Distinguished Faculty

DOMENICO ACCILI, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

TED D. ADAMS, PhD, MPH
University of Utah School of Medicine
Health & Fitness Institute, LDS Hospital
Salt Lake City, UT, USA

K. GEORGE ALBERTI, MA, DPhil, BM BCh
Imperial College London
London, UK

STEPHANIE A. AMIEL, MD
Kings College London
London, UK

CAROLINE M. APOVIAN, MD
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA, USA

LOUIS ARONNE, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

NICOLA BASSO, MD
Professor of Surgery
Divisione di Patologia Chirurgica VII
"Sapienza" University of Rome - Azienda Policlinico Umberto I
Rome, Italy

RICHARD N. BERGMAN, PhD
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA, USA

ZACHARY T. BLOOMGARDEN, MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

STACY A. BRETHAUER, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

MICHAEL S. BROWN, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

HENRY BUCHWALD, MD, PhD
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN, USA

PRADEEP CHOWBEY, MS
Institute of Minimal Access, Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery
Max Healthcare
New Delhi, India

RICARDO V. COHEN, MD
The Center for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
Hospital Oswaldo Cruz
Sao Paulo, Brazil

DAVID E. CUMMINGS, MD
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

TAMARA DARSOW, PhD
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, VA, USA

ARA DARZI, MD
Imperial College London
London, UK

RALPH DEFRONZO, MD
School of Medicine, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio
San Antonio, TX, USA

STEFANO DEL PRATO, MD
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

AUREO DE PAULA, MD
Hospital de Especialidades
Goiania, Brazil

JOHN DIXON, MBBS, PhD
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Melbourne, Australia

ROBERT H. ECKEL, MD
University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO, USA

ELE FERRANNINI, MD
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

DAVID FINLEY, MD, FACS
CIGNA Healthcare
White Plains, NY, USA

DAVID FLUM, MD, MPH
University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

JOHN FUNDER, MD, PhD
Prince Henry’s Institute
Clayton, VIC, Australia

MICHEL GAGNER, MD, PhD
Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Florida International University
Miami, FL, USA

MANOEL GALVAO NETO, MD
Gastro Obeso Center
São Paulo, Brazil

ALLISON B. GOLDFINE, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA, USA

JOSEPH L. GOLDSTEIN, MD
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, TX, USA

ANTONIO M. GOTTO, JR., MD, DPhil
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

JAN WILLEM M. GREVE, MD
Atrium Medical Center Parkstad Heerlen
Heerlen, The Netherlands

BJØRN M. HOFMANN, MSC, PhD
Center for Medical Ethics
University of Oslo and University College of Gjøvik
Oslo and Gjøvik, Norway

JENS JUUL HOLST, MD
Copenhagen University
Copenhagen, Denmark

LINONG JI, MD
Peking University People’s Hospital
Beijing, China

SHASHANK R. JOSHI, MD, DM
Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals
Mumbai, India

STEVEN E. KAHN, MB, ChB
VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington
Seattle, WA, USA

LEE M. KAPLAN, MD, PhD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA, USA

CATHERINE KEATING, MPH
Deakin University
Melbourne, Australia

ABDUL LATIF MOHAMAD AL-KHAL, MD, ABIM, ABID
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar

M. SUE KIRKMAN, MD
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, VA, USA

SAMUEL KLEIN, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO, USA

JUDITH KORNER, MD, PhD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

BLANDINE B. LAFERRERE, MD
New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

MUFFAZAL ABDULKADER LAKDAWALA, MD
Centre for Obesity and Diabetes Support
Saifee Hospital
Mumbai, India

DAVID B. LAUTZ, MD
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

HAROLD E. LEBOVITZ, MD
State University of New York, Health Science Center
Brooklyn, NY, USA

FRANK LEFEVRE, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
BCBSA Technology Evaluation Center
Chicago, IL, USA

RUDOLPH L. LEIBEL, MD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY, USA

CAREL LE ROUX
Professor
Reader Metabolic Medicine
Charing Cross Hopsital
London, UK

RUTH E. LEY, PhD
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY, USA

RUI LI, PhD
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA, USA

TIMOTHY E. MCGRAW, PhD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

JEFFREY I. MECHANICK, MD
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
New York, NY, USA

GELTRUDE MINGRONE, MD, PhD
Universita’ Cattolica del S. Cuore
Rome, Italy

JOHN J. MOORE, DO, FAAFP
AETNA
Blue Bell, PA, USA

F. XAVIER PI-SUNYER, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

ALFONS POMP, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

WALTER PORIES, MD
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Greenville, NC, USA

JESSE ROTH, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University
Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
Manhasset, NY, USA

FRANCESCO RUBINO, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

MOH’D. FATHY SAOUD, PhD
Qatar Foundation
Doha, Qatar

PHILIP SCHAUER, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

GARY J. SCHWARTZ, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, NY, USA

RANDY J. SEELEY, PhD
Metabolic Diseases Institute
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH, USA

GERALD SHULMAN, MD, PhD
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT, USA

LARS SJÖSTRÖM, MD, PhD
Institute of Internal Medicine
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Göteborg, Sweden

MYRLENE STATEN, MD
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD, USA

SEAN D. SULLIVAN, PhD
University of Washington School of Pharmacy
Seattle, WA, USA

HARVEY J. SUGERMAN, MD
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA, USA

TESS VAN DER MERWE, MBChB, PhD
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa

BRUCE M. WOLFE, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA

CAROL H. WYSHAM, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA, USA

JAMES YOUNG, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

PAUL ZIMMET, MD, PhD
Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Melbourne, Australia

MAHMOUD ALI ZIRIE, MDh
Hamad Medical Corporation
Doha, Qatar