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69th Scientific Sessions (2009)


June 5 - 9, 2009, New Orleans, Louisiana

Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee

The overall philosophy of the ADA’s Scientific Sessions is to present cutting edge research or opinion that is not heard in other meetings and conferences held throughout the year. The Scientific Sessions Meeting Planning Committee is responsible for developing challenging and exciting program content that reaches across diverse disciplines to teach lessons of relevance to diabetes.

Members of the 2009 Scientific Sessions
Meeting Planning Committee

Harold E. Lebovitz, MD (Chair)
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
State University of New York
Health Science Center
Staten Island, New York

Ronald T. Ackermann, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

David G. Armstrong, DPM, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Director of Lower Extremity Research & 
   the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage 
   Alliance
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Mary Ann Banerji, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetes Treatment Center

State University of New York
Downstate Medical Center
Brooklyn, New York

Anil Bhushan, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Dennis M. Bier, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Children's Nutrition Research 
   Center

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Donald W. Bowden, PhD
Director, Center for Diabetes Research
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Patricia L. Brubaker, PhD
Professor, Physiology & Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Michael J. Clare-Salzler, MD
Professor & Stetson Chair in 
   Experimental Pathology
Director, Center for Immunology
   & Transplantation
Department of Pathology, Immunology
   & Laboratory Medicine
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, Florida

Silvia Corvera, MD
Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts
Medical School
Worcester, Massachusetts

Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Diabetes Division
University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas


Steven V. Edelman, MD
Professor of Medicine
University of California
School of Medicine
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Founder & Director
Taking Control of Your Diabetes
San Diego, California

Jeffrey
S. Elmendorf,
PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cellular &
   Integrative Physiology
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana

Alison
Evert,
MS, RD, CDE
Diabetes Nutrition Educator
Diabetes Care Center
University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington

Assiamira
Ferrara,
MD, PhD
Research Scientist III
Epidemiology & Translational Diabetes Research
Division of Research
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care
   Program of 
Northern California
Oakland, California

Ronald G. Gill, PhD
Scientific Director
Dr. Charles A. Allard Chair in 
   Diabetes Research
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

Ronald B. Goldberg, MD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Lipid Disorder Clinic
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes,
   & Metabolism
Associate Director, Diabetes Research 
   Institute
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, Florida

Edward Gregg, PhD
Chief, Epidemiology & Statistics
   Branch

Division of Diabetes Translation
Centers for Disease Control &
   Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia

Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Cognition & Behavior
   Sub-Core, Diabetes Research
Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Balakuntalam S. Kasinath, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephropathy
University of Texas
Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Theodore Mazzone, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Pharmacology
Professor of Human Nutrition
Chief, Section of Endocrinology,
   Diabetes & Metabolism
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Michael Mueckler, PhD
Professor
Departments of Cell Biology &
   Medicine
Washington University Medical School
St. Louis, Missouri

Judith G. Regensteiner, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Director, Center for Women's
   Health Research
University of Colorado
Denver Health Sciences Center
Aurora, Colorado

Henry Rodriguez, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Indiana University School of Medicine
Director, Pediatric Diabetes
   Clinical Program

Riley Hospital for Children
Indianapolis, Indiana

Jane Jeffrie Seley, NP, CDE
Diabetes Nurse Practitioner
New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell
New York, New York

Peter Sheehan, MD
Senior Faculty Member
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, New York

Andrew F. Stewart, MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
   & Metabolism

Professor of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Doris A. Stoffers, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute for Diabetes, Obesity 
   & Metabolism
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Gerald J. Taborsky, Jr., PhD
Research Professor of Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Katie Weinger, EdD, RN
Investigator/Behavioral Research
Director, Office of Research Fellow
   Affairs
Director, Center for Innovation in 
   Diabetes Education

Joslin Diabetes Center
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts