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2025 FACULTY 

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Yehuda Handelsman, MD, Chair, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, FAHA, MACE

Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America
Chair Scientific Advisory Board
DCMi- Diabetes CardioRenal & Metabolism Institute
Chair & Program Director 22nd WCIRDC 
Tarzana, California

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Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI

Director of Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital
Dr. Valentin Fuster Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York

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Stephen J. Greene, MD, Chair, FACC, FHFSA

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, Duke Heart Failure Medication Titration Clinic
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Co-Chair of the 9th Heart in Diabetes
Durham, North Carolina

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Stefan D. Anker, MD, PhD, FESC

Professor of (Tissue)Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism 
Charité University Medicine Berlin
President of the International Society on 
Sarcopenia, Cachexia, and Wasting Disorders
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cachexia,
Sarcopenia and Muscle
Berlin, Germany

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Jan N. Basile, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Previous Vice-Chair, Clinical Programs, AHA Council on Hypertension
US National Leader SURPASS-CVOT

Charleston, SC

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Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD, MACE 

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine 
Mount Sinai Editor, The Journal of Diabetes Fellow
The American Society for Preventive Cardiology 
New York, New York

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Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FHFSA, FAHA, FACC, FESC, FACP

The Mary and Gordon Cain Chair in Cardiology and Professor of Medicine
Senior Dean of Faculty, Baylor College of Medicine
Director, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
Assoc. Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Baylor College of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, JACC: Heart Failure
Houston, Texas

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Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA 

Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology, Lundquist Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 
Program Director of Cardiac CT, Division of Cardiology Harbor-UCLA Medical Center 
Torrance, California

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Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA

Professor of Medicine
University of Mississippi
President, Baylor Scott, and White Research Institute
Senior Vice President, Baylor Scott, and White Health
Jackson, Mississippi

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Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC

Instructor in Medicine 
Duke University School of Medicine
Former Commissioner of Food and Drugs Feb 2016-Jan 2017, Feb 2022-Jan 2025
Former Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco Feb 2015
Member of the National Academy of Medicine
Durham, NC

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Robert J. Chilton, DO, FACP, FACC, FAHA, MACOI, FASCAI 

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

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Jordana B. Cohen, MD, MSCE

Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology  
Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division 
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Mark E. Cooper, AO, MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Head, Department of Diabetes
Central Clinical School
Monash University
Senior Endocrinologist, Alfred Health Clinic
Melbourne, Australia

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Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
The University of Texas Health Science Center
Deputy Director, Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas

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Michael E. Farkouh, MD

Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials
Director, Heart & Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
Associate Dean, Research
Professor of Cardiology
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles, CA

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Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP

Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Tullis Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes 
Chief, Section of Endocrinology, 
Tulane University Medical Center
Past President, American Diabetes Association, Science and Medicine
Board of Directors, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Board of Trustees, American College of Endocrinology
New Orleans, Louisiana

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Katie Garfield, JD

Clinical Instructor and Director, Whole Person Care
Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts

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W. Timothy Garvey, MD

Charles E. Butterworth, Jr., Professor and University Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, UAB Diabetes Research Center
Birmingham, Alabama 

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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 

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Peter J. Grant, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FMedSci

Professor of Medicine and Diabetologist
Honorary Consultant Physician,
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Research
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

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Jennifer B. Green, MD 

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology 
Faculty Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute Publications Committee 
Co-Chair Executive Committee Member for GRADE 
Duke University 
Durham, North Carolina

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Per-Henrik Groop, MD, DMSc, FRCPE

Emeritus Professor of Internal Medicine
Emeritus Chief Physician
Department of Nephrology
University of Helsinki 
Helsinki University Hospital
Helsinki, Finland

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Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC 

Director of Preventative Cardiology Associate Director
Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center 
Associate Director, Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center 
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Smidt Heart Institute 
Principal Investigator, St. James Women Take Heart Project Past CardioSmart 
Editor-in-Chief, American College of Cardiology 
Los Angeles, California

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Josephine Harrington, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist 
Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology 
University of Colorado School of Medicine
A faculty member of CPC Clinical Research
Denver, Colorado

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Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD

Professor of Medicine 
Yale School of Medicine  
Clinical Chief of the Section of Endocrinology 
Medical Director of the Yale Diabetes Center
New Haven, Connecticut

