#WCIRDC25
CME Conference on December 4-6, 2025
Hilton Universal Hotel Los Angeles
555 Universal Hollywood Dr, Universal City, CA 91608
22nd WCIRDC Faculty
​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 22nd WCIRDC
Tarzana, California
Richard N. Bergman, PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director of Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center
Professor-in-Residence, UCLA
Professor Emeritus USC
Los Angeles, California
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
Schafer Boeder, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of California, San Diego
Clinical Diabetes Research Group
San Diego, California
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
Alice YY Cheng, MD, FRCPC
Endocrinologist, Trillium Health Partners, and Unity Health Toronto
Associate Professor, University of Toronto.
Chair of the Scientific Planning Committee
American Diabetes Association
Associate Editor for Diabetes Care
Co-host of the podcast series “Diabetes Care On Air”
Toronto, Canada
David Cherney, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Clinician Scientist - Division of Nephrology, University Health Network
Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Director, Renal Physiology Laboratory, University Health Network
Toronto, Ontario
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
Kelly L. Close, MBA
Founder and President of Close Concerns
Founder and Editor of Chief of The diaTribe Foundation
San Francisco, California
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
The University of Texas Health Science Center
Deputy Director, Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Ronald M. Evans, PhD
Professor and Director Gene Expression Laboratory March of Dimes
Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
La Jolla, 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
Alfonso Galderisi, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
W. Timothy Garvey, MD
Charles E. Butterworth, Jr., Professor and University Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, UAB Diabetes Research Center
Birmingham, Alabama
Ira J. Goldberg, MD
Clarissa and Edgar Bronfman Jr. Professor
Director, Holman Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
NYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health
New York, New York
Peter J. Grant, MBChB, 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, 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
Stephen J. Greene, 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 & Pediatrics Endocrinology & Pediatric Endocrinology
Director, Yale Obesity Research Center (Y-Weight)
Co-Director, Yale Center for Weight Management
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC
Director of Preventative Cardiology Associate Director
Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center
Associate Director, Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s Smidt Heart Institute
Principal Investigator, St. James Women Take Heart Project Past CardioSmart
Editor-in-Chief, American College of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Kevin D. Hall, PhD
Senior Investigator
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Bethesda, Maryland
Narimon Honarpour, MD,PhD
Senior Vice President,
Global Development
Co-chair for Portfolio Governance of
Company Pipeline, Amgen
Thousand Oaks , CA
Paul S. Jellinger, MD, MACE
The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami
Hollywood, Florida
Michelle M. Kittleson, MD, PhD
​Professor of Medicine
Director of Education in Heart Failure and Transplantation
Smidt Heart Institute
Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, California
Samuel Klein, MD
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
Csaba P. Kovesdy MD, FASN
The Fred Hatch Professor of Medicine
Chief of Nephrology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Memphis, Tennessee
​Ronald M. Krauss, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, UCSF
Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, 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
Ildiko Lingvay, MD, MPH, MSCS
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine Division of Endocrinology
Department of Population and Data Science
Medical Director, Office of Clinical Trials Management (OCTM)
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Gary D. Lopaschuk, PhD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
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
Tracey L. McLaughlin, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
Clinician Investigator
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Ildiko Lingvay, MD, MPH, MSCS
Christian W. Mende, MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FAHA
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Associate Editor of The Journal Diabetes
San Diego, California
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, 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
Sonia M. Najjar, MS, PhD
OHF John J. Kopchick PhD Endowed Eminent Research Chair
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Richard E. Pratley, MD
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
​Paul D. Rosenblit, MD, PhD, FACE, FNLA
Clinical Professor, Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Co-Director, Diabetes Outpatient Clinic UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA Director, & Site Principal Investigator, Diabetes / Lipid Management & Research Center Huntington Beach, CaliforniaClinical Professor, Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism University of California, Irvine School of Medicine Co-Director, Diabetes Outpatient Clinic UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA Director, & Site Principal Investigator, Diabetes / Lipid Management & Research Center Huntington Beach, California
Robert Pordy, MD, FACP, FNLA
Vice President, Clinical Sciences - Internal Medicine
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Tarrytown, New York
Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc
Professor Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Herlev, Denmark
Peter D. Reaven, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Staff Endocrinologist
Phoenix VA Health Care System
Phoenix, Arizona
Katja Rohwedder, MD
Senior Physician Global Medical Affairs Heart and Kidney
Bayer AG
Medical Affairs & Pharmacovigilance, Pharmaceuticals
TA CardioRenal & Heart Disease
Berlin, Germany
Jerome I. Rotter, MD
Director, The Institute for Translational Genomics and Population Sciences,
The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Director, Division of Genomic Outcomes, Departments of Pediatrics Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, UCLA.
