CURRICULUM VITAE - W. PATRICK ZELLER, M.D.

 

Personal Information:

Business Address:         Academic Endocrinology Metabolism & Nutrition, Inc.

2001 Gary Ave. Suite 240  Wheaton, IL  60187

 

Business Telephone Number:  (630) 416-4501; FAX (630) 416-4504

 

Education:

B.S. in Chemistry (Honors)

Regis College, Denver, Colorado                                                          June, 1972

Alpha Sigma Nu

Honorary Jesuit Fraternity                                                                     July, 1971

 

Autonomous Universidad de Guadalajara,

Mexico Colegio de Medicina, Guadalajara, Mexico                              July, 1972-June, l975

 

M.D. Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine,

Maywood, Illinois                                                                                 July, 1975 - June, 1977

 

Postgraduate Training

Residency

Resident, Pediatrics

Northwestern University, Children's Memorial Hospital

Chicago, Illinois                                                                                    July, 1977 - June, 1979

 

Fellowship

Research and Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism & Nutrition

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island                                                                     July, 1979 - June, 1981

 

Fellow in Diabetes & Insulin Metabolism

Brown University Program in Medicine

Providence, Rhode Island                                                                     July, 1979 - June, 1981

 

Teaching Fellow in Pediatrics

Brown University Program in Medicine

Providence, Rhode Island                                                                     July, 1980 - June, 1981

 

Postgraduate Honors and Awards:

Sigma Xi, Honorary Research Society

Loyola University of Chicago                                                                December, 1982

 

March of Dimes Summer Scholar Advisor                                             June, 1985 to 1997

Golden Apple Award (Teaching Excellence in Pediatrics)                      May, 1985

Academic Appointments

Instructor in Pediatrics

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois July, 1981- June, 1982

 

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Director, Pediatric Endocrine, Metabolism and Nutrition Division

Maywood, IL                                                                                                July, 1982 - March, 1987

 

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Director, Pediatric Endocrine, Metabolism and Nutrition Division

Maywood, IL                                                                                                July, l987 - September, 1991

 

Associate Professor of Physiology

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, IL                                                                                                July, 1988 - September, 1991

 

Professor of Pediatrics & Physiology

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, IL                                                                                                September, 1991 - 1998

 

Professor of Pediatrics

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, IL                                                                                                1998 – September, 2001

Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

The University of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois                                                                                  January 1, 1995 - present

 

Hospital Appointments:

Foster G. McGaw Hospital

Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood, IL                                                                                       July, 1981 – September, 2001

 

Director, Pediatric Enteral & Parenteral Metabolic Support Team & Metabolic Kitchen            

Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine

Maywood, IL                                                                                       July, 1985 – September, 2001

 

Medical Director, Edward Center for Diabetes Education,

Edward Hospital

Naperville, IL                                                                                       1998 - 2009

 

Honorary Medical Staff, Riveredge Hospital,

Forest Park, IL                                                                         March, 1999

 

Summary:

 

Summary

 

Dr. W. Patrick Zeller is the founding Director of a private practice endocrine office in Wheaton since 1997. Dr. Zeller is the founder and state chair of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Illinois Chapter.

 

Dr. Zeller received his MD from Loyola University of Chicago.  Dr. Zeller completed a pediatric residency at Northwestern University, and then a research and clinical fellowship in diabetes and insulin metabolism at Brown University.  Dr. Zeller then joined the faculty at his alma mater Loyola University of Chicago.

While at Loyola, Dr. Zeller established a division of Pediatric Endocrine Metabolism and Nutrition.  Dr. Zeller also founded The Pediatric Metabolic Support Team and The Metabolic Kitchen. Dr. Zeller was honored as “Top Doctor in Chicago” in 2002 and 2003 in Endocrinology with an emphasis in Pediatric Endocrinology by the Castle Connolly Medical Limited. Dr. Zeller was nominated by his peers.

 

Dr. Zeller then went on to establish a fellowship program in pediatric endocrine metabolism and nutrition.  Dr. Zeller then joined the Department of Physiology and established a research program in the ontogeny of glucoregulation with an emphasis on insulin metabolism and the molecular mechanism of glucose transporters.

 

Dr. Zeller enjoyed almost two decades of a productive career at the University, which included multiple funded research projects that lead to over 200 publications, and became a Tenured Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology before he retired from the University in 1997.  Dr. Zeller continues his career as a reviewer for multiple journals, in addition to a productive private practice of children and adult endocrinology, along with four associate endocrinologists, three midlevel providers, five certified diabetes educators, and a complete in-house diabetes education program. Dr. Zeller also continues to lecture extensively on glucose regulation and is focused on clinical endocrinology and documentation with electronic medical record and information technology to enhance patient care and physician reimbursement.

 

 

Updated 10/21/2011