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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
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Yehuda Handelsman

MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, MACE 

Chair

Medical Director & Principal Investigator,

The Metabolic Institute of America

Tarzana, CA

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Zachary Bloomgarden

MD, MACE

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

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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

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Ralph DeFronzo

MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
San Antonio, TX

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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

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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

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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

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Jennifer Green

MD

Professor of Medicine

Duke University Medical Center, Division of Endocrinology

Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, NC

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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

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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

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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

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Guillermo Umpierrez

MD, CDE

Professor of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Internal Medicine
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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
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George Bakris

MD

Professor of Medicine
Director, American Heart Association Comprehensive Hypertension Center
University of Chicago Medicine

Chicago, IL

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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

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Christian Mende

MD, FACP, FACN, FASN,

FASH, FAHA

Clinical Professor of Medicine

University of California San Diego

La Jolla, CA

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Matthew Weir

MD

Professor and Chief

Division of Nephrology

Department of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Cardiologists
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Christie Ballantyne

MD, FACP, FACC

Chief, Section of Cardiology
Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

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Joshua Beckman

MD, MS

Professor of Medicine

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN

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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

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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

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Matthew Budoff

MD, FACC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine, UCLA

Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology

Lundquist Institute

Torrance, CA

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Jorge Plutzky

MD

Director, Preventive Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

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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

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Muthiah Vaduganathan

MD, MPH

Cardiologist, Brigham and Women's Hospital,

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

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