Mary E Charlson, MD

William T. Foley Distinguished Professor of Medicine

Medicine

Contact & profiles

Appointments

Professor of MedicinePrimary
Medicine · 1993–
William T. Foley Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Medicine · 1993–
Professor
Weill Cornell Graduate School — Clinical Epidemiology & Health Services Research · 1995–
Physician
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

Past Appointments

Professor of Integrative Medicine
Research Business Management · 2004–2017
Division Head, General Internal Medicine
Administration & Finance · 1993–2001
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine · 1985–1993

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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine · 1979–1985

Centers

Clinical & Translational Science Center
Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Centerresearch
Cancer Prevention and Control

Education

M.D.
Yale University School of Medicine, 1972
B.A.
Wellesley College, 1968

Highlights

1
Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024
MEMary E Charlson MTMartin T. Wells JPJames P Hollenberg
PMID: 39655003PMCID: PMC11626581DOIFirst author6 citations
2
Contemporary clinical trials · 2025
MEMary E Charlson JPJames P Hollenberg
PMID: 40024364PMCID: PMC12145577DOI eCommonsFirst author2 citations
3
BMJ open · 2024
MEMary E Charlson JPJames P Hollenberg EPErica Phillips EWElaine Wethington
PMID: 39079918PMCID: PMC11337663DOIFirst author2 citations

Publications

220

Funding

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Active

3 grants

Co-I
Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension - Foreign Subsite Supplement
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024–2029
R33HL172268-02S1
Co-I
Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024–2029
R61HL172268-01
Sub-PI
Preventing Tipping Points in High Comorbidity Patients: A Lifeline from Health Coaches
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2019–2025 · via Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
IHS-2017C3-8923-CDN01

Completed grants (10)

MPI
Career Advancement for Research in Health Equity
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities · 2019–2025Training
T37MD014220-05
Sub-PI
Hunter-Weill T32 Transdisiplinary Research Training Program
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2017–2023 · via Research Foundation of CUNY
T32HL135465-05
Sub-PI
Preventing Tipping Points in High Comorbidity Patients: A Lifeline from Health Coaches (Supplement funding)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute · 2020–2020 · via Clinical Directors Network, Inc.
IHS-2017C3-8923-CDN01
Sub-PI
Diabetes Intervention Accentuating Diet and Enhancing Metabolism (DIADEM): Randomized Controlled Trial Assessing the Impact of Low Calorie Diet and Activity on Body Weight and Glycaemia in Diabetes
Qatar National Research Fund · 2016–2020 · via Weill Cornell Medical College/Qatar
NPRP 8-912-3-192
PI
Weill Cornell Training Program in Health Services Research
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality · 2013–2019Training· 2 renewals
T32HS000066-24S1
PI
SCALE: Small Changes and Lasting Effects
NHLBI · 2009–2016 · via NIH RePORTER
U01HL097843-05
PI
Comprehensive Ctr of Excellence in Disparities Res & Commun Engagement (CEDREC)
NIMHD · 2009–2015 · via NIH RePORTER
P60MD003421-05
PI
Autoregulation and Systemic Blood Pressure: A New View of Normal Tension Glaucoma
NEI · 2008–2011 · via NIH RePORTER
R21EY018150-02
PI
Complementary and Integrative Medicine Training Program
NCCIH · 2004–2011 · via NIH RePORTER
T32AT001161-05
PI
IMPROVING HEALTH BEHAVIOR AND OUTCOMES AFTER ANGIOPLASTY
NHLBI · 1999–2004 · via NIH RePORTER
R01HL062161-04

Honors & distinctions

Member · Association of American Physicians

Available technologies

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The Charlson Comorbidity Index: A System for Identifying Patients with High Future Healthcare Costs
Application filedPMID 25469987 PMID 25395056
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News mentions

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Diet-and-Exercise Treatment Reverses Diabetes in 61 Percent of Patients
June 1, 2020
An intensive, one-year, lifestyle-modification treatment for type 2 diabetes patients, featuring a low-calorie diet and physical exercise, resulted in a large average weight loss, and remission of diabetes for most patients, in a clinical trial led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar.