#WCIRDC24
CME Conference on December 12-14, 2024
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 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
Kelly L. Close, MBA
TBD
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
Akshay S. Desai, MD, MPH
Director of the Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure Program
Center for Advanced Heart Disease, Cardiovascular Division,
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
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, 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, FNLA
Medical Director, Diabetes Education Services and the Diabetes Service Line
Past Chief, Division of Internal Medicine and Chair, Department of Medicine
Tri-City Medical Center (TCMC)
Founder, Advanced Metabolic Care and Research
Voluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego
Charter Member, Fellows of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the Endocrine Society
Past President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
San Diego, California
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 Hall, PhD
Ph. D. Section Chief: Integrative Physiology Section
Laboratory of Biological Modeling. Scientific Focus Areas: Clinical Research, Computational Biology, Neuroscience
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
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 Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami
Hollywood, Florida
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
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
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
Jorge Plutzky, MD
Director, Preventive Cardiology
Cardiovascular Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS, FACC, FAHA, FASE, FASPC
Director of Women Cardiovascular Health Research
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, IMPACT Center at JHU
Training Director for four AHA Strategic Focused Research Networks
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Sonia M. Najjar, MS, PhD
DOHF John J. Kopchick Ph.D., Endowed Eminent Research Chair
Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Irvine Hall, Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
Magnus Ohman, MD
TBD
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
Peter D. Reaven, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Arizona College of Medicine
Director of Diabetes Research
Phoenix VA Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona
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
Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc
Professor Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Herlev, Denmark
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
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
Philipp E. Scherer, PhD
Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
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
Markus Scheerer, MD
TBD
Jay Shubrook, DO
TBD
Emily Sonestedt, MSc, PhD
Research group leader, Associate professor, Senior lecturer,
Research team manager, Senior lecturer, Nutrition Epidemiology
Researcher, EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Principal investigator, EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research
Lund University, 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 Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
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
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
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
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
Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Nephrology
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
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