2017 CMHC – Chairpersons & Distinguished Faculty
Chairpersons
Robert H. Eckel, MD
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Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
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Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
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Division of Cardiology
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Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Emeritus
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Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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Aurora, CO
George L. Bakris, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
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University of Chicago Medicine
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Chicago, IL
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
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Chief, Section of Cardiology
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Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
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Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
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Houston, TX
Jay S. Skyler, MD
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Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, & Psychology
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
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University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
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Deputy Director for Clinical & Academic Programs
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Diabetes Research Institute
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Miami, FL
Distinguished Faculty
Catherine Davis Ahmed, MBA
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Vice President, Policy and Outreach
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The FH Foundation
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Pasadena, CA
Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APNBC, BCADM
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Certified Nurse Practitioner
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Henry Ford Health System
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
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Detroit, MI
Wendy S. Lane, MD
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Clinical Endocrinologist
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Director of Clinical Research
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Mountain Diabetes and Endocrine Center
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Asheville, NC
Jamy D. Ard, MD
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Assoc. Professor, Div of Public Health Sciences
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Dept. of Epidemiology & Prevention
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Wake Forest School of Medicine
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Co-Director, Weight Management Center
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Medical Director, Medical Weight Loss Program
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Wake Forest Baptist Health
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Winston-Salem, NC
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH
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Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Executive Director
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Interventional Cardiovascular Programs
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Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center
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Boston, MA
JoAnn Lindenfeld, MD
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Director, Heart Failure and Transplant
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Professor of Medicine
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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Nashville, TN
Kim K. Birtcher, PharmD
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Clinical Professor
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University of Houston College of Pharmacy
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Houston, TX
Eugene Braunwald, MD
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Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Founding Chairman, TIMI Study Group
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Boston, MA
Matthew J. Budoff, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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David Geffen School of Medicine
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Program Director & Director of Cardiac CT
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Division of Cardiology
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Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
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Torrance, CA
Clyde W. Yancy, MD, MSc, MACP
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Magerstadt Professor of Medicine
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Professor of Medical Social Sciences
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Chief, Div. of Cardiology, Northwestern Univ.
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Feinberg School of Medicine
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Assoc. Director, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute
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Northwestern Memorial Hospital
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Chicago, IL
Pamela B. Morris, MD
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Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
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Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
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Medical University of South Carolina
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Charleston, SC
David A. Calhoun, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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Medical Director, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program
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University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Birmingham, AL
Michael H. Davidson, MD*
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Clinical Professor
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Director of the Lipid Clinic
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The University of Chicago
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Pritzker School of Medicine
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Chicago, IL
Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD
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Program Officer, Implementation Science
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Center for Translation Research and Implementation Science (CTRIS)
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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National Institutes of Health
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Bethesda, MD
Rajat Deo, MD, MTR*
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Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine
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University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stephen Devries, MD, FACC
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Executive Director
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Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology
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Deerfield, IL
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
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Professor of Medicine
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Tulane University School of Medicine
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Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
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New Orleans, LA
John P. Foreyt, PhD
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Professor, Department of Medicine
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Houston, TX
Roy Freeman, MD
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Professor of Neurology
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Harvard Medical School
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Director, Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Boston, MA
Thomas W. Gardner, MD, MS
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Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences and Molecular and Integrative Physiology
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University of Michigan
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Kellogg Eye Center
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Ann Arbor, MI
Paul Grundy, MD, MPH, FACOEM, FACPM
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Chief Medical Officer and Director, Healthcare Transformation
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IBM Global Healthcare Life Science Industry
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Prof. University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
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Hopewell Junction, NY
Yehuda Handelsman, MD*
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Medical Director and Principal Investigator
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Metabolic Institute of America
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Tarzana, CA
David G. Harrison, MD, FACC, FAHA
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Director, Division of Clinical Pharmacology
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Professor, Department of Medicine
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Betty and Jack Bailey Chair in Cardiology
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Professor, Department of Pharmacology
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Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Nashville, TN
Stanley L. Hazen, MD, PhD
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Chair, Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
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Vice Chair, Translational Research, Lerner Research Institute
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Section Head, Preventive Cardiology & Rehabilitation
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Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diagnostics & Prevention
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Cleveland Clinic
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Cleveland, OH
Robert John Hughes
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ChangeWell Inc.
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San Diego, CA
Barbara Kahn, MD
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George R. Minot Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Vice Chair, Department of Medicine
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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Boston, MA
C. Ronald Kahn, MD
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Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Chief Academic Officer
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Joslin Diabetes Center
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Boston, MA
Anne L. Peters, MD
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Professor, Keck School of Medicine
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Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
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University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, CA
Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD
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Corporate Vice President
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Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
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San Diego, CA
William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE
- President, Behavioral Diabetes Institute
- Associate Clinical Professor
- University of California
- San Diego, CA
Paul M. Ridker, MD, MPH
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Eugene Braunwald Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Director
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Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Boston, MA
Julio Rosenstock, MD
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Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
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Clinical Professor of Medicine
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
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Dallas, TX
Marc S. Sabatine, MD, MPH
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Chairman, TIMI Study Group
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Lewis Dexter, MD Distinguished Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Professor of Medicine
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Harvard Medical School
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Boston, MA
Johannes Scholl, MD
- Facharzt für Innere Medizin, Ernährungsmedizin, Sportmedizin
- Dr. Scholl Prevention First GmbH
- Frankfurt am Main
- Germany
Frank A.J.L. Scheer, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Director, Medical Chronobiology Program, Brigham & Women's Hospital
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Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders
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Departments of Medicine and Neurology
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Brigham & Women's Hospital
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Boston, MA
Benjamin M. Scirica, MD, MPH
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Associate Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
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Senior Investigator, TIMI Study Group
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital/TIMI Study Group
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Boston, MA
Kumar Sharma, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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Director, Institute of Metabolomic Medicine
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Center for Renal Translational Medicine
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UC San Diego Health Sciences
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San Diego, CA
Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD
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Alice Sheets Marriott Professor of Medicine
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Mayo Clinic
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Rochester, MN
Mark J. Tager, MD
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CEO
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ChangeWell Inc.
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San Diego, CA
Sotirios Tsimikas, MD
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Professor of Medicine
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Director of Vascular Medicine
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University of California San Diego
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La Jolla, CA
Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc
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Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
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Associate Clinical Chief, MGH Diabetes Center
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Massachusetts General Hospital
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Boston, MA
*Professional Medical Education (PME) presenter
**PME presenter and General Session presenter
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