| 2007 Cardiometabolic Health Congress Chairpersons |
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
Assoc. Chief and Professor of Medicine,
Director, Ctr. for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention,
Co-director, Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis Clinic,
Baylor College of Medicine |
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Robert H. Eckel, MD
Professor of Medicine, Div. of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes,
Professor of Medicine, Div. of Cardiology
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics; Professor of Pharmacy,
Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis,
Program Director, Adult General Clinical Research Ctr.,
Univ. of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Ctr.
Director, Lipid Clinic, University Hospital |
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Richard W. Nesto, MD
Assoc. Professor, Harvard Medical School
Chair, Dept. of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Lahey Clinic Medical Ctr. |
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Jay S. Skyler, MD
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Psychology -
Div. of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism,
Univ. of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Assoc. Director for Academic Programs
Diabetes Research Institute
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| 2007 Cardiometabolic Health Congress Keynote Speakers |
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD
Director, Zena and Michael A Wiener
Cardiovascular Institute
Director, Marie-Josée and Henry R Kravis Center
for Cardiovascular Health
Professor of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine |
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C. Ronald Kahn, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School
President and Director
Joslin Diabetes Ctr.
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| 2007 Faculty |
Martin J. Abrahamson, MD
Medical Director, Joslin Diabetes Ctr.
Assoc. Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School |
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Louis J. Aronne, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
New York Presbyterian Hospital
Weill-Cornell Medical College
Director, Comprehensive Weight
Control Program |
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George L. Bakris, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Univ. of Chicago School of Medicine
Director, Hypertension Ctr.,
Diabetes Institute |
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Deepak L. Bhatt, MD
Assoc. Director, Cleveland Clinic Cardiovascular Coordinating Ctr.
Staff, Cardiac, Peripheral, and
Carotid Intervention
Assoc. Professor of Medicine,
Cleveland Clinic - Dept of Cardiovascular Medicine |
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Lawrence Blonde, MD
Director
Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism
Ochsner Medical Center |
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Zachary T. Bloomgarden, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Mount Sinai Medical Center |
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Sonia Caprio, MD
Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology -
Dept. of Pediatrics,
Yale Univ. School of Medicine
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William T. Cefalu, MD
Professor and Chief, Div. of Nutrition
and Chronic Diseases
Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr. Louisiana State Univ. System
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David E. Cohen, MD
Assoc. Professor of Medicine,
Health Sciences, and Technology,
Harvard Medical School
Director of Hepatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Paresh Dandona, MBBS
Director, Millard Fillmore Health System
State University of New York at Buffalo |
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Lawrence M. Dolan, MD
Professor of Pediatrics,
Medical Director of the Diabetes Center,
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Ctr. |
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John P. Foreyt, PhD
Professor, Dept. of Psychiatry
and Behavioral Sciences,
Professor, Dept. of Medicine,
Baylor College of Medicine |
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Om P. Ganda, MD
Director
Lipid Clinic - Joslin Diabetes Ctr. |
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John E. Gerich, MD
Professor of Medicine
Univ. of Rochester Medical Center |
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Hertzel C. Gerstein, MD
Professor,
Dept. of Medicine; Dept. of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
Head, Service of Endocrinology
and Metabolism
Director, Diabetes Care and Research Program, McMaster Univ. |
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Thomas Giles, MD
Professor of Medicine
Tulane University |
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Gary H. Gibbons, MD
Director
Cardiovascular Research Institute
Professor of Medicine
Morehouse School of Medicine |
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Henry N. Ginsberg, MD
Professor of Medicine,
College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Columbia Univ.
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Ronald B. Goldberg, MD
Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology, Div. of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism,
Univ. of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Assoc. Director of Medical Affairs, Diabetes Research Institute
Director, Lipid Disorders Unit |
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David Gonzales, PhD
Co-Director, OHSU Smoking Cessation Ctr.
