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International Committee for Insulin Resistance (ICIR)

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Yehuda Handelsman, MD, Chair,
FACP, FNLA FASPC, FAHA, MACE

Medical Director & Principal Investigator
The Metabolic Institute of America
Chair Scientific Advisory Board
DCMi- Diabetes CardioRenal & Metabolism Institute
Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine, 
Charles Drew University Los Angeles, CA
Chair & Program Director 23rd WCIRDC
Tarzana, California

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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

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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

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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

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Sonia Caprio, MD

Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology

Yale University School of Medicine

New Haven, Connecticut

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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

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Dianne S. Cheung, MD MPH FACE ECNU

UCLA South Bay Endocrine Clinical Trials Program  Principal Investigator

Cureus DOM Proceedings and DOM

Clinical Insights Senior Editor
Clinical Professor

UCLA Division of

Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

UCLA Health South Bay Endocrine

Torrance, California

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Jaime A. Davidson, MD, FACP, MACE

Clinical Professor of Medicine

Division of Endocrinology,

Diabetes and Metabolism

Touchstone Diabetes Research Center

The University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, Texas

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Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD

Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas Health

Science Center at San Antonio 
Deputy Director,

Texas Diabetes Institute
San Antonio, Texas

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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

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Brian Feldman, MD, PhD

Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

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W. Timothy Garvey, MD, FACE

Charles E. Butterworth, Jr., Professor and University Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Director, UAB Diabetes Research Center
Birmingham, Alabama 

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Peter J. Grant, MD, FMedSci

Professor of Medicine and

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

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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

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Stephen J. Green, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Co-Director, Duke Heart Failure Medication Titration Clinic
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
Durham, North Carolina

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George Grunberger, MD, FACP, MACE

Chairman, Grunberger Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Genetics,
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Visiting Professor, Internal Medicine
First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 

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Chris K. Guerin , MD, FACE, FEAA

Investigator at AMCR Institute
Escondido, California

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Josephine Harrington, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist
Assistant Professor of Medicine - Division of Cardiology at the University of
Colorado School of Medicine

 Faculty Member of CPC Clinical Research.

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Paul S. Jellinger, MD, MACE

The Center for Diabetes & Endocrine Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Voluntary Faculty
University of Miami
Hollywood, Florida

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Samuel Klein, MD

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

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Rohit N. Kulkarni, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Chair

Senior Investigator, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston

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Ronald M. Krauss, MD

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

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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 

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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

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Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

Professor of Medicine 

Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Department of Medicine
Director of Hepatology
Director, Liver Epidemiology Training Program
Founding Director, MASLD Research Center
University of California at San Diego

Adjunct Professor
Division of Epidemiology
Department of Family Medicine and Public Health

La Jolla, California

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Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c mult.

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and 
Boston University School of Medicine
Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism 
Boston VA Healthcare System
Director of Human Nutrition
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Editor-in-Chief, Metabolism, Clinical & Experimental
Harvard, Massachusetts

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Nikolaus Marx, MD, FESC, FAHA

Professor of Medicine / Cardiology
Head of Department of Internal Medicine, 
Cardiology, Pneumology, 

Angiology and Intensive Care
University Hospital Aachen
Aachen, Germany

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

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

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Tracey L. McLaughlin, MD, MS

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

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Christian W. Mende, MD, FACP, FACN, FASN, FASH

Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of California San Diego
Associate Editor of The Journal Diabetes
San Diego, California 

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Erin D. Michos MD, MHS, FAHA, FACC, FASE, FASPC

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

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Jorge Plutzky, MD

Director, The Vascular Disease

Prevention Program

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

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Richard E. Pratley, MD

Samuel E. Crockett

Chair in Diabetes Research
Medical Director,

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

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Peter Rossing, MD, DMSc

Professor Department of Clinical Medicine
University of Copenhagen
Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Herlev, Denmark

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Philipp E. Scherer, PhD

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

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Viral N. Shah, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Director of Diabetes Clinical Research, IU Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Disease

Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 

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Elizabeth Selvin, PhD, MPH

Director, Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology and Clinical Research

Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine  

Deputy Editor, Diabetes Care

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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

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Pam R. Taub, MD, FACC, FASPC

Director of  Step Family Foundation Cardiovascular Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
Associate Professor of Medicine
UC San Diego Health System
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

San Diego, California

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Muthiah Vaduganathan, MD, MPH

Cardiologist and Clinical Trialist, 
Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Co-director, Center for Cardiometabolic Implementation Science
Boston, Massachusetts

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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

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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

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