Faculty - as of 08/09/17
Faculty
2022 Faculty TBA
2021 Faculty

Muhammad Abdul-Ghani
MD, PhD
Division of Diabetes University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas

Dale Abel
MD, PhD
Professor & Head
Internal Medicine
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Iowa City, Iowa

Joseph K. Belanoff
MD
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director Corcept Therapeutics

Richard 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

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

Matthew J. Budoff
MD, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine
Endowed Chair of Preventive Cardiology
Lundquist Institute
Los Angeles, California

Sonia Caprio
MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Conneticut

Robert J. Chilton
DO, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Ralph A. DeFronzo
MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA)
Deputy Director, Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas

Mohamed A. Eid
MD, MPH, MHA
Head of Clinical Development & Medical Affairs
Cardio-Renal-Metabolism & Respiratory Medicine
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Daniel Einhorn
MD, FACP, FACE
Chief, Diabetes & Endocrine Associates
Medical Director
Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor
UCSD School of Medicine
La Jolla, California

Ronald M. Evans
PhD
Professor & Director
Gene Expression Laboratory
Investigator, Howard Hughes Institute
Salk Institute for Biological Studies
La Jolla, California

Michael E. Farkouh
MD
Peter Munk Chair in Multinational Clinical Trials Director, Heart & Stroke Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto Vice-Chair Research & Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sergio Fazio
MD, PhD
Chair, Scientific Council - CV/Metabolic
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
New York, New York

Vivian A. Fonseca
MD, FRCP
Professor of Medicine & Pharmacology
Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Tullis Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane University Health Science Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

W. Timothy Garvey
MD
Butterworth Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
GRECC Investigator
Birmingham VA Medical Center
Director, UAB Diabetes Research Center
Birmingham, Alabama

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

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 & Molecular Medicine & Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine Professor, Internal Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont
School of Medicine Visiting Professor, Internal Medicine Past President, AACE
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Chris Guerin
MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Tri-City Medical Center at Oceanside, CaliforniaFounder-Advanced Metabolic Care and ResearchVoluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSDChair Past President’s Committee for CACE (Clinical Association of California Endocrinologists) and Board of Directors
San Diego, California

Michael A. Hill
PhD
Interim Director, Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center
Professor, Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, School of Medicine
Columbia, Missouri

Ania Jastreboff
MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Weight Management & Obesity Prevention
Medical Director, Yale Stress Center
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

Steven Kahn
MD
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition,
Department of Medicine,
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Mark Kearney
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

Theodoros Kelesidis
MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Encino, California

David Kendall
MD
Sr. Global Medical Advisor
Zealand Pharma
Westlake Village, California

Samuel Klein
MD
William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine & Nutritional Science
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Chief, Division of Geriatrics &
Nutritional Science
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Joshua Knowles
MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University
Attending Physician, Stanford Center
for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease
Familial Hypercholesterolemia
(FH) Clinic Program Director, Stanford Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship ProgramCo-director, Stanford Translational Investigator Program
Stanford, California

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

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
Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology,
Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine,
Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Harvard Stem Cell Institute,
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Massachusetts

John Leahy
MD
Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Colchester, Vermont

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
West side Medical Imaging
Director of Clinical Research
West-side Medical Associates
Los Angeles, California

Philip Levy
MD, MACE
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Endocrinologist
Banner University Medical Group
Phoenix, Arizona

Ildiko Lingvay
MD, MPH, MSCS
Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine/Division of Endocrinology
Department of Population and Data Sciences
Medical Director, Office of Clinical Trial Management
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

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

Tracey L. McLaughlin
MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology,
Gerontology, & Metabolism
Stanford Medical Center
Stanford, California

Christian W. Mende
MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FASH
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
La Jolla, California

Erin Michos
MD, MHS
Director of Women’s Cardiovascular Health Division of Cardiology Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Andrew Moran
MD, MPH
Director, Global Hypertension Control, Resolve to Save Lives Associate Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
New York, New York

Mazen Noureddin
MD
Director, Cedars-Sinai Fatty Liver Program Los Angeles, California

Richard E. Pratley
MD
Samuel E. Crockett Chair
in Diabetes Research,
Senior Investigator and Diabetes
Program Lead
AdventHealth Translational
Research Institute
Adjunct Professor of Medicine,
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Orlando, Florida

Peter Reaven
MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

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

Julio Rosenstock
MD
Director, Dallas Diabetes Research Center
Medical City Dallas
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern
Medical Center
Dallas, TX

Donna H. Ryan
MD
Professor Emerita
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Phillip E. Scherer
PhD
Touchstone Diabetes Center
The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Gerald I. Shulman
MD, PhD, FACP, MACE
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, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Nephrology
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jay S. Skyler
MD, MACP
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychology
Deputy Director,
Diabetes Research Institute
University of Miami
Miami, Florida

Laurence Sperling
MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FASPC
Katz Professor in Preventive Cardiology
Founder, Emory Heart Disease Prevention
Professor of Global Health
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

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

Robert D. Toto
MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
Associate Dean Translational Science and Education
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Guillermo Umpierrez
MD, CDE
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Matthew R. Weir
MD
Professor & Chief
Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Phil Zeitler
MD, PhD
Medical Director,
Children's Hospital Colorado Clinical & Translational Research Center,
Section Head, Endocrinology
Aurora, Colorado