Diabetes, Cardiorenal
& Metabolic Institute
Workshop Scientific Program Committee
The Scientific Program Committee members, all volunteers, represent the upper echelons in the diabetes & the cardio renal metabolic space. All are recognized leaders in their respective fields including past presidents and senior leaders of major societies like ADA, AHA, AACE, HFSA, ACC, KDIGO and others.
Most importantly, they reach across the boundaries of their own profession, able to bridge the complex aspects of diabetes, obesity and associated comorbidities.
Endocrinologists
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
Samuel Dagogo-Jack
MD, DSc, MBA
A.C. Mullins Endowed Professor & Director,
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, TN
Ralph DeFronzo
MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
San Antonio, TX
Robert 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, CO
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
Jennifer Green
MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, NC
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
Silvio Inzucchi
MD
Professor of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Clinical Chief, Endocrinology and Medical Director
Yale Diabetes Center
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT
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
Guillermo Umpierrez
MD, CDE
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Internal Medicine
John Anderson
MD
Internal Medicine & Diabetes
The Frist Clinic
Past President Medicine & Science, American Diabetes Association, 2013
Nashville, TN
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Pamela Kushner
MD, FAAFP
Clinical Professor
University of California at Irvine
Irvine, CA
Nephrologists
George Bakris
MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, American Heart Association Comprehensive Hypertension Center
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, IL
Ian De Boer
MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Director, Kidney Research Institute
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Christian Mende
MD, FACP, FACN, FASN,
FASH, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Matthew Weir
MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Cardiologists
Christie Ballantyne
MD, FACP, FACC
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Joshua Beckman
MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
Deepak Bhatt
MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI, FESC
Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart & Vascular Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Biykem Bozkurt
MD, PhD, FHFSA, FACC, FAHA, FACP
The Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine
Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development
Director, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
Assoc. Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
Vice-Chair of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Medicine Chief, DeBakey VA Medical Center
Immediate Past President, Heart Failure Society of America
Senior Associate Editor, Circulation
Houston, TX
Matthew Budoff
MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, UCLA
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology
Lundquist Institute
Torrance, CA
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
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
Norman Lepor
MD, FACC, FAHA, FSCAI
Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology Clinical Professor of Medicine, Geffen School of Medicine-UCLA
Attending Cardiologist, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
Co-director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Westside Medical Imaging
Director of Clinical Research, Westside Medical Associates
Los Angeles, CA
Erin Michos
MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Editor in Chief
The American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Baltimore, MD
Jorge Plutzky
MD
Director, Preventive Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
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
Muthiah Vaduganathan
MD, MPH
Cardiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA