2016 CMHC - Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty

Jay S. Skyler, MD

• Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, & Psychology
• Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
• University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
• Deputy Director for Clinical & Academic Programs
• Diabetes Research Institute
• Miami, FL

Robert H. Eckel, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
• Division of Cardiology
• Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
• Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
• Director, T32 in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease
• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Director, Lipid Clinic, University Hospital
• Aurora, CO

Caroline M. Apovian, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Director, Center for Nutrition and Weight Management
• Boston Medical Center
• Boston, MA

Javed Butler, MD, MPH

• Professor of Medicine
• Chief of Cardiology
• Stony Brook University
• Stony Brook, NY

Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP

• Magerstadt Professor of Medicine
• Professor of Medical Social Sciences
• Chief, Div. of Cardiology, Northwestern Univ.
• Feinberg School of Medicine
• Assoc. Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
• Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Chicago, IL

Michael Emmett, MD, MACP

• Chairman of Internal Medicine
• Ralph Tompsett Professor of Medicine
• Baylor University Medical Center
• Professor of Internal Medicine Texas A&M School of Medicine
• Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern
• Dallas, TX

Henry N. Ginsberg, MD

• Irving Professor of Medicine
• Director, Irving Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
• Columbia University
• New York, NY

Paul Gurny, MBA, MS

• Managing Director
• Essential Seminars for Physicians, LLC
• Sparks, MD

Elaine M. Hylek, MD, MPH

• Professor of Medicine
• Boston University School of Medicine
• Boston, MA

C. Ronald Kahn, MD

• Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
• Harvard Medical School
• Chief Academic Officer
• Joslin Diabetes Center
• Boston, MA

Michael J. Koren, MD

• CEO and Director
• Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research
• Encore Research Group
• Jacksonville, FL

JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD

• Director, Heart Failure and Transplant
• Professor of Medicine
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
• Nashville, TN

Pamela B. Morris, MD

• Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
• Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
• Medical University of South Carolina
• Charleston, SC

Steven E. Nissen, MD, MACC

• Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
• Cleveland Clinic
• Professor of Medicine
• Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University
• Cleveland, OH

Anne L. Peters, MD

• Professor, Keck School of Medicine
• Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
• University of Southern California
• Los Angeles, CA

Robert E. Ratner, MD

• Chief Scientific and Medical Officer
• American Diabetes Association
• Alexandria, VA

Julio Rosenstock, MD

• Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
• Clinical Professor of Medicine
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Dallas, TX

Christian T. Ruff, MD, MPH

• TIMI Study Group
• Brigham and Women’s Hospital
• Harvard Medical School
• Boston, MA

Robert D. Toto, MD

• Professor of Medicine
• Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas
• Dallas, TX

Subodh Verma, MD, PhD, FRCSC

• Cardiac Surgeon, St Michael’s Hospital
• Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
• and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
• Professor of Surgery and Pharmacology & Toxicology
• University of Toronto
• Canada Research Chair in Atherosclerosis

Bernard Zinman, MD

• Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes
• Sam and Judy Pencer Family Chair in Diabetes Research
• Senior Scientist, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
• Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Mount Sinai Hospital
• Toronto, Ontario