Medical reviewer

Jane Novak, MD, MPH

MD, MPH · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine

Senior medical reviewer for clinical content on Health Portal.

15+

Years experience

7

Articles

4

Specialties

Reviewer

Editorial role

About

Jane Novak is the senior medical reviewer for clinical content on Health Portal. The role oversees every medication monograph, side-effect profile, dosing guide, and clinical-data summary published on the site — verifying that claims match FDA prescribing information, current peer-reviewed evidence, and recognized treatment guidelines.

Her clinical focus is endocrinology and obesity medicine, with particular interest in GLP-1 receptor agonists, GLP-1/GIP dual agonists, and the emerging triple-agonist class. She has reviewed approximately 30 clinical pages on Health Portal covering semaglutide, tirzepatide, orforglipron, and oral semaglutide.

Editorial review philosophy: every clinical claim should cite a primary source (NEJM, Lancet, FDA documents, peer-reviewed trial data) — not other secondary publications. Where evidence is preliminary or conflicting, the reviewer's job is to make that uncertainty visible to the reader.

Specialties

  • Endocrinology
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Obesity medicine
  • GLP-1 therapeutics

Education

  • MD—Johns Hopkins School of Medicine(2010)
  • MPH (Health Policy)—Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health(2012)
  • Endocrinology Fellowship—Massachusetts General Hospital(2017)

Affiliations & memberships

  • Member · American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE)
  • Member · The Obesity Society (TOS)
  • Member · American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Articles reviewed Jane Novak

7 reviewed articles on Health Portal.