Chairpersons
Robert H. Eckel, MD
- Professor of Medicine, Emeritus
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
- Division of Cardiology
- Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, Emeritus
- Charles A. Boettcher II Chair in Atherosclerosis
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- 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
Rajiv Agarwal, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Indiana University School of Medicine & VA Medical Center
- Indianapolis, IN
Kim K. Birtcher, PharmD
- Clinical Professor
- University of Houston College of Pharmacy
- Houston, TX
Lawrence Blonde, MD
- Director, Ochsner Diabetes Clinical Research Unit
- Frank Riddick Diabetes Institute
- Department of Endocrinology
- Ochsner Medical Center
- New Orleans, LA
Roger S. Blumenthal, MD
- The Kenneth Jay Pollin Professor of Cardiology
- Director
- The Johns Hopkins Ciccarone Center for the Prevention of Heart Disease
- Baltimore, MD
Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
- The Mary and Gordon Cain and
- W.A. “Tex” and Deborah Moncrief, Jr., Chair
- Professor of Medicine
- Medical Care Line Executive, DeBakey VA Medical Center
- Director, Winters Center for Heart Failure Research
- Associate Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX
Javed Butler, MD, MPH, MBA
- Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine
- University of Mississippi
- Jackson, MS
William T. Cefalu, MD
- Chief Scientific, Medical & Mission Officer
- American Diabetes Association
- Arlington, VA
Leslie Cho, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- Section Head, Preventive Cardiology and Rehabilitation
- Cleveland Clinic
- Cleveland, OH
Shannon Christen, RD, CDE
- Registered Dietitian
- Certified Diabetes Educator
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes
- Division of Cardiology – Cardiac & Vascular Prevention Program
- PCSK9 Coordinator at UCHealth
- University of Colorado Hospital Anschutz Medical Campus
- Aurora, CO
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
Edward S. Horton, MD
- Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Senior Investigator, Joslin Diabetes Center
- Boston, MA
Mariell Jessup, MD
- Chief Science and Medical Officer
- American Heart Association
- Dallas, TX
Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Director, Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Boston, MA
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
Andy Y. Lee, MD
- Cardiology Fellow
- Baylor Scott and White Hospital
- Dallas, TX
Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc
- Professor of Medicine
- Harvard Medical School
- Boston, MA
Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH
- Professor of Medicine
- Vice Chief of Internal Medicine
- Baylor University Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
Elizabeth M. McNally, MD, PhD
- Director, Center for Genetic Medicine
- Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine
- Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
- Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Chicago, IL
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
Patrick M. Moriarty, MD
- Director, Atherosclerosis/LDL-Apheresis Center
- Professor of Medicine
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Kansas City, KS
Alanna A. Morris, MD
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
- Emory University Clinical Cardiovascular Research Institute
- Atlanta, GA
Martin G. Myers, Jr., MD, PhD
- Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research
- Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular & Integrative Physiology
- Director, Michigan Diabetes Research & Training Center
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor, MI
Biff F. Palmer, MD
- Professor of Internal Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
Gurusher S. Panjrath, MD, FACC, FAHA
- Director, Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program
- Associate Professor of Medicine
- George Washington University School of Medicine
- Washington DC
Aldo J. Peixoto, MD
- Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
- Yale School of Medicine
- Associate Chair for Ambulatory Operations and Quality
- Department of Internal Medicine
- Clinical Chief, Section of Nephrology
- Director, Yale Hypertension Center
- New Haven, CT
Anne L. Peters, MD
- Professor, Keck School of Medicine
- Director, Clinical Diabetes Programs
- University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, CA
Eric David Peterson, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
- Fred Cobb, MD, Distinguished Professor of Medicine
- Duke Clinical Research Institute
- Durham, NC
Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH, FAHA, FACC
- Clinical Prof of Medicine, Central Michigan University
- Director CVD Research and Academic Affairs
- Regional and National Director of Heart Failure
- Detroit Medical Center
- Detroit, MI
Julio Rosenstock, MD
- Director, Dallas Diabetes and Endocrine Center
- Clinical Professor of Medicine
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Dallas, TX
Joshua M. Stolker, MD*
- Saint Louis University
- St. Louis, Missouri
Raymond R. Townsend, MD
- Director, Hypertension Program, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia, PA
Mintu P. Turakhia, MD, MAS
- Associate Professor
- Executive Director, Center for Digital Health
- Stanford University School of Medicine
- Stanford, CA
- Chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology
- VA Palo Alto Health Care System
- Palo Alto, CA
Virginia Valentine, APRN-CNS, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE
- Diabetes Specialist
- Clinica La Esperana
- Albuquerque, NM
Patrick Wayte, MBA
- Senior Vice President, Center for Health Technology & Innovation
- American Heart Association – National Center
- Dallas, TX
Michael A. Weber, MD
- Professor of Medicine
- State University of New York Downstate College of Medicine
- Brooklyn, NY
Matthew R. Weir, MD
- Professor and Director
- Division of Nephrology
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Baltimore, MD
Holly Wyatt, MD
- University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
- The Wellness Clinic at the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
- Associate Professor, CU School of Medicine
- Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes
- Aurora, CO
*Professional Medical Education (PME) presenter
**PME presenter and General Session/CME Symposium presenter
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