John T. Devlin

Director, Mercy Diabetes Center

Maine Medical Center Research Institute

Investigator, Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation

(207)771-1753 Office

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jdevlin@maine.rr.com

Dr. John Devlin received his Bachelors degree from LeHigh University, and graduated from Cornell University Medical College. After completing his Internal Medicine residency at Maine Medical Center, he served for 2 years in the U.S. Public Health Service in Eastport, Maine. He completed an NIH-sponsored fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Vermont, followed by a tenured-track faculty position as Associate Professor. His primary research interest is the effects of exercise in type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and he has edited several books and written numerous peer-reviewed articles on this and other subjects. He is a past Chair of the American Diabetes Association Council on Exercise. He recently left his position as Medical Director at the Maine Center for Diabetes to provide more time to conduct clinical research at CORE, and to devote time to improving inpatient care for diabetic patients at Maine Medical Center and other MaineHealth hospitals. He serves as the Medical Director for the Mercy Hospital Diabetes Center, and is a consultant to Maine General Medical Center and the Togus VAMC. His current research focus is on promoting physical activity for the prevention and treatment of chronic metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes mellitus. Dr. Devlin is particularly interested in targeting interventions in vulnerable populations at high risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Devlin has received support from a MMC RSP grant to examine the attitudes and perceived barriers to exercise in the Somali immigrant population and has submitted a research proposal to promote physical activity in a rural Maine population as part of the COBRE research grant application.

Selected peer-review publications (in chronological order)

Vallejo G, Mead PM, Gaynor DH, Devlin JT, Robbins DC. Characterization of immunoreactive insulin in human saliva: Evidence against production in situ. Diabetologia 1984; 27:437 440, 1984.
Devlin JT, Horton ES. Effects of prior exercise on glucose metabolism in normal and insulin resistant men. Diabetes 1985; 34:973 979.
Devlin JT, Calles Escandon J, Horton ES. Effects of pre exercise snack feeding on endurance exercise performance. J Appl Physiol 1986; 60(3):980 985.
Devlin JT, Horton ES. Potentiation of the thermic effect of insulin by exercise: Differences between lean, obese and type II diabetic men. Am J Clin Nutr 1986; 43:884 890.
Wurster Hill DH, Noll WW, Bircher LY, Devlin JT, Shultz E. A cytogenetic study of familial medullary carcinoma of the thyroid. Cancer Res 1986; 46:2134 2138.
Sharp N, Devlin JT, Rimmer J. Renal failure obfuscates the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome. JAMA 1986; 256:2564 2565.
Buckspan R, Hoxworth B, Cersosimo E, Devlin JT, Horton E, Abumrad N. Alpha ketoisocaproate is superior to leucine in sparing glucose utilization in humans. Am J Physiol 251:E648 E653.
Devlin JT, Horton ES. Enhanced peripheral and splanchnic insulin sensitivity in NIDDM after cycle exercise. Diabetes 1987; 36:434 439.
Devlin JT, Abumrad NN, Hoxworth B, Buckspan R, Horton ES. Extrapancreatic effects of L leucine infusion in leucine sensitive and control subjects. Metabolism 1987; 36:697¬702.
Farwell AP, Devlin JT, Stewart JA. Ketoconazole in the therapy of the ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome. Am J Med 1988; 84: 1063 1066.
Sorisky A, Devlin JT. Intraoperative ketoacidosis and malnutrition. Ann Intern Med 109: 337 338.
Wurster Hill D, Noll WW, Devlin JT, Gibson S, Dossu J. Fragile sites and prometaphase studies in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2A. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 1988; 35:273 7.
Calles Escandon J, Robbins DC, Devlin JT. Diet and the cornerstones of diabetes. Diabetes Care 1988; 11:212.
Devlin JT, Barlow J, Horton ES. Whole body and regional fuel metabolism during early post exercise recovery. Am J Physiol 1989; 256:E167 E172.
Devlin JT, Horton ES. Metabolic fuel utilization during post exercise recovery. Am J Clin Nutr 1989; 49:944 948.
Colletti RB, Roberts JD, Devlin JT, Copeland KC. Effects of tamoxifen on plasma insulin like growth factor I in patients with breast cancer. Cancer Res 1989; 49:1882 1884.
Devlin JT, Calles Escandon J, Poehlman E, Jaspan J. Hypermetabolism in glucagonoma syndrome. Diabetes 1989; 38(Suppl 2):224A.
Devlin JT. Race for better health: The tortoise or the hare? (Editorial) Diabetes Care 1990; 13: 176 17.
Devlin JT, Brodsky I, Scrimgeour A, Fuller S, Bier DM. Amino acid metabolism following intense exercise. Am J Physiol 1990; 258: E249 225.
Copeland KC, Colletti RB, Devlin JT, McAuliffe TL. The relationship between insulin like growth factor I, adiposity, and aging. Metabolism 1990; 39: 584 587.
Calles J, Devlin JT, Whitcomb W, Horton ES. Pre exercise feeding does not affect endurance cycle exercise but attenuates post-exercise starvation-like response. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1991; 23: 818-824.
DeLissio M, Goodyear LJ, Fuller S, Krawitt EL, Devlin JT. Effects of treadmill exercise on fuel metabolism in hepatic cirrhosis. J Appl Physiol 1991; 70:210-5.
Colletti RB, Copeland KC, Devlin JT, Roberts JD, McAuliffe TL. Effect of obesity on plasma insulin-like growth factor-I in cancer patients. Int J Obesity 1991; 15: 523-527.
Horton ES, Devlin JT. Diabete sucre et exercise physique. Journees de Diabetologie 1990 ; 337 347.
George DC, Incavo SJ, Devlin JT, Kristiansen TK. Histology of bone following parathyroid adenectomy. A case report. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1990; 72:1558-61.
Brodsky IG, Robbins DC, Hiser E, Fuller SP, Fillyaw M, Devlin JT. Effects of low-protein diets on protein metabolism in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients with early nephropathy. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 1992; 75: 351-357.
Devlin JT, Scrimgeour A, Brodsky I, Fuller S. Decreased protein catabolism after exercise in type 1 diabetic subjects. Diabetologia 1994; 37:358-64.
Devlin JT. Effects of exercise on insulin sensitivity in humans. Diabetes Care 1992; 15: 1690-1693.
Brodsky IG, Devlin JT. Effects of dietary protein restriction on regional amino acid turnover and transamination in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Clin Res 1992 40: 624A.
Devlin JT, Scrimgeour A, Brodsky I, Fuller S. Decreased protein catabolism after exercise in subjects with IDDM. Diabetologia 1994; 37: 358-64.
Brodsky IG, Devlin JT. Effects of dietary protein restriction on regional amino acid metabolism in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Am J Physiol. 1996; 270: E148-57.
Devlin JT, Hothersall L, Wilkis JL. Use of insulin glargine during pregnancy in a type 1 diabetic woman. Diabetes Care 2002; 25: 1095-6.
Letourneau LM, Skog D, Devlin JT, Babirak S, Callahan T, Sears S. Improving diabetes outcomes through team based collaboration. Diabetes 2004; 53 Suppl: 1172-P.
Zinman B, Ruderman N, Campaigne BN, Devlin JT, Schneider SH: American Diabetes Association: Physical activity/exercise and diabetes. Diabetes Care 2004; 27 Suppl 1: S58-62.
Hothersall LA, Caron E, Mullin K, Devlin JT. Insulin glargine versus NPH for managing diabetes in pregnancy (abstract). Diabetes 2006; 55 Suppl 1: A605.
Spratt DI, Frohnauer M, Cyr-Alves H, Kramer RS, Lucas FL, Morton JR, Cox DF, Becker K, Devlin JT. Physiologic effects of nonthyroidal illness syndrome in patients after cardiac surgery. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2007; 293(1):E310-5.