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James L. Januzzi, Jr., MD, FACC, FESC

Adolph Hutter Professor of Medicine 
Harvard Medical School 
Chief Scientific Officer and C. Michael Gibson Chair 
Baim Institute for Clinical Research
Massachusetts General Hospital, Cardiology Division 
Deputy Editor at the Journal of the American College of Cardiology  
Chairs the Philanthropy Committee at the ACC
Boston, Massachusetts

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Mark T. Kearney, MD, MBChB, MRCP

British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research
Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine
Dean of the School of Medicine, University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

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Mohammad Shahzeb Khan, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Plano, Texas

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Samuel Klein, MD

Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Chief Scientific Officer, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri

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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 
Attending Cardiologist, Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, California 

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Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult.

Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School
Boston University School of Medicine
Editor in Chief, Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental
Harvard, Massachusetts

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Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC 

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 
Faculty Leader, Barker Firm, Osler Medical Residency 
Director, Ciccarone Lipid Clinic & Digital Health Lab
Director, mTECH Center, an AHA SFRN Health Tech & Innovation Center 
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity
President '23-'35, AHA Maryland Board of Directors
Johns Hopkins Hospital 
Baltimore, MD 

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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

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Christian W. Mende, MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FAHA 

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Associate Editor of The Journal Diabetes
San Diego, California 

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Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FASPC

Professor of Medicine
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health 
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Director, IMPACT Center at JHU
Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Baltimore, Maryland

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Ann Marie Navar, MD 

Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
UT Southwestern Medical School 

Deputy Editor at JAMA Cardiology
Dallas, Texas

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Ayodele Odutayo, MD, DPhil

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Clinician Scientist and Nephrologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto, Ontario 

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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

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Ambarish Pandey, MD, MSCS

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine 
Divisions of Cardiology and Geriatrics
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

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Tramanh Phan, MD

Assistant Professor 
Division of Nephrology 
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

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Jorge Plutzky, MD

Director, Preventive Cardiology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

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Richard E. Pratley, MD

Samuel E. Crockett Chair in Diabetes Research 
Medical Director, Advent Health Diabetes Institute 
Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead 
Advent Health Translational Research Institute 
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Orlando, Florida

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Sanjay Rajagopalan, MD, MBA, FACC, FAHA

Chief, Cardiovascular Medicine and Chief Academic and Scientific Officer
University Hospitals, Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
Herman K. Hellerstein MD, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director Case Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

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Kausik K. Ray, FMedSci

Immediate Past President European Atherosclerosis Society
Professor of Public Health and Honorary Consultant Cardiologist
Director of Imperial Centre for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention 
Director of the Imperial Clinical Trials Unit-Global  
Imperial College London
NIHR ARC National CV Lead

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Jane EB. Reusch, MD

Professor of Medicine, Bioengineering, and Integrative Physiology
Associate Director of the Center for Women’s Health Research
Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado
Staff Physician and Merit Investigator 
The Rocky Mountain Regional VAMC
Aurora, Colorado

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Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH

Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Boston, MA

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Robert S. Rosenson, MD 

Professor of Medicine 
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
Director of the Metabolism and Lipids Program 
Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

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Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH

Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine
Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

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Lance Sloan, MD, MSE, FACE, FASN, FACP, FEAA, FASPC

President, Texas Institute for Kidney and Endocrine Disorders
Department of Clinical Metabolism
Lufkin, Texas
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas
Clinical Assistant Professor,
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sam Houston State University
Conroe, Texas

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Laurence Sperling, M.D., FACC, FACP, FAHA, MASPC

Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology
Founder, Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention
Professor of Global Health
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

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Esra Tasali, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, UChicago Sleep Center
The University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

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Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC

Director of Preventive Cardiology
Founder & Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
La Jolla, California

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Raymond R. Townsend, MD, FAHA

Professor of Medicine  
Associate Director 
The Clinical and Translational Research Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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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

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​Matthew R. Weir, MD 

Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine 
University of Maryland School of Medicine 
Baltimore, Maryland

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Katherine Wilemon

Founder & CEO
Family Heart Foundation

Fernandina Beach, FL

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Henry Klar Yaggi, MD, MPH 

Professor of Internal Medicine (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine)
Vice Chief of Research, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Director, Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

2024 Faculty Members

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