Chair, MESA Genetics Committee
Los Angeles, California
Michael J. Sole, BSc Hons, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA, FCAHS, FCCS
​Division of Cardiology, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre,
Emeritus Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute
Professor Emeritus, Medicine and Physiology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Philipp E. Scherer, PhD
Professor and Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FACOPP, FAAFP
Professor and Director of Clinical Research at Touro University California
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Associate Editor for Clinical Diabetes and for the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association.
Vallejo, California
Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD, MACP, MACE, FRCP
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Co-Director Yale Diabetes Research Center
Investigator Emeritus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
New Haven, Connecticut
Emily Sonestedt, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor in Nutritional Epidemiology
Head of the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Group
Lund University
Associate Professor in Food and Meal Science
Kristianstad University
Lund, Sweden
Laurence S. Sperling, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, MASPC
Founder, Emory Center for Heart Disease Prevention
Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Professor of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health
Executive Director, Million Hearts
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Atlanta, Georgia
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 Preventive Cardiology
Founder & Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
La Jolla, California
Raymond R. Townsend, MD, FAHA
Professor of Medicine and Associate Director
The Clinical and Translational Research Center
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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
Regional Principal Investigator, Institute of Translational Health Sciences
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Nathan D. Wong, PhD, MPH
Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program
Mary and Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division, University of California,
Irvine School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UC Irvine and UCLA
Past President, American Society for Preventive Cardiology,
Pacific Lipid Association, and InterAmerican Heart Foundation
Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology
Irvine, California
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Orly Vardeny, PharmD, MS
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Professor of Medicine
University of Minnesota
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Paul Zimmet, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes, Monash University
Honorary President, International Diabetes Federation
Co-Director, The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Ageing,
Tel Aviv Medical Center
Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa (Monash)
Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa (Tel Aviv University)
Honoris Causa Doctoris, Complutense University (Madrid)
Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa (Adelaide)
Doctor of Philosophy, Umea University (Sweden)
Melbourne, Australia
Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH, FACC, FHFA
Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science
Associate Editor of JACC
US National Ambassador to the ESC Heart Failure Association
Boston, Massachusetts
21st WCIRDC Faculty
Yehuda Handelsman
MD, MACE
Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America
Chair & Program Director
World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes
& Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC)
& Heart in Diabetes (HID)
Chair & Founder
International Committee for Insulin Resistance
Tarzana, California
Mikhail N. Kosiborod
MD
Professor of Medicine
Saint Luke's Mid America
Heart Institute
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri
E. Dale Abel
MD, PhD
Endocrinologist and Chair, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Executive Medical Director, UCLA Health System’s Department
of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Arthur S. Agatston, MD
Chairman and CEO, The Agatston Center for Preventive Medicine Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention, Baptist Health
South Florida Miami Beach, Florida
Silva Arslanian
MD
Richard L. Day Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes Mellitus University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Director, Pediatric Clinical & Translational Research Center Scientific Director, Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity & Metabolism UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Richard N. Bergman
PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Director, Sports Spectacular Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center (SSDOWRC) Professor-in-Residence, Department of Medicine, UCLA Los Angeles, California
Michael Joseph Blaha
MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Director of Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Associate Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology, Associate Editor, the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Baltimore, Maryland
Zachary T. Bloomgarden
MD, MACE
Chairman and CEO, The Agatston Center for Preventive Medicine Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention, Baptist Health
South Florida Miami Beach, Florida
Matthew J. Budoff
MD
Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology Program Director, Director of Cardiac CT Lundquist Institute Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Sonia Caprio
MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
David Cherney
MDCM, PhD
Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Clinician Scientist, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospitals Director, Renal Physiology Laboratory Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)
Toronto, Ontario
Robert J. Chilton
DO, MACOI
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
Professor of Medicine Chief, Diabetes Division The University of Texas Health Science Center Deputy Director, Texas
Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology),
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of the
Maternal Cardiology Program
Past Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Heart Failure Program
University of Southern California
Past Executive Council of
the Heart Failure Society of America
Los Angeles, California
Professor and Director of the Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
La Jolla, California
Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine Past Chair and Chief Science Officer, the American Society of Hypertension Past Chair, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
New Orleans, Louisiana
Gregg C. Fonarow
MD
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
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
Emily J. Gallagher
MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Research Track for the Internal Medicine Residency Program Principle Investigator, Endocrine Fellows Foundation, Fellows Development Research Grant K08 Clinician-Scientist Career Development Award from the NIH/NCI Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai
Health System
New York City, New York
W. Timothy Garvey
MD
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
Mark O. Goodarzi
MD, PhD
Eris M. Field Chair, Diabetes Research Director, Endocrine Genetics Laboratory Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Associate Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Peter J. Grant
MD
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
MD
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 (Cardiology) Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University School of Medicine Durham,
North Carolina
George Grunberger
MD, 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
Michael A. Hill
PhD
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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
Professor of Clinical Medicine Voluntary Faculty University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care Past President, AACE & ACE
Hollywood, Florida
Interim Director, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, MU School of Medicine (The University of Missouri School of Medicine) Columbia, Missouri
Ron C. Kahn
MD
Michelle M. Kittleson
MD, PhD
Samuel Klein
MD
Rohit Kohli
MBBS, MS
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Smidt Heart Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, California
Director, Center for Human Nutrition Chief Scientific Officer, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Director, The George Donnell Society for Pediatric Scientists Associates Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Teaching and Education) Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Senior Investigator and Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center Section Head, Integrative Physiology and Metabolism Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Ronald M. Krauss
MD
Senior Scientist and Director, Atherosclerosis Research Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California
Rohit Kulkarni
MD, PhD
Margaret A. Congleton Chair and Co-Head, Islet & Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Principle Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Norman E. Lepor
MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Attending Cardiologist, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Co-director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Westside Medical Imaging Director of Clinical Research, Westside Medical Associates Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Derek LeRoith
MD, PhD
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 Director, NAFLD Research Center UC San Diego School of Medicine University of California at San Diego UC San Diego Health
San Diego, California
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
Seth S. Martin
MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Nikolaus Marx
MD
Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, Internal Medicine and General Medicine Head of the Department of Internal Medicine I University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
Darren McGuire
MD, MHSc
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Dallas Heart Ball Chair for Research on Heart Disease in Women UT Southwestern Medical Center Deputy Editor, Circulation
Dallas, Texas
Tracey L. McLaughlin
MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Clinician Investigator Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Erin D. Michos
MD, MHS
Director of Women Cardiovascular Health Research Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 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
Geltrude Mingrone
MD, PhD
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Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine Chief, Division of Obesity and Related Disorders, Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital Professor of Diabetes and Nutrition, King’s College
London, UK
Rome, Italy
Neha J. Pagidipati
MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology Duke University School of Medicine Director, Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, North Carolina
Stephen Pinkosky, PhD
