Planning Committee
The overall philosophy of the 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. Viral N. Shah, MD Celeste Thomas, MD Elena Toschi, MD Patti Urbanski, MEd, RD, LD, CDCES Allison Xu, PhD Jane Yardley, PhD Sakeneh Zraika, PhD
University of Toronto
Committee Chair
Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill, PhD, APRN, CDCES
JDRF
Content Area: New Technology
Lynn Ang, MD
University of Michigan
Content Area: Neuropathy
Mark Atkinson, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Content Area: Beta Cell Replacement
Mark Benson, MD, PhD
Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications
Petter Bjornstad, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease
Karin Bornfeldt, PhD
University of Washington
Content Area: Lipids
Miriam Cnop, MD, PhD
Erasmus Hospital
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Jeffrey S. Gonzalez, PhD
NY-Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research
Content Area: Psychosocial, Behavioral Medicine
Jennifer B. Green, MD
Duke University School of Medicine
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics
Kimberly Gudzune, MD
Johns Hopkins University
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogensis of Obesity
Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, FCCP
Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Content Area: Therapeutics/New Technology
Elizabeth T. Jensen, MPH, PhD
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Content Area: Epidemiology
Richard Kibbey, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
Alice Long, PhD
Benaroya Research Institute
Content Area: Immunology
Brian O'Neill, MD, PhD
University of Iowa
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)
Stephen Parker, PhD
University of Michigan Medical School
Content Area: Genetics
University of Iowa
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
Ravi Retnakaran, MD, FRCPC
University of Toronto
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics
Jane Seley, DNP, MPH
Weill Cornell College
Content Area: Education
University of Colorado Anschutz Campus
Content Area: New Technology
Emily K. Sims, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Lucia Sobrin, MD, MPH
Harvard Medical School
Content Area: Retinopathy
Michelle D. Stancil, MS, BSN, RN, CDCES
Prisma Health
Content Area: Education
Andrea Steck, MD
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Content Area: Youth
Emily Szmuilowicz, MD
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Content Area: Pregnancy
University of Chicago
Content Area: Health Care Improvement
Jenny Tong, MD, MPH
University of Washington
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity
Garneisha M. Torrence, DPM, MHMS
University of Michigan Medical School
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities
Joslin Diabetes Center
Content Area: Hypoglycemia
St. Luke's Diabetes Care Program
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition
University of California San Francisco
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)
University of Alberta
Content Area: Exercise
VA Puget Sound Health Care System & University of Washington
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion