Congress Advisory Committee
and Faculty Experts

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

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

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

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

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

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

ELE FERRANNINI, MD
University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy

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

ROBIN S. GOLAND, MD
Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
New York, NY, USA

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

JENS JUUL HOLST, MD
Københavns University
København, 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

TAKASHI KADOWAKI, MD, PhD
Graduate School of Medicine,
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

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

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

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

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

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

CAREL W. LE ROUX, MRCP, PhD
Imperial College
London, UK

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

FABRIZIO MICHELASSI, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY, USA

JERROLD M. OLEFSKY, MD
University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
La Jolla, CA, USA

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

JESSE ROTH, MD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
New York, NY, USA

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

PHILIP SCHAUER, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA

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

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

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

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

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