23rd WCIRDC Faculty Speakers

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
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Charles Drew University Los Angeles, CA
Chair & Program Director 23rd WCIRDC
Tarzana, California

John P. Armato, MD

Providence Medical Associates/Little Company of Mary Medical Center
Private Practice Internal Medicine
Co-Founder: RobustForLife: Cardiometabolic Decision Support
Co-Director: Cardiometabolic Medical Center
Torrance, CA

Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD, MACE

Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine

Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Editor, The Journal of Diabetes Fellow
The American Society for Preventive Cardiology
New York, New York

Marc P. Bonaca MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC

Executive Director | CPC
William R. Hiatt Endowed Chair

in Cardiovascular Research
Professor of Medicine |

Cardiology & Vascular Medicine
Director of Vascular Research |

University of Colorado SOM
Aurora, Colorado

Jason Brett, MD

Principal Medical Head
Clinical Development, Medical & Regulatory Affairs
Novo Nordisk

Fernando Bril, MD

Assistant Professor

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

Eliot A. Brinton, MD
FAHA, FNLA, FACE

President, Utah Lipid Center
Past President, American Board of Clinical Lipidology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Division of Physician Assistant Education and Science
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, Utah

Matthew J. Budoff, MD, FACC, FAHA

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

John B. Buse, MD, PhD

Verne S. Caviness Distinguished Professor,
University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Robert J. Chilton, DO, FACP, FACC, FAHA, MACOI, FASCAI

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

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

David D'Alessio, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director of Endocrinology
Duke University, Division of Endocrinology
Durham, North Carolina

Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health

Science Center at San Antonio
Deputy Director,

Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas

Abigayil C. Dieguez, MD

Attending Physician, Endocrinology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s
Hospital of Chicago
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology), Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Brian J. Feldman, MD, PhD

Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology
C.N.H. Long Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

John M. Flack, MD, MPH

Sergio Rabinovich Endowed Chair of Internal Medicine
Professor and Chair
Departments of Medicine and Population Science and Policy
Chief, Hypertension Section
Southern Illinois University and Springfield Memorial Hospital
Carbondale, Illinois

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,
Tulane University Medical Center
Past President, American Diabetes Association, Science and Medicine
Board of Directors, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Board of Trustees, American College of Endocrinology
New Orleans, Louisiana

Peter J. Grant, MD, FMedSci

Professor of Medicine and

Consultant Physician
University of Leeds/Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine,
LIGHT Laboratories
Leeds, United Kingdom

Jennifer B. Green, MD

Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology
Faculty Member of the Duke Clinical Research Institute Publications Committee
Co-Chair Executive Committee Member for GRADE
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina

Barry H. Greenberg, MD

Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Advanced Heart Failure Treatment Program
UCSD Medical Center
San Diego, CA

Stephen J. Green, MD

Associate 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

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

Chris K. Guerin , MD, FACE, FEAA

Investigator at AMCR Institute
Escondido, California

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
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami
Hollywood, Florida

Yu Mi Kang, MD PhD

Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

Naresh Kanumilli, MD

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

Arnaud D. Kaze, MD, MPH

Cardiovascular Disease Fellow
The University of Arizona College of Medicine

Phoenix, Arizona

Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD

Ralph H. Ensign Professor of Medicine
(Endocrinology & Metabolism)
Director, Program in Mitochondrial Biology & Intermediary Metabolism
Director, Chemical Metabolism Core
Associate Director, Program in Translational Biomedicine
Associate Chief of Research (Endocrinology & Metabolism)
Departments of Internal Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Yale University School of Medicine

Samuel Klein, MD

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

Rohit Kohli MBBS, MS

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology,

Hepatology and Nutrition,
Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute, &
Associates’ Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar),

Keck School of Medicine
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA

Ronald M. Krauss, MD

Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, UCSF
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Elaine Ku, MD, MAS

Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California

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Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Chair

Senior Investigator, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston

Suvasini Lakshmanan, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

Norman E Lepor, MD, FACC, FAHA

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, California

Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, FACP

Professor of Medicine
Director of Research
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Bone Disease
Department of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
New York, New York

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

Christos 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

Seth S. Martin, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC

Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Faculty Leader, Barker Firm, Osler Medical Residency, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Director, Ciccarone Advanced Lipid Disorders Clinic & Digital Health Lab
Director, mTECH Center, an AHA SFRN Health Tech & Innovation Center
Core Faculty, Johns Hopkins Center for Health Equity

Ahmad Masri, MD MS

Cardiomyopathy Section Head
Director, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center and Cardiac Amyloidosis Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon

Tracey L. McLaughlin, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Clinician Investigator
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

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

Professor of Medicine
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health Research
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Co-Director, IMPACT Center at JHU
Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Baltimore, Maryland

Sunder Mudaliar, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
Staff Physician, Endocrine/Diabetes Section
VA San Diego Healthcare System
San Diego, CA

John W. Ostrominski,MD

Fellow in Cardiovascular Medicine and Obesity Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Vassilios Papadopoulos, D.Pharm., Ph.D.

Dean, USC Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Interim Dean, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck

School of Social Work
John Stauffer Decanal Chair in

Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor of Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical Sciences
Los Angeles, California

Jorge Plutzky, MD

Director, The Vascular Disease

Prevention Program

Cardiovascular Division
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Richard E. Pratley, MD

Samuel E. Crockett

Chair in Diabetes Research
Medical Director,

AdventHealth Diabetes Institute
Senior Investigator and Diabetes Program Lead, Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes
AdventHealth Orlando
Orlando, Florida

Peter D. Reaven, MD

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director of Diabetes Research
Phoenix VA Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Michael Roden, MD

Prof, MD, Chair of Endocrinology

and Metabolic Diseases
Director of the Department of Endocrinology

and Diabetology,
Heinrich-Heine University,

University Hospital Düsseldorf
CEO of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ)

Paul D. Rosenblit, MD

Clinical Professor, Medicine (Div. Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism)
University California, Irvine (UCI), School of Medicine, Irvine, CA
Volunteer Attending, Diabetes Out-Patient Clinic,
UCI Medical Center
Orange, CA

Philipp E. Scherer, PhD

Professor and Director
Touchstone Diabetes Center
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH

Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Deputy Editor, Diabetes Care

Viral N. Shah, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Director of Diabetes Clinical Research,

IU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Orian S. Shirihai, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Molecular Pharmacology
Director of the UCLA Metabolism Theme
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California

Bart Staels, PhD

Co-founder of GENFIT
Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board
Full Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University de Lille
Director, Inserm UMR1011, Institut Pasteur de Lille
Lille, France

Pam R. 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

San Diego, California

Katherine R. Tuttle, MD, FASN, FACP, FNKF

Executive Director for Research, Providence Inland Northwest Health
Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Kidney Research Institute
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, Washington

Matthew R. Weir, MD

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

Nathan D. Wong, PhD
FACC, FAHA, FNLA, MASPC

Professor and Director,

Heart Disease Prevention Program
Mary and Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division
Co-Director, Center for Global

Cardiometabolic Health and Nutrition
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California

Richard F. Wright, MD, MACC

Chairman, Cedars-Sinai Pacific Heart Institute
Co-Director, California Medicare Contractor Advisory Committee
Cardiology Advisor, Medicare Relative Value Update Committee.
Co-Chair, Heart Failure Specialty Group, Providence Health System
Santa Monica, CA