Areas of Treatment:

• Diabetes
• Treatment of Diabetes

Specialties:

• Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Title:

• Professor of Medicine
• Director, USC Westside Center for Diabetes

Department:

• Department of Medicine

Locations:

• Westside Center for Diabetes

Background:

Anne Peters, M.D., is professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Director of the USC Westside Center for Diabetes, and Director of the Comprehensive Diabetes Center at Roybal Community Medical Center. Dr. Peters earned her medical degree from the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago and completed an internal medicine internship at Stanford University and an endocrinology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. She previously directed the clinical diabetes programs at Cedars-Sinai and UCLA. Her research has focused on testing new approaches for diagnosing and treating diabetes and developing systems of care to improve outcomes in diabetic populations. She has published numerous articles and serves on the editorial board of several journals.

Featured Articles:

• Diabetes Hones Focus for Olympic Athlete: Health Tips


• USC Researchers Present Diabetes Findings at American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions: Press Room, June 2009

Education:

• Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, B.A. (Biology), Honors, 1979
• Doctor of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, IL, 1983

Internships:

• Stanford University Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Palo Alto, CA, 1983 - 1984

Residencies:

• Stanford University Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Palo Alto, CA, 1984 - 1985
• Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Torrance, CA, 1985 - 1986

Fellowships:

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (Endocrinology), Los Angeles, CA, 1986 - 1988
• Research Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1974

Board Certification:

• Internal Medicine
• Endocrinology

Professional Society Memberships:

• American College of Physicians
• American Diabetes Association

Awards:

• Research Award, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1974
• National Institutes of Health Summer Research Award, 1980
• Citation for Scholastic Achievement, American Medical Women's Association, 1983
• Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1991
• Morris Press Humanism Award, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1991
• Best Doctors in America, 2001 - 2002, 2003 - 2004
• Honorable Mention/Diabetes Management Clinic, 2004
• National Association of Public Hospitals, 2004
• Safety Net Award, 2004
• ADA Outstanding Physician Clinician Award

Languages:

• English