Div. of Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine
Oregon Health and Science Univ. |
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Alan H. Gradman, MD
Chief, Div. of Cardiovascular Diseases
The Western Pennsylvania Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Temple University |
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Steven M. Haffner, MD
Professor, Dept. of Medicine -
Div. of Clinical Epidemiology,
Univ. of Texas Health Science Ctr.
at San Antonio |
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Byron Hoogwerf, MD
Staff Physician,
Dept. of Endocrinology
Member, Cardiac Prevention Clinic
Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
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Gökhan Hotamisligil, MD, PhD
James Stevens Simmons Professor of Genetics and Metabolism,
Dept. of Genetics and Complex Diseases -
Harvard School of Public Health |
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Willa Hsueh, MD
Professor of Medicine
UCLA School of Medicine |
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Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH
Director, Ernest Amory Codman Ctr. for Clinical Effectiveness in Surgery,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Weight Center |
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Kenneth A. Jamerson, MD
Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine
Univ. of Michigan School of Medicine |
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Richard A Kahn, PhD
Chief Scientific and Medical Officer,
American Diabetes Assoc. |
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Samuel Klein, MD
William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science
Director, Ctr. for Human Nutrition
Chief, Div. of Geriatrics and
Nutritional Sciences
Medical Director, Weight Management Ctr.
Assoc. Program Director -
General Clinical Research Ctr.,
Washington Univ. School of Medicine
Medical Director, Nutrition Support Services at Barnes-Jewish Hospital |
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Jack Leahy, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Unit,
Univ. of Vermont College of Medicine |
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Lawrence A. Leiter, MD
Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences, Univ. of Toronto
Head, Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, St. Michael’s Hospital-Toronto |
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Richard P. Lifton, MD, PhD
Sterling Professor and Chairman,
Dept. of Genetics,
Professor, Internal Medicine and Molecular
Biophysics and Biochemistry,
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale Univ. School of Medicine |
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R. Preston Mason, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Cardiovascular Division
Brigham & Women's Hospital
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Andrew McCullough, MD
Director, Sexual Health and Male Infertility and Microsurgery Programs,
New York Univ. Medical Ctr.
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Nancy Houston Miller, RN BSN
Assoc. Director,
Cardiac Rehabilitation Program,
Stanford Univ. School of Medicine
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Kitt Falk Petersen, MD
Assoc. Professor, Div. of Endocrinology,
Yale Univ. School of Medicine |
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Jorge Plutzky, MD
Assoc. Professor,
Harvard Medical School
Director - Vascular Disease Prevention Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Daniel J. Rader, MD
Director, Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine and Lipid Clinic,
Penn Cardiac Care at Presbyterian
Medical Center |
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Frank M. Sacks, MD
Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Dept. of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
Attending Physician, Hyperlipidemia Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Michael W. Schwartz, MD
Professor of Medicine
Univ. of Washington School of Medicine |
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Ronald J. Sigal, MD,
Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Cardiac Sciences, Div. of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Univ. of Ottawa
Member, Libin Cardiovascular Institute and Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Group |
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Steven R. Smith, MD
Director, Human Phenotyping Core - CNRU,
Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Ctr.,
Louisiana State Univ. System
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
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Allen Spiegel, MD
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases |
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Robert D. Toto, MD
Clinical Professor, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Ctr. at Dallas |
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Scott Urquhart, PA-C
President, American Society of Endocrine Physician Assistants (ASEPA)
Adjunct Clinical Professor, James Madison Univ. PA Program
Clinical Instructor, George Washington Univ. School of Medicine and Health Sciences PA Program |
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R. Parker Ward , MD , FACC
Ass't Professor of Medicine,
Section of Cardiology, Univ. of
Chicago Hospitals
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Matthew R. Weir, MD
Professor and Director,
Div. of Nephrology
Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine |
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K. Michael Welch, MD
President and CEO
Rosalind Franklin Univ. of Medicine
and Science
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Peter W. F. Wilson, MD
Professor of Medicine, Cardiology Div.,
Emory Univ. School of Medicine |
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Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD
Professor, Dept. of Epidemiology and Population Health,
Ass't Professor, Dept. of Medicine (Endocrinology),
Div. Head, Div. of Health, Behavior and Nutrition, Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
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Bernard Zinman, MD
Director, Leadership Sinai Ctr. for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Univ. of Toronto |
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