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2026 DCRMI Task Force

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, HiD- Heart in Diabetes / WCIRDC World Congress on IR, DM & CVD

Tarzana, California

John Anderson

Internal Medicine Specialist, The Frist Clinic At TriStar Centennial Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tennesse, USA

Pablo Aschner MD.MSc.

Professor Endocrinology, Javeriana University School of Medicine
Senior Research Advisor, San Ignacio University Hospital
Scientific Director, Colombian Diabetes Association
Bogota, Colombia

Christie M. Ballantyne

MD, FACP, FACC

Chief, Section of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research
Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
Immediate Past President, National Lipid Association
Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Human Genetics

Deepak L. Bhatt

MD, MPH, 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, NY

Zachary T. Bloomgarden

MD, MACE

Editor, the Journal of Diabetes
Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Biykem Bozkurt

MD, PhD, FHFSA, FACC, FAHA, 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
Vice-Chair of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
Editor-in-Chief, JACC: Heart Failure

Matthew J. Budoff

MD, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology
Lundquist Institute

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
Dallas, Texas

Stefano Del Prato

Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism Chief of the Section of Diabetes University of Pisa, School of Medicine
Pisa, Italy

David Cherney

MD CM, PhD, FRCP(C)

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
Clinician Scientist, Division of Nephrology,
University Health Network Director, Renal Physiology Laboratory,
University Health Network Senior Scientist,
Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario

Caterina Conte, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine,
San Raffaele Roma University, Rome
Head, Obesity and Obesity-related Cardiometabolic Complications Research Unit
IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan
Italy

Ralph A. DeFronzo

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

Robert H. Eckel

MD, FAHA, FACC

Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
Division of Cardiology
Charles A. Boettcher II Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis, Emeritus
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Past President, American Heart Association
President of Science and Medicine, American Diabetes Association
Aurora, Colorado

Gerasimos Filippatos

MD, DrHC, FESC, FHFA, FHFSA

Professor of Cardiology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Chair, Department of Cardiology and Medicine, Athens University Hospital Attikon
Vice President Onassis Hospital and Transplant Center
Past. President Heart Failure Association ESC
Past Dean, School of Medicine, University of Cyprus

Gregg C. Fonarow

MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center
Co-Director, UCLA, Preventive Cardiology Program
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

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
John Deming Department of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine

W. Timothy Garvey

Butterworth Professor of Nutritional Sciences,
Chair, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health
Director, UAB Diabetes Research Center
Professions Senior Scientist, UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Ctr
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Centers Investigator and Staff Physician, Birmingham VA Medical Center
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Francesco Giorgino

MD, PhD

Professor of Endocrinology
Director, Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area
Head, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
University Hospital Policlinico Consorziale
President, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)

Peter J. 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

Jennifer B. Green

President-elect, Medicine and Science, American Diabetes Association
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Faculty Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Stephen J. Greene, MD

Division of Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
Duke University Medical Center // Duke Clinical Research Institute

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

George Grunberger MD, FACP, MACE

Chairman, Grunberger Diabetes and Endocrinology
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, Michigan

Paul S. Jellinger

MD, MACE

The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Hollywood, Florida
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami

Linong Ji, MD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Deputy Director, Peking University Gerontology Center
Co-director, Peking University Diabetes Center
Peking University Health Science Center

Prof Dr Shashank R Joshi MD,DM

Hon D.Sc(Med),FRCP(Lon,Glsg & Edin) Master American College of Endocrinology,(Padmashri Awardee)
Endocrinologist, Joshi Clinic(Clinic no-+9122 31932554), Lilavati & Sir HN RF Hospital
President,Indian Academy of Diabetes and Indian Society of Chronomedicine

Takashi Kadowaki, M.D., Ph.D.

President, Toranomon Hospital
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Naresh Kanumilli, MBBS

Visiting Professor- Institute of Medicine.

University of Bolton
Chair- Primary Care Diabetes& Obesity Society
Consultant in Diabetes- Manchester University Foundation Trust
Clinical Network Lead for Diabetes-Greater Manchester
Honorary Clinical Advisor for Primary Care

Research- GMCRN
Clinical Champion- Diabetes UK
Northenden Group Practice
Northenden, Manchester

Pamela R. Kushner

MD, FAAFP

Clinical Professor of Family Medicine, University of California at Irvine Director, Kushner Wellness in Los Alamitos,

Irvine, California

Koichiro Kuwahara, MD, PhD

Professor and Chairman,
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Shinshu University School of Medicine

Lawrence A. Leiter

MDCM, FRCPC, 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

Norman E. Lepor

MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI

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, CA

Kazuomi Kario

MD, PhD

Secretary, International Society of Hypertension
Professor, Chairman
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine,
Jichi Medical University School of Medicine (JMU)

Kamlesh Khunti

MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci

Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine, University of Leicester, UK. Co-Director, Leicester Diabetes Centre Director of Applied Research Collaborations East Midlands, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Director of Centre for Ethnic Health Research, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Director of The Real World Evidence Unit, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Honorary Visiting Professorial Fellow with Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne. Melbourne, United Kingdom

Samuel Klein

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

Saint Louis, Missouri

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Director of Hepatology
Director, Liver Epidemiology Training Program
Founding Director, MASLD Research Center
University of California at San Diego
Adjunct Professor, Division of Epidemiology, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health
La Jolla, California

