Chairpersons
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
Christie M. Ballantyne, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Chief, Section of Cardiovascular Research
- Chief, Section of Cardiology
- Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Director, Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Methodist DeBakey Heart Center
- Houston, TX
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
George L. Bakris, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Director, ASH Comprehensive Hypertension Center
- University of Chicago Medicine
- Chicago, IL
Senior Planning Committee
Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH
- Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Executive Director
- Interventional Cardiovascular Programs
- Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center
- Boston, MA
Pamela B. Morris, MD
- Director, Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
- Co-Director, Women's Heart Care
- Medical University of South Carolina
- Charleston, SC
Keith C. Ferdinand, MD, FACC, FAHA
- Professor of Medicine
- Tulane University School of Medicine
- Tulane Heart and Vascular Institute
- New Orleans, LA
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
Distinguished Faculty
Kim K. Birtcher, PharmD
- Clinical Professor
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- Houston, TX
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
- University of Mississippi
- Jackson, MS
James de Lemos, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
Stephen Devries, MD, FACC
- Executive Director
- Gaples Institute for Integrative Cardiology
- Deerfield, IL
Daniel J. Drucker, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute
- Mt. Sinai Hospital
- University of Toronto
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
W. Timothy Garvey, MD
- Butterworth Professor
- Director, Diabetes Research Center
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
- Birmingham, AL
John E. Hall, PhD
- Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics
- Director, Mississippi Center for Obesity Research
- University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Jackson, MS
Irl B. Hirsch, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair
- University of Washington Medical Center
- Medical Director
- UWMC Diabetes Care Center
- Seattle, WA
Mariell Jessup, MD
- Chief Science and Medical Officer
- American Heart Association
- Dallas, TX
Amit Khera, MD, MSc
- Associate Director, Precision Medicine Unit, Center for Genomic Medicine, MGH
- Associate Director, Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
- Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Cardiologist, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center, MGH
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston, MA
Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APNBC, BCADM
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Henry Ford Health System
- Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
- Detroit, MI
Margo Minissian, PhD, ACNP
- Nurse Scientist
- Cardiology Nurse Practitioner
- Clinical Lipid Specialist
- Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute
- Los Angeles, CA
Anne L. Peters, MD
- Professor, Keck School of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, CA
Julio Rosenstock, MD
- Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
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