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Vice President, Head of Discovery and Early Development,
Esperion Therapeutics
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Jorge Plutzky
MD
Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program Director, Preventive Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor, 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, Advent Health Translational Research Institute Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Orlando, Florida
Paul D. Rosenbilt MD, PhD, FACE, FNLA
Clinical Professor, Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine Co-Director, Diabetes Outpatient Clinic UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA Director, & Site Principal Investigator, Diabetes / Lipid Management & Research Center Huntington Beach, California
Eric Ravussin
PhD, MD, MPH
Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism Boyd Professor and Associate Executive Director for Clinical Science Metabolic Chambers and Human Translational Physiology Departments Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Philipp E. Scherer
PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas
Gerald I. Shulman
MD, PhD
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology Co-Director Yale Diabetes Research Center Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Alan R. Sinaiko
MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Nephrology University of Minnesota Medical School Pediatrics and Division of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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
Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine UC San Diego Health System
La Jolla, California
Muthiah Vaduganathan
MD, MPH
Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Co-director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science Co-chair of a Heart Failure Collaboratory Section Editor, JACC Fellows-in-Training / Early Career section Associate Editor, JACC Heart Failure Editorial board, European Journal of Heart Failure Boston, Massachusetts
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, MPH
Cardiovascular Epidemiologist, Specialist in Preventive Cardiology Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA and UC Irvine Public Health & Radiology, UC Irvine Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology President, InterAmerican Heart Foundation President, Pacific Lipid Association Board of Directors,
Hussein Yassine
MD
Kenneth and Bette Volk Endowed Professor of Neurology Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles General Medical Center (Previously known as the LAC+USC Medical Center)
Los Angeles, California
Paul Zimmet
AO, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes, Monash University Honorary President, International Diabetes Federation 2018 Victoria Senior Australian of the Year Co-Director, The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Ageing, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa (Monash) Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa (Tel Aviv) Honoris Causa Doctoris (Complutense University (Madrid) Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa (Adelaide) Doctor of Philosophy,
Umea University (Sweden)
Melbourne, Australia
22nd WCIRDC Faculty
​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 22nd WCIRDC
Tarzana, California
Richard N. Bergman, PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Director of Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center
Professor-in-Residence, UCLA
Professor Emeritus USC
Los Angeles, California
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
Schafer Boeder, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
University of California, San Diego
Clinical Diabetes Research Group
San Diego, California
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
Alice YY Cheng, MD, FRCPC
​Endocrinologist, Trillium Health Partners, and Unity Health Toronto
Associate Professor, University of Toronto.
Chair of the Scientific Planning Committee
American Diabetes Association
Associate Editor for Diabetes Care
Co-host of the podcast series “Diabetes Care On Air”
Toronto, Canada
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
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
21st WCIRDC Faculty
Yehuda Handelsman
MD, MACE
Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America
Chair & Program Director
World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes
& Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC)
& Heart in Diabetes (HID)
Chair & Founder
International Committee for Insulin Resistance
Tarzana, California
Mikhail N. Kosiborod
MD
Professor of Medicine
Saint Luke's Mid America
Heart Institute
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri
E. Dale Abel
MD, PhD
Endocrinologist and Chair, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Executive Medical Director, UCLA Health System’s Department
of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
Arthur S. Agatston, MD
Chairman and CEO, The Agatston Center for Preventive Medicine Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention, Baptist Health
South Florida Miami Beach, Florida
Silva Arslanian
MD
Richard L. Day Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes Mellitus University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Director, Pediatric Clinical & Translational Research Center Scientific Director, Center for Pediatric Research in Obesity & Metabolism UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Richard N. Bergman
PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein Chair in Diabetes Research Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Director, Sports Spectacular Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center (SSDOWRC) Professor-in-Residence, Department of Medicine, UCLA Los Angeles, California
