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The Tulane University of New Orleans

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Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP, serves as Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean for Clinical Research, the Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes, and Chief of the Section of Endocrinology at Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He earned his M.B.B.S. from the Armed Forces Medical College in Poona, India, in 1974, and his M.D. from Bombay University in 1978. He obtained membership in the Royal College of Physicians (M.R.C.P., U.K.) in 1980 and fellowship (F.R.C.P.) in 2004. Board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in 1993 and in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism in 1995, Dr. Fonseca's career spans training and positions in India, the United Kingdom—including senior registrar and consultant roles at Royal Free Hospital, London—and Saudi Arabia. In the United States, he progressed from Associate Professor to Professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (1992-1998), Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Texas A&M College of Medicine (1998-2009), and joined Tulane in 2009.