Meet Our Health Care Practitioners

Robert Lang, MD

• Experience & Expertise
  • Over 30 years of clinical experience
  • Board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Clinical Bone Densitometrist - over 20 years experience
• Background
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Yale University
  • Completed his Endocrinology fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
  • Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology
  • Fellow of the American College of Nutrition
  • Published over 30 peer-reviewed scientific papers, book chapters, and scientific reviews
  • International speaker on endocrinology
  • Attending physician at Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Key researcher in clinical research projects and has been principle investigator in over 100 studies

Cristina Maria Brunet, MD

• Experience & Expertise
  • Over 15 years of clinical experience
  • Board certified in Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
  • Certified Clinical Densitometrist
• Background
  • Graduate of Yale School of Medicine
  • Completed her internship, residency and fellowship in Rheumatology at Yale New Haven Hospital
  • Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) at Yale Univ. School of Medicine

Susan M. Wang, DO

• Experience & Expertise
  • Board Certified in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
  • Certified Clinical Densitometrist
  • Specializes in diabetes, insulin pump therapy, and thyroid disease including ultrasound of the thyroid as well as all other endocrine disorders.
    
• Background
  • Graduate of New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Completed Endocrinology Fellowship at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine

Louise Silverman, APRN

• Experience & Expertise
  • Over 25 years of clinical experience
  • Specializes in type 2 diabetes, thyroid, osteoporosis, and women's health
• Background
  • Certified Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
    
  • Earned her nursing degree from Simmons College and Children’s Hospital School of Nursing in Boston
  • Masters degree from University of Southern Maine; bachelor’s from Boston University
  • Instructor at Yale University Nurse Practitioner Program
  • Previously employed at Yale New Haven’s Primary Care Center

Frances Zabrocky, APRN

• Experience & Expertise
  • Over 15 years of clinical experience
  • Specializes in disorders of the thyroid, osteoporosis, and women's health
• Background
  • Certified Advanced Practice Register Nurse
  • Masters degree in Nursing from Simmons College in Boston
  • Baccalaureate in Nursing from the University of Connecticut
  • Guest lecturer at the Yale School of Nursing
  • Published in several medical journals including Arthritis and Rheumatism. 
  • Participated in numerous research studies

Paul Furino, APRN

• Experience & Expertise
  • Over 16 years of clinical experience
  • Specializing in diabetes and all endocrine issues
    
• Background
  • Licensed Advanced Practice Registered Nurse and Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Masters degree in Nursing-Family Nurse Practitioner from Quinnipiac University
  • Bachelor of Science Southern Connecticut State University
  • Member of SIGMA THETA TAU International Nursing Honor Society