Michael Joseph Blaha
MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Director of Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Associate Professor of Cardiology and Epidemiology, Associate Editor, the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography Baltimore, Maryland
Zachary T. Bloomgarden
MD, MACE
Chairman and CEO, The Agatston Center for Preventive Medicine Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Medical Director of Wellness and Prevention, Baptist Health
South Florida Miami Beach, Florida
Matthew J. Budoff
MD
Professor of Medicine David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology Program Director, Director of Cardiac CT Lundquist Institute Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Division of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Sonia Caprio
MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut
David Cherney
MDCM, PhD
Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto Clinician Scientist, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospitals Director, Renal Physiology Laboratory Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute (TGHRI)
Toronto, Ontario
Robert J. Chilton
DO, MACOI
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology Associate Program Director, Interventional Cardiology The University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
Professor of Medicine Chief, Diabetes Division The University of Texas Health Science Center Deputy Director, Texas
Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas
Clinical Professor of Medicine (Cardiology),
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Director of the
Maternal Cardiology Program
Past Chief of Cardiology and Director of the Heart Failure Program
University of Southern California
Past Executive Council of
the Heart Failure Society of America
Los Angeles, California
Professor and Director of the Gene Expression Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute March of Dimes Chair in Molecular and Developmental Biology
La Jolla, California
Gerald S. Berenson Chair in Preventative Cardiology Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine Past Chair and Chief Science Officer, the American Society of Hypertension Past Chair, National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
New Orleans, Louisiana
Gregg C. Fonarow
MD
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
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
Emily J. Gallagher
MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program Director, Research Track for the Internal Medicine Residency Program Principle Investigator, Endocrine Fellows Foundation, Fellows Development Research Grant K08 Clinician-Scientist Career Development Award from the NIH/NCI Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Mount Sinai
Health System
New York City, New York
W. Timothy Garvey
MD
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
Mark O. Goodarzi
MD, PhD
Eris M. Field Chair, Diabetes Research Director, Endocrine Genetics Laboratory Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Sciences Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Associate Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Peter J. Grant
MD
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
MD
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 (Cardiology) Duke Clinical Research Institute Duke University School of Medicine Durham,
North Carolina
George Grunberger
MD, 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
Michael A. Hill
PhD
​
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
Professor of Clinical Medicine Voluntary Faculty University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care Past President, AACE & ACE
Hollywood, Florida
Interim Director, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, MU School of Medicine (The University of Missouri School of Medicine) Columbia, Missouri
Ron C. Kahn
MD
Michelle M. Kittleson
MD, PhD
Samuel Klein
MD
Rohit Kohli
MBBS, MS
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) Smidt Heart Institute Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Beverly Hills, California
Director, Center for Human Nutrition Chief Scientific Officer, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Director, The George Donnell Society for Pediatric Scientists Associates Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Teaching and Education) Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Senior Investigator and Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center Section Head, Integrative Physiology and Metabolism Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Ronald M. Krauss
MD
Senior Scientist and Director, Atherosclerosis Research Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California
Rohit Kulkarni
MD, PhD
Margaret A. Congleton Chair and Co-Head, Islet & Regenerative Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Principle Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute
Boston, Massachusetts
Norman E. Lepor
MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Attending Cardiologist, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Co-director, Cardiovascular Imaging, Westside Medical Imaging Director of Clinical Research, Westside Medical Associates Past President, California Chapter, American College of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Derek LeRoith
MD, PhD
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 Director, NAFLD Research Center UC San Diego School of Medicine University of California at San Diego UC San Diego Health
San Diego, California
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
Seth S. Martin
MD, MHS
Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Johns Hopkins Hospital Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Nikolaus Marx
MD
