Diabetes, Cardiorenal
& Metabolic Institute
Board of Directors
Yehuda Handelsman
MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, MACE
Chair
Medical Director & Principal Investigator,
The Metabolic Institute of America
Tarzana, CA
Zachary Bloomgarden
MD, MACE
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Editor, The Journal of Diabetes
New York, NY
Javed Butler
MD, MPH, MBA
Patrick H. Lehan Chair in Cardiovascular Research
Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Sonia Caprio
MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Daniel Einhorn
MD, FACP, FACE
Medical Director, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD
President, Diabetes and Endocrine Associates
Associate Editor, Journal of Diabetes
Past President, American College of Endocrinology
Past President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
La Jolla, CA
Vivian 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 Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Peter Grant
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
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, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Bloomfield Hills, MI
Chris Guerin
MD, FACE
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism,
Tri-City Medical Center at Oceanside, California
Founder-Advanced Metabolic Care and Research
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California at San Diego, California
Chair Past President’s Committee for CACE (Clinical Association of California Endocrinologists) and Board of Directors
Oceanside, CA
Paul Jellinger
MD, MACE
The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami
Past President, AACE & ACE
Hollywood, FL
Mikhail Kosiborod
MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Kansas City, MO
Tracey McLaughlin
MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Christian Mende
MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FASH, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Alan Sinaiko
MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN
Pam Taub
MD, FACC, FASPC
Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
La Jolla, CA
Paul Zimmet
AO, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
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