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Scientific Committee
Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, FAHA, MACE, Co-Chair
Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America Chair Scientific Advisory Board
DCMi- Diabetes CardioRenal & Metabolism Institute
Chair & Program Director 9th HiD Tarzana, California
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
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
Mark E. Cooper, MB BS, PhD, FRACP, FAMS
Head, Department of Diabetes
Central Clinical School
Monash University
Senior Endocrinologist,
Alfred Health Clinic
Melbourne, Australia
Michael E. Farkouh, MD, FRCPC, MSc. FACC, FAHA
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
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
Past President, AACE
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD
Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Clinical Chief,
Endocrinology and Medical Director
Yale Diabetes Center
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Lawrence A. Leiter, MDCM, FRCPC, FACP, FACE, FAHA
Associate Scientist,
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
Director, Lipid Clinic Associate
Director, Clinical Nutrition and
Risk Factor Modification Centre
St. Michael’s Hospital
Professor,
Medicine and Nutritional Sciences
University of Toronto
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
Boston, Massachusetts
Christian W. Mende, MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
Neha J. Pagidipati, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Director, Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Program Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship Associate Program Director, DCRI Research Fellowship Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University Medical School
Durham, North Carolina
Peter D. Reaven, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director of Diabetes Research
Phoenix VA Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
Laurence Sperling, MD, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FASPC
Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology
Director of the Emory Heart Disease Prevention Center
Professor of Global Health
Hubert Department of Global Health
Rollins School of Public Health at
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
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
Chair of the 9th Heart in Diabetes
Durham, North Carolina
Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FHFSA, FACC, FAHA, 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
David Cherney, CM, PhD, MD, FRCPC
Associate Professor,
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Banting & Best Diabetes Centre
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Platform
Scientist, Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI)
Toronto, Canada
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD, BMS, MS, BS
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Deputy Director, Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas
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
Martha Gulati MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, MASPC, FESC, FSCCT (hon), FRCP Edin
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Professor of Cardiology
Associate Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center
Associate Director, Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair in Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine & Research
Smidt Heart Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Paul S. Jellinger, MD, MACE
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami,
Miller School of Medicine
The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care Past President, AACE & ACE
Hollywood, Florida
Norman E. Lepor, MD, FACC, FAHA
Founder and Director, National Heart Institute
Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Attending Cardiologist, Smidt Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Los Angeles, CA
Nikolaus Marx, MD, FESC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine / Cardiology
Head of the Department of
Internal Medicine I
University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
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
Richard E. Pratley, MD
Samuel E. Crockett
Chair in Diabetes Research
Medical Director,
AdventHealth Diabetes Institute
Senior Investigator and
Diabetes Program Lead,
AdventHealth
Translational Research Institute
Orlando, Florida
Jane E. B. 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
Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland
School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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
Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology
Program Director, Director of Cardiac CT
Lundquist Institute
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
Division of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Robert J. Chilton, DO, FACP, FACC, FAHA, MACOI, FASCAI
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
Stefano Del Prato, MD
Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Chief of the Section of Diabetes
University of Pisa, School of Medicine
Pisa, Italy
Peter J. Grant, MBChB, MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
University of Leeds
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the international journal, Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research
Leeds, United Kingdom
Mansoor Husain, BSc, FRCPC, MD
Executive Director,
Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research
Director, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute,
University Health Network
Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute,
University Health Network
Toronto, Canada
Mark T. Kearney, MBChB, MRCP, MD
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
Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD
Director of Research,
Division of Endocrinology,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai,
New York, New York
Darren McGuire, MD, MHSc
Professor of Internal Medicine,
Division of Cardiology
Dallas Heart Ball Chair for Research on Heart Disease in Women
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Deputy Editor, Circulation
Dallas, Texas
Ann Marie Navar, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
UT Southwestern Medical School
Deputy Editor at JAMA Cardiology
Dallas, Texas
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
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
Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF
Executive Director for Research, Providence Inland Northwest Health
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute
Regional Principal Investigator, Institute of Translational Health Sciences
University of Washington
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