Professor of Medicine / Cardiology, Internal Medicine and General Medicine Head of the Department of Internal Medicine I University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Aachen, Germany
Darren McGuire
MD, MHSc
Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology Dallas Heart Ball Chair for Research on Heart Disease in Women UT Southwestern Medical Center Deputy Editor, Circulation
Dallas, Texas
Tracey L. McLaughlin
MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology Clinician Investigator Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Erin D. Michos
MD, MHS
Director of Women Cardiovascular Health Research Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 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
Geltrude Mingrone
MD, PhD
​
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, School of Medicine Chief, Division of Obesity and Related Disorders, Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital Professor of Diabetes and Nutrition, King’s College
London, UK
Rome, Italy
Neha J. Pagidipati
MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology Duke University School of Medicine Director, Duke Cardiometabolic Prevention Clinic Duke Clinical Research Institute Durham, North Carolina
Stephen Pinkosky, PhD
​
Vice President, Head of Discovery and Early Development,
Esperion Therapeutics
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Jorge Plutzky
MD
Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program Director, Preventive Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital Associate Professor, 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, Advent Health Translational Research Institute Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Orlando, Florida
Paul D. Rosenbilt MD, PhD, FACE, FNLA
Clinical Professor, Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine Co-Director, Diabetes Outpatient Clinic UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA Director, & Site Principal Investigator, Diabetes / Lipid Management & Research Center Huntington Beach, California
Eric Ravussin
PhD, MD, MPH
Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center Douglas L. Gordon Chair in Diabetes and Metabolism Boyd Professor and Associate Executive Director for Clinical Science Metabolic Chambers and Human Translational Physiology Departments Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Philipp E. Scherer
PhD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas
Gerald I. Shulman
MD, PhD
George R. Cowgill Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) Professor of Medicine and Cellular & Molecular Physiology Co-Director Yale Diabetes Research Center Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Alan R. Sinaiko
MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics Division of Pediatric Nephrology University of Minnesota Medical School Pediatrics and Division of Epidemiology,
School of Public Health
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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
Director of Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine UC San Diego Health System
La Jolla, California
Muthiah Vaduganathan
MD, MPH
Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist, Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Medical School Co-director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science Co-chair of a Heart Failure Collaboratory Section Editor, JACC Fellows-in-Training / Early Career section Associate Editor, JACC Heart Failure Editorial board, European Journal of Heart Failure Boston, Massachusetts
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, MPH
Cardiovascular Epidemiologist, Specialist in Preventive Cardiology Professor and Director, Heart Disease Prevention Program Division of Cardiology, University of California, Irvine Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, UCLA and UC Irvine Public Health & Radiology, UC Irvine Co-Editor in Chief, American Journal of Preventive Cardiology President, InterAmerican Heart Foundation President, Pacific Lipid Association Board of Directors,
Hussein Yassine
MD
Kenneth and Bette Volk Endowed Professor of Neurology Associate Professor, Department of Medicine Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California Los Angeles General Medical Center (Previously known as the LAC+USC Medical Center)
Los Angeles, California
Paul Zimmet
AO, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes, Monash University Honorary President, International Diabetes Federation 2018 Victoria Senior Australian of the Year Co-Director, The Sagol Center for Epigenetics of Metabolism and Ageing, Tel Aviv Medical Center, Israel Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa (Monash) Doctor Philosophiae Honoris Causa (Tel Aviv) Honoris Causa Doctoris (Complutense University (Madrid) Doctor of the University, Honoris Causa (Adelaide) Doctor of Philosophy,
Umea University (Sweden)
Melbourne, Australia
20th WCIRDC Faculty
Our esteemed faculty members for 2022.
Yehuda Handelsman
MD, FACP, FNLA, FASPC, FAHA, MACE
Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America
Chair & Program Director
World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes
& Cardiovascular Disease (WCIRDC)
& Heart in Diabetes (HID)
Chair & Founder
International Committee for Insulin Resistance
Tarzana, California
Peter Bjornstad, MD
Assistant Professor of Endocrinology
and Renal Diseases and Hypertension University of Colorado
Anschutz Medical Campus
Children’s Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado
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
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
Richard N. Bergman, PhD
Alfred Jay Firestein
Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor, Department of
Biomedical Sciences
Cedars-Sinai Director,
