Cefalu was the section chief of the joint diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolism program at Louisiana State University School of Medicine. He served as the director of the clinical trials unit at
University of Vermont College of Medicine. In 2003, Cefalu joined
Pennington Biomedical Research Center as a professor. He has held positions at Pennington including associate executive director and chief scientific officer, and was the executive director. Cefalu held the George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition. Cefalu became the chief scientific and medical officer of the
American Diabetes Association on February 20, 2017. Cefalu became editor-in-chief of
Diabetes Care in 2012. == References ==