2024 Faculty
Mikhail N. Kosiborod
MD, FACC, FAHA
CHAIR
Vice President of Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Executive Director, Cardiometabolic Center Alliance
Director of Cardiometabolic Research and Co-Director of the Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri
Inaugural recipient of the Ben McCallister, MD Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Kansas City, Missouri
Biykem Bozkurt
MD, PhD, FHFSA, FACC, FAHA, FACP
Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development Senior Associate Editor for Circulation AHA/ASA Journals Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the American College of Cardiology Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Mark E. Cooper
AO, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Head, Department of Diabetes
Central Clinical School
Monash University
Senior Endocrinologist, Alfred Health Clinic
Melbourne, Australia
Ralph A. DeFronzo
MD
Professor of Medicine Chief, Diabetes Division University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Deputy Director,
Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Michael. J. Domanski
MD
Michael J. Domanski, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
The Echocardiography Laboratory Director
Baltimore VA Medical Center
New York, New York
Michael E. Farkouh
MD, FRCPC, MSc, FACC, FAHA
Associate Dean, Research and Clinical Trials
Professor, Department of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Founder of Worldwide Network for Innovation in Clinical Education & Research
Los Angeles, CA
Katherine A. Gallagher
MD
Professor of Surgery,
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and the Leland Ira Doan Research
University of Michigan
Vice Chair of Basic and Translational Science in the Department of Surgery
Chair of the BTSS NIH-study section
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Lee R. Goldberg
MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine),
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Vice Chair, Medicine for Informatics,
Section Chief Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant,
Section of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jennifer B. Green
MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, North Carolina
Stephen J. Greene
MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cardiologist
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina
George Grunberger
MD, FACP, MACE
Chairman, Grunberger Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Genetics Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Internal Medicine First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Mansoor Husain,
MD, FRCPC
Executive Director, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
Sadiya S. Khan
MD, MSc
Magerstadt Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology,
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology),
Physician Scientist, Northwestern Medicine Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Associate Editor, JAMA Cardiology
Chicago, Illinois
Norman E. Lepor
MD, FACC, FAHA
Founder and Director, National Heart Institute
Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology Clinical Professor of Medicine - Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA 2010-2023
Attending Cardiologist, Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Lawrence A. Leiter
MD, FRCP, FACP, FACE, FAHA
Professor, Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto
Director, Lipid Clinic, St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Director, Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Centre
Associate Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Toronto, Canada
Christos S. Mantzoros
MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult.
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Boston University School of Medicine Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Boston VA Healthcare System Director of Human Nutrition Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Editor-in-Chief, Metabolism, Clinical & Experimental
Harvard, Massachusetts
Darren K. McGuire
MD, MHSc
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Medicine with Tenure Jere H. Mitchell, M.D.
Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Science Division of Cardiology; Department of Internal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Lead Physician, Parkland Health Cardiology Clinics Deputy Editor, Circulation
Dallas, Texas
Erin D. Michos
MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Director of Women Cardiovascular Health Research Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Director
IMPACT Center at JHU Co-Editor in Chief American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Baltimore, Maryland
Neha J. Pagidipati
MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology Duke University School of Medicine Director, Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, North Carolina
Ambarish Pandey
MD, MSCS, FAHA
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine (Cardiology)
Medical Director, HFpEF Program
Texas Health Resources Clinical Scholar
Principal Investigator - CardioMetabolic Research Unit (CMRU)
Associate Program Director for IM Residency Training
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Lu Qi
MD, PhD
Interim Chair of the Department of Epidemiology
HCA Regents Distinguished Chair and Professor
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Director of Tulane Personalized Health Institute
Director of Tulane University Obesity Research Center
Adjunct Professor of Nutrition, Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health
New Orleans, Louisiana
Peter D. Reaven
MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director of Diabetes Research, Phoenix VA Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Kausik K. Ray
BSc(hons), MBChB, MD, MPhil (Cantab), FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Ed), FACC, FESC, FAHA
Professor, Public Heath in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Imperial College London
Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Imperial College NHS Trust
Director, ICTU-Global (Academic ARO)
London, United Kingdom
Ravi Retnakaran
MD, FRCPC, FCAHS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
University of Toronto
Endocrinologist and Clinician-Scientist at Mount Sinai Hospital
Boehringer Ingelheim Chair in Beta-cell Preservation, Function and Regeneration
Toronto, Canada
Anjay Rastogi
MD, PhD
Professor and Clinical Chief
Director of UCLA CORE Kidney Health Program
Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
Peter Rossing
MD, DMSc
Professor Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Herlev, Denmark
Chrisandra L. Shufelt
MD, MS, FACP, MSCP
Professor and Chair, Division of General Internal Medicine
Associate Director, Women’s Health Research Center
Mayo Clinic Enterprises
Jacksonville, Florida
Donna H. Ryan
MD
Professor Emerita, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Past Principal Investigator, US Department of Defence
Past President, The Obesity Society
Past Master of Obesity Medicine, American Board of Obesity Medicine
Past President, The World Obesity Federation
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Steven R. Smith
MD
Chief Scientific Officer
Senior Vice President
AdventHealth Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Orlando, Florida
Elizabeth Selvin
PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director, Cardiovascular and Clinical Epidemiology
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Baltimore, Maryland
Laurence S. Sperling
MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA, MASPC
Founder, Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention
Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Executive Director, Million Hearts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Atlanta, Georgia
Michael P. Snyder
PhD
Stanford W. Ascherman Professor of Genetics
Chair, Genetics Department
Director, Center of Genomics & Personalized Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
CoFounder of January.ai, Q.bio, Personalis, RTHM, & Iollo
Stanford, California
Muthiah Vaduganathan
MD, MPH, FACC, FHFA
Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science
Associate Editor of JACC
US National Ambassador to the ESC Heart Failure Association
Boston, Massachusetts
Raymond R. Townsend
MD, FAHA
Professor of Medicine and an Associate Director
The Clinical and Translational Research Center, University of Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Matthew R. Weir
MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology,
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Kevin Jon Williams
MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor of Medicine
Temple University
Principal Investigator on several NIH-Funded projects
Consulting Editor for the Journal of Clinical Investigation
Philadelphia, PA