Sports Spectacular Diabetes and Obesity Wellness and Research Center (SSDOWRC)
Professor-in-Residence,
Department of Medicine, UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Biykem Bozkurt
MD, PhD, FHFSA, FACC, FAHA
Mary and Gordon Cain ,
Chair and Professor of Medicine
Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs
Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development
Senior Associate Editor for Circulation
AHA/ASA Journals
Editor-in-Chief of Journal of the American
College of Cardiology,
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
Matthew J. Budoff
MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine
at UCLA
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology
Program Director,
Director of Cardiac CT Lundquist Institute
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center,
Division of Cardiology
Los Angeles, California
Robert J. Chilton
DO, FACP, FACC, FAHA,
MACOI, FASCAI
Professor of Medicine,
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas
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
New Orleans, Louisiana
Luigi Gnudi, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes
and Metabolic Medicine
Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology
King's College London
London, England
Stephen Greene, MD, FACC
Assistant Professor,
Division of Cardiology
Advanced Heart Failure & Transplantation
Duke University Medical Center
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Durham, North Carolina
Eduardo Grunvald, MD, FACP
Medical Director,
Center for Advanced Weight Management
Director, Obesity Medicine UCSD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Division
of General Internal Medicine Division
of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Digestive Diseases Clinic San Diego, California
Kevin Hall, PhD
Senior Investigator
Integrative Physiology Section
Laboratory of Biological Modeling National Institute of Diabetes
Digestive & Kidney Diseases
Bethesda, Maryland
Jonathan E. Campbell, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Duke University
Duke Molecular Physiology Institute
Durham, North Carolina
Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Paul Franks
MD, PhD, MPhil, MS, FTOS
Head, Translational Medicine Scientific Director in Medical Science, Novo Nordisk Foundation Copenhagen, Denmark
Professor and Deputy Director of Genetic Epidemiology Lund University
Diabetes Centre
Malmö, Sweden
Peter J. Grant
MD, FRCP, FMedSci
Professor of Medicine
Honorary Consultant Physician
University of Leeds
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Research
LIGHT Laboratories
Leeds, United Kingdom
Kevin Grove, PhD
Scientific Vice President
Global Drug Discovery
Novo Nordisk
Seattle, Washington
Chris K. Guerin, MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Tri-City Medical Center at Oceanside, California
Founder-Advanced Metabolic
Care and Research
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor,
University of California at San Diego
Chair Past President’s Committee for CACE
and Board of Directors
San Diego, California
Naomi M. Hamburg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology
Boston University
School of Medicine
Boston, Massachusetts
Sonia Caprio, MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Gregg C. Fonarow
MD, FACC, FAHA, FHFSA
Eliot Corday Professor
in Cardiovascular Medicine and Science
Director, Ahmanson-UCLA
Cardiomyopathy Center,
Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center
Co-Director, UCLA Preventative Cardiology Program Chief, UCLA Division of Cardiology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Los Angeles, California
Juan Pablo Frias, MD
Medical Director
and Principal Investigator
Velocity Clinical Research
Los Angeles, California
Jennifer Green, MD
Professor of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center,
Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute
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
Martha Gulati
MD, MS, FACC, FAHA,
FASPC, FESC
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Associate Director, Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center Associate Director,
Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Anita Dann Friedman Endowed Chair
in Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine
& Research Smidt Heart Institute at
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California
Afshan Hameed, MD
Clinical Professor of Cardiology
Clinical Professor of
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
UC Irvine Medical Center
UCI Health Irvine, California
Paul S. Jellinger, MD, MACE
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine
The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Past President, AACE & ACE
Hollywood, Florida
John P. Kirwan
MSc, PhD, FACSM
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition Executive Director Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mikhail N. Kosiborod
MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Saint Luke's Mid America
Heart Institute
University of Missouri-Kansas City
School of Medicine
Kansas City, Missouri
Derek Leroith, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Medicine
Director of Research
Division of Endocrinology Diabetes
and Bone Disease
Department of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai
New York, New York
Alan Maisel, MD
Co-founder, CMO
and Chairman of the Board
Brainstorm Medical
San Diego, California
Vincent Marion, PhD
President & CEO, AdipoPharma
Deputy Director, Inserm/Laboratory
Medical Genetics UMR_S 112
Grand Est, France
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS,
FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC
Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)
and Epidemiology
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Steven E. Kahn, MD
