Dr. Barbara L. Mols-Kowalczewski, MD

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Get to know Endocrinologist Dr. Barbara L. Mols-Kowalczewski, who serves patients in Pennsylvania.

Dr. Mols-Kowalczewski is a respected endocrinologist whose clinical interests include adrenal gland, diabetes, male hypogonadism, osteoporosis, pituitary gland, and thyroid gland. In affiliation with Guthrie, she sees patients at the following locations: Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital, Big Flats Specialties and Rehabilitation Services & Sayre Desmond Street – Endocrinology.

Licensed to practice medicine in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia, she is affiliated with Guthrie Cortland Medical Center, Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Saint James Mercy Hospital, Guthrie Troy Community Hospital, and UHS Wilson Medical Center.

Her past appointments include faculty positions at Arnot Medical Center, where she also served as director of its Joslin Diabetes Center and as director of the Arnot Medical Services Endocrinology and Diabetes Center.

At the start of her academic career, Dr. Mols-Kowalczewski graduated with her medical degree from the Medical University of Warsaw in Poland in 1984. She then relocated to the United States where she performed her internship and residency in internal medicine at St. Vincent’s Medical Center. This was followed by a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Passionate about her profession, she is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

In addition to being a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, Dr. Mols-Kowalczewski is an active member of the American College of Physicians and the American Diabetes Association.

Certified in ultrasound of the thyroid gland by the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, she also holds CLIA Laboratory certification. 

Endocrinology is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones. Endocrinologists have the training to diagnose and treat hormone imbalances and problems by helping to restore the normal balance of hormones in the body. The common diseases and disorders of the endocrine system that endocrinologists deal with include diabetes mellitus, as well as adrenal, pituitary, and thyroid disorders, among others. 

With over four decades of experience, Dr. Mols-Kowalczewski is the recipient of Patients’ Choice Award (2017, 2018) and On-Time Doctor Award (2018).

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