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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
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 at 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, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Program Director of Cardiac CT
Division of Cardiology 
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California

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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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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 J. Feldman, MD, PhD

C.N.H. Long Professor of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology
Yale School of Medicine
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 Diabetologist
Honorary Consultant Physician,
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust,
Division of Cardiovascular & Diabetes Research
University of Leeds
Leeds, United Kingdom

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Jennifer B. Green, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Duke Clinical Research Institute
Duke University School of Medicine
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, Headlands Research AMCR 
Co-Founder-Advanced Metabolic Care Clinic 
Board of Directors and Past President CACE
San Diego, California 

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Josephine I. Harrington, MD

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist 
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Division of Cardiology 
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colorado

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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

William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine
and Nutritional Science
Center for Human Nutrition
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 & Wellness Foundation  
Endowed Chair 
Head of Section on Islet Cell Biology
Joslin Diabetes Center 
Principle Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute 
Affiliate Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard 
Boston, Massachusetts

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Yu Mi Kang, MD, PhD, MPH

Instructor in Medicine 
Harvard Medical School
Physician-Scientist in the 
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Hypertension 
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts

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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

Tenured Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Peter O’Donnel Jr. School of Public Health
Medical Director
Office of Clinical Trials Management
Executive Director, Diabetes 
and Obesity Research Program
University of Texas 
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
Boston University School of Medicine
Editor in Chief, Metabolism, Clinical and Experimental
Boston, 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 and Preventive Cardiology 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Member at the 
Ciccarone Center for the Prevention 
of Cardiovascular Disease
Baltimore, Maryland

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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
Associate Director of Preventive Cardiology
Core Faculty, Advanced Lipid Clinic
Division of Cardiology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
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, Department of Internal Medicine
Gifford O. Touchstone Jr. and Randolph G. Touchstone
Distinguished Chair in Diabetes Research
Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center
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, Indiana

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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   

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