Ronald C.W. Ma

S.H. Ho Professor of Diabetes
Division Head, Endocrinology and Diabetes (Academic Affairs)
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics
Director, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences
Co-director, CU-Med Biobank
Associate Dean (External Affairs)
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Magdalena Madero Rovalo, MD

Head of the Department of Nephrology
National Institute of Cardiology Ignacio Chávez
Professor of Nephrology Course, UNAM
National Researcher, SNI 3

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
Boston, Massachusetts

Javier Morales

MD,FACP, FACE

Associate Professor of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine at Hofstra University Vice President, Advanced Internal Medicine Group Hempstead, New York

Guang Ning, MD, PhD

Head of Shanghai Clinical Center for Endochrine and Metabolic Disease
Director and Professor of Department of Endocrine and Metabolism in Ruijin Hospital
Director of Shanghai Institute for Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vice President of Ruijin Hospital affiliated Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine

Jorge Plutzky

Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program Director, Preventive Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor,

Harvard Medical School

Boston, Massachusetts

Richard E. Pratley

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

Naveed Sattar

PhD, FRCP, FRCPath,

FRSE, FMedSci

Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Glasgow Honorary Consultant in Metabolic Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary Glasgow,

United Kingdom

Prof. Dr. med. habil. Peter E. H. Schwarz, MBA

President of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF)
Department of Medicine III, Prevention and Care of Diabetes

Eberhard Standl

PhD

Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology and Angiology, The Munich Diabetes Research Group Past Director of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Academic Hospital Munich-Schwabing Munich, Bavaria, Germany

P. Gabriel Steg

MD, FESC, FACC

Professor of Cardiology, Université Paris Cité Chief, Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Bichat Vice President (of research) of the board, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Visiting Professor, Imperial College, London, UK Director of the “Clinical Research in Atherothrombosis” Research Team, INSERM Unit U1148

Paris, France

Lale Tokgozoglu

MD, FACC, FESC

Past-President, European Atherosclerosis Society Professor of Cardiology Hacettepe University Ankara-Turkey

Raymond R. Townsend, MD, FAHA

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

Jaakko Tuomilehto

MD, PhD, FRCP, FESC

Professor of Public Health, University of Helsinki Past Chief Scientific Officer, Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait

Helsinki, Finland

Guillermo E. Umpierrez

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Grady Memorial Hospital Director of the Diabetes and Endocrinology Section, Grady Memorial Hospital Chief of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Grady Health Systems Editor-in-Chief, American Diabetes Association Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders, 6th Edition Textbook (Green Book) Editor-in-Chief, BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care (ADA and BMJ Collaborative project) Atlanta, Georgia

Paul E. Valensi, MD

Professor of Nutrition, Sorbonne Paris Nord University
Former Head of the Endocrinology-Diabetology-Nutrition Unit, Jean Verdier Hospital
Co-Chair, Centre Intégré Nord Francilien Obésité Adultes et Enfants (CINFO)
Villetaneuse, France

Matthew R. Weir

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

John Wilding

DM, FRCP

Clinical Research into Obesity, Diabetes and Endocrinology, University of Liverpool Council Member, Royal College of Physicians Chairs the UK National Clinical Research Network Metabolic Chairs Endocrine Speciality Group Liverpool,

England, United Kingdom

Eugene E. Wright, Jr.

Consulting Associate in Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Consulting Associate in Department of Medicine, Duke University Clinical Associate Professor, Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM) Member of the Planning Committee, The Clinical Conference of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Member, The Primary Care Interest Group of the (ADA)

Durham, North Carolina

Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS,

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
Director, Digital Health Lab
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Chantal Matthieu

MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Program Director of Biomedical Sciences, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Chair of Endocrinology at the University Hospital Gasthuisberg Leuven Senior Vice President, EASD Chair of Postgraduate Education, EASD

Leuven, Belgium

Christian W. Mende

MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FASH

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of California San Diego

Associate Editor of The Journal Diabetes

San Diego, California

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 Co-Director, IMPACT Center at JHU (Improving Participation Among Diverse Populations in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials) Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology Baltimore, Maryland

Kausik Ray

BSc(hons), MBChB, MD, MPhil (Cantab), FRCP (Lon), FRCP (Ed), FACC, FESC, FAHA

Professor of Public Health/Consultant Cardiologist Deputy Director of The Imperial Clinical Trials Unit Head of Commercial Trials Department of Public Health and Primary Care School of Public Health, Imperial College Chief Clinical Officer and Head of Trials – Discover Now NIHR ARC National Lead of Cardiovascular Disease EAS President Elect London, United Kingdom

Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc

Professor Department of Clinical Medicine University of Copenhagen Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen Herlev, Denmark

Krishnaswamy Sampathkumar MD,DNB,DM , FRCP ( Glasgow ) FISN FASN

Consultant at Meenakshi Mission Hospital & Research Centre (S.R. Trust )

Raul D. Santos MD, PhD, MSc

Researcher ARO- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Associate Professor and Director Lipid Clinic, Heart Institute (InCor) , University of Sao Paulo Medical School Hospital
Editor in Chief, Global Heart
Former President International Atherosclerosis Society

2026 DCRMI Task Force

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