James V. Hennessey, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Brown University - Brown Medical School
Providence, Rhode Island

James V. Hennessey, MD currently is associate professor, Division of Endocrinology at Brown University's Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island, where he also serves as associate director of clinical education. Dr. Hennessey earned his undergraduate degree in biology at Saint Michael's College in Winooski, Vermont, then received his doctorate of medicine from the University of Graz Medical School in Graz, Austria.

He completed an internal medicine internship and residency at The New Britain Hospital in Connecticut, and was a fellow in endocrinology at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Hennessey has been the recipient of the Bailey K Ashford Research Award and is principal investigator or co-investigator in several key clinical trials, as well as an invited presenter at numerous medical conferences, both regionally and nationally.

As author or co-author, Dr. Hennessey's work, has been published in many leading medical journals, including the Annals of Internal Medicine, Archives of Internal Medicine, and the Journal Thyroid. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and a member of the American Thyroid Association. Research and clinical interests include thyroxine replacement therapy, low iodine diet preparation for iodine scanning and other topics in clinical thyroidology.