Division of Metabolism,
Endocrinology and Nutrition
Department of Medicine
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Samuel Klein, MD
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Chief Scientific Officer,
Sansum Diabetes Research Institute
Washington University
School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Ronald Krauss, MD
Senior Scientist and Director, Atherosclerosis Research Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF Adjunct Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Philip Levy, MD, MACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
University of Arizona
College of Medicine
Endocrinologist,
Banner University Medical Group
Phoenix, Arizona
Lawrence Mandarino, PhD
Professor of Medicine Chief, Division of Endocrinology Director, UAHS Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona
Tracey L. McLaughlin, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Stanford University
School of Medicine
Stanford, California
Shivani Misra
MD, MBBS, BMedSci, MSc, PhD
Consultant Physician in
Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine,
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer,
Imperial College London
London, England
Mark Kearney
MBChB, MRCP, MD
British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiovascular and Diabetes Research
Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Medicine
Dean of the School of Medicine
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom
Marta Koch, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Diabetes
& Endocrinology Former Editor,
Cell Press Journal PhD Alumni, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
London School of Hygiene
& Tropical Medicine
London, England
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 of Los Angeles,
Los Angeles, California
Rohit Loomba, MD
Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist
Vice Chief of Gastroenterology
Director of Hepatology
UC San Diego Health
San Diego, California
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
Boston, Massachusetts
Christian W. Mende
MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FASH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California
Erik Magnus Ohman
MD, FRCPI, FESC, FACC, FSCAI
Vice-President Global Development
Amgen
Thousand Oaks, California
Jane R Parnes, MD
Executive Medical Director Therapeutic Area Head General Medicine, Early Development Amgen
Thousand Oaks, CA
Richard E. Pratley, MD
Samuel E. Crockett
Chair in Diabetes Research
Medical Director
AdventHealth Diabetes Institute
Senior Investigator and Diabetes
Program Lead
AdventHealth Translational
Research Institute
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Orlando, Florida
Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc
Professor
Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Herlev, Denmark
Alan R. Sinaiko, MD
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC
Director of Step Family Foundation
Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and
Wellness Center
Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
La Jolla, California
Martin Van Eickels, MD
Co-founder, CMO and Chairman of
the Board Brainstorm Medical
San Diego, California
Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor and Chief
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Max Petersen, MD, PhD
Clinical Fellow,
Division of Endocrinology,
Metabolism, & Lipid Research
Washington University
School of Medicine
Saint Louis, Missouri
Peter Reaven, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
Philipp E. Scherer, PhD
Touchstone Diabetes Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
​Bart Staels, PhD
Full Professor, University of Lille
Director of Inserm UMR1011
European Genomics Institute
for Diabetes Institute Pasteur de Lille
Lille, France
Ali Tavakkoli, MD
Chief, Division of General
and GI Surgery Co-Director,
Center for Weight Management and Wellness Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
Michelle Van Name, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
in Endocrinology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Helen Yeh, PhD
Vice President, CVRM Therapy Area Biopharmaceuticals Medical
AstraZeneca
United States
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Director, Preventive Cardiology Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Paul D. Rosenblit
MD, PhD, FACE, FNLA
Clinical Professor,
Medicine Division of
Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism
University of California,
Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine
Co-Director, Diabetes
Outpatient Clinic
UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA
Director, & Site Principal Investigator
Diabetes / Lipid Management
& Research Center
Huntington Beach, California
Gerald I. Shulman, MD, PhD
George R. Cowgill
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology)
Professor of Medicine and Cellular
& Molecular Physiology
Co-Director Yale Diabetes
Research Center Yale University
School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
Marc Taub, PhD
Divisional Vice President,
Technical Operations
Abbott Diabetes Care
Alameda, California
Robert D. Toto, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Dean Translational
Science and Education
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
Karol E. Watson, MD, PhD
Attending Cardiologist and
Professor of Medicine/Cardiology
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Director of the UCLA Women’s Cardiovascular Health Center UCLA
Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Health Program Co-Director of the UCLA Program in Preventive Cardiology Director of the UCLA Fellowship Program in Cardiovascular Diseases
Los Angeles, California
Paul Zimmet
AO, MD, PhD
Professor of Diabetes
Monash University
Melbourne, Australia
