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5th WCIRS 2007 SPEAKERS THUS FAR:
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Professor Sir George Alberti, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Senior Research Fellow,
Imperial College London National
Director for Emergency Access,
UK Department of Health Emeritus,
Newcastle University
New Castle, England


Zachary T. Bloomgarden, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
Assistant Attending in Medicine
Lawrence Hospital-
Consultant in Endocrinology
New York, New York


Suzanne Craft, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Associate Director
Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center
Seattle, Washington

Samuel W. Cushman, Ph.D.
Chief, Experimental Diabetes
Metabolism and Obesity Section
Diabetes Branch, NIDDK, NIH
Bethesda, Maryland

 

Jamie A. Davidson, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Dallas, Texas

Ralph A. DeFronzo, M.D.
B.M.S, M.S., B.S.
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas


Yehuda Handelsman, M.D.
Solo, Private Practice
Senior Scientific Consultant
Metabolic Endocrine Education Foundation
Medical Director Metabolic Institute of America
Tarzana, California

Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Boston, Massachusetts

 

Peter J. Grant, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Head Academic Unit of
Molecular Vascular Medicine
University of Leeds School of Medicine
The Martin Wing, The General Infirmary
Leeds, United Kingdom

Erik Ingelsson, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Uppsala University
Department of Public Health and
Caring Sciences
Uppsala, Sweden

Paul S. Jellinger, M.D., F.A.C.E.
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Miami
Past president, American Association
of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
Hollywood, Florida

C. Ronald Kahn, M.D.
President and Director
Joslin Diabetes Center
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston , Massachusetts

 

Mark Kearney, M.D.
Leed, UK

Errol B Marliss, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine and Director, McGill Nutrition and Food Science Centre
Royal Victoria Hospital (MUHC)
Quebec, Canada 

Tracey McLaughlin, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Gerontology and Metabolism
Stanford Medical Center
Stanford, California

John Nestler, M.D.
William G. Blackard Professor of Medicine
Chair, Division of
Endocrinology and Metabolism
Vice Chair, Department of internal medicine
Medicine College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

 

Jorge Plutzky, M.D.
Director, The Vascular Disease Prevention Program
Cardiovascular Division/Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Mediciene
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts


Gerald M. Reaven, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, California

 

Prof. Eberhard Ritz
Dept. Internal Medicine
Division Nephrology
Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany

 

Arun J Sanyal, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chairman Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia


Alan R. Sinaiko, M.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Division of Nephrology
University of Minnesota
Medical School
Pediatric Nephrology
Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Burton E. Sobel, M.D., F.A.C.C., F.A.C.P.

Professor of Medicine and
Professor of Biochemistry
Director, Cardiovascular Center at Fletcher Allen
The University of Vermont
Vermont

 

Steven E Shoelson, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Affiliated Member
Dept of Biological Chemistry and
Molecular Pharmacology Section Head
Harvard Medical School
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Gerald Shulman, M.D., Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor of Internal Medicine and
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven Connecticut

Peter W. F. Wilson, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Dept of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Atlanta, Georgia