetes Management Advisory Board (2019)

Industry disclosures — speaker bureaus (2013–present)

Abbott (Libre CGM)* · AbbVie (Androgel, Niaspan) · AstraZeneca (dapagliflozin) · Bayer (finerenone)* · Boehringer Ingelheim (empagliflozin) · Dexcom (G6, G7) · Janssen (canagliflozin) · Lilly (glimepiride, teriparatide, dulaglutide, tirzepatide*, orforglipron)* · Madrigal (resmetirom)* · Novo Nordisk (liraglutide, analog insulins, semaglutide) · Pfizer (atorvastatin–amlodipine) · Sanofi (glargine, glulisine) · Takeda (pioglitazone) · Tandem T-Slim (X-2, Mobi insulin pumps) · Xeris (prefilled glucagon). * indicates currently active engagement.

Selected peer-reviewed publications

High-impact journals in bold. Reverse chronological.

  1. Zeitler E, Klein K, Lingvay I, Pick AJ, Billings LK. Hyperaldosteronism in the Pathophysiology and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2026;0:1–13.
  2. Pick AJ, Joyce M. Telehealth to Avoid Emergency Department Visit and Hospitalization for a Person with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Clinical Diabetes. 2021.
  3. El Muayed M, Costas AA, Pick AJ. 1,25-Dihydroxy-Vitamin D Mediated Hypercalcemia in Oleogranulomatous Mastitis (Paraffinoma), Ameliorated by Glucocorticoid Administration. Endocrine Practice. 2009.
  4. Scheiner G, Sobel RJ, Smith DE, Pick AJ, Kruger D, King J, Green K. Insulin Pump Therapy: Guidelines for Successful Outcomes. Diabetes Educator. 2009;35 Suppl 2:29S–41S.
  5. Gross BA, Mindea SA, Pick AJ, Chandler JP, Batjer HH. Medical Management of Cushing Disease. Neurosurgical Focus. 2007;23(3):E10.
  6. Gross BA, Mindea SA, Pick AJ, Chandler JP, Batjer HH. Diagnostic Approach to Cushing Disease. Neurosurgical Focus. 2007;23(3):E1.
  7. Sreenan S, Pick AJ, Levisetti M, Baldwin AC, Pugh W, Polonsky KS. Increased Beta-cell Proliferation and Reduced Mass Prior to Diabetes Onset in the Non-Obese Diabetic Mouse. Diabetes. 1999;48(5):989–96.
  8. Pontoglio M, Sreenan S, Roe M, Pugh W, Ostrega D, Doyen A, Pick AJ, et al. Defective Insulin Secretion in Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor-1 Deficient Mice. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 1998;101(10):2215–22.
  9. Pick AJ, Clark J, Kubstrup C, Levisetti M, Pugh W, Bonner-Weir S, Polonsky KS. Role of Apoptosis in Failure of Beta-Cell Mass Compensation for Insulin Resistance and Beta-Cell Defects in the Male Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) Rat. Diabetes. 1998;47:358–64.

Selected invited talks

  • "Panel: Hypothyroidism with refractory symptoms despite normal TSH." Endocrine Society Meeting, Chicago, IL (June 2026)
  • "Metabolic Liver Disease." World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Los Angeles, CA (Dec 2025)
  • "One Size Does Not Fit All: Variability in Obesity Treatment Responses." University of Chicago / Georgetown University Hospital Clinical Case Discussions (Oct 2025)
  • "Implementing CGM and Technology Innovation — A Health System Perspective." ADCES Diabetes Technology Conference, Chicago, IL (Dec 2021)
  • "Transforming Diabetes Care Across the Continuum with Digital Health and Systems Engineering." ADCES National Meeting (Aug 2020)
  • "Personalized Nutrition Applied to Diabetes Treatment." ADA 80th Scientific Sessions (June 2020)

Selected from over 50 invited talks; full list available on request.

Professional society memberships

American Diabetes Association · Endocrine Society · American Association of Clinical Endocrinology · Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists · American College of Lifestyle Medicine · Obesity Medicine Association · The Obesity Society · Illinois Obesity Society · National Lipid Association · American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · The Menopause Society · International Society for Clinical Densitometry · American College of Physicians.

Legal consulting

Medicolegal expert review available through Windy City Endocrine Consultants, LLC. Case list, references, and current fee schedule available on request.

License numbers, DEA, and NPI available on request. Full CV (PDF) available on request. Updated 2026.

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