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2024 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

George L. Bakris

MD, MA, FAHA, FASN

Professor of Medicine Director, AHA Comprehensive Hypertension Center University of Chicago Medicine Chicago, Illinois

Christie M. Ballantyne

MD, FACP, FACC

Chief, Sections of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research
Professor, Departments of Medicine, Genetics and Physiology
Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Disease Prevention
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Deepak L. Bhatt

MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI

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

Zachary T. Bloomgarden

MD, MACE

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Editor, The Journal of Diabetes New York, New York

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 Associate Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute Vice-Chair of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine Editor-in-Chief, JACC: Heart Failure Houston, Texas

Matthew J. Budoff

MD, FACC, FAHA

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

Javed Butler

MD, MPH, MBA

Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute Senior Vice President, Baylor Scott and White Health Dallas, Texas Jackson, Mississippi, United States

David Cherney

MD CM, PhD, FRCP(C)

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

Ralph A. DeFronzo

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

Stefano Del Prato

President, European Diabetes Forum Retired Professor, Endocrinology and Metabolism University of Pisa, School of Medicine Chief, Section of Diabetes, University Hospital of Pisa Affiliated Professor of Medicine, Sant’ Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the World Diabetes Congress in Dubai Pisa, Italy

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

Director of the HF Unit, Attikon University Hospital, Chair of the Department of Cardiology, Athens University Hospital Director of the Heart Failure and Cardioncology Units, Athens University Hospital Athens, Greece

Gregg C. Fonarow

MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA

Eliot Corday Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Science Director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program Interim Chief, UCLA Division of Cardiology 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
Tulane University Health Sciences Center

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 Center 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

Italy

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

Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Duke University Medical Center Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, North Carolina

Stephen J. Greene, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology

Co-Director, Duke Heart Failure Medication Titration Clinic
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

Per-Henrik Groop

MD, DMSc, FRCPE

Professor of Internal Medicine (Chair), University of Helsinki Chief Physician, The Abdominal Center Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital Principal Investigator, The Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy (FinnDiane) Helsinki, Finland

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

Ania M. Jastreboff

MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) & Pediatrics (Pediatric Endocrinology) Yale University School of Medicine Director, Yale Obesity Research Center (Y-Weight) Co-Director, Yale Center for Weight Management Board of Directors, American Board of Obesity Medicine New Haven, Connecticut

Paul S. Jellinger

MD, MACE

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

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

Mikhail N. Kosiborod MD, FACC, FAHA

Vice President of Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Executive Director, Cardiometabolic Center Alliance
Director of Cardiometabolic Research

Co-Director of the Haverty Cardiometabolic Center of Excellence

Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri
Inaugural Recipient of the Ben McCallister, MD Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Research, Saint Luke’s Health System
Kansas City, Missouri

Pamela R. Kushner

MD, FAAFP

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

Irvine, California

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

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
Harvard, Massachusetts

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

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

Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc

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

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

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

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

Peter E. H. Schwartz

Professor of Internal Medicine, Technical University Dresden, Department of Endocrinopathies and Metabolic Diseases. Scientific Secretary, The European DE-PLAN Project Group Dresden, Germany

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

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 Elie Valensi

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

2024 DCRMI Task Force

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