Planning Committee
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.
Mark Atkinson, PhD
University of Florida, College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Committee Chair
Halis Kaan Akturk, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz Campus
Aurora, CO
Content Area: New Technology
Lynn Ang, MD
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Neuropathy
Natalie Bellini, DNP, FNP-BC, BC-ADM, CDCES
University Hospitals Health System
Shaker Heights, Ohio
Content Area: New Technology
Gretchen Benson, RDN, CDCES
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition
Maria Bettini, PhD
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Content Area: Immunology
Elizabeth A. Beverly, PhD
Ohio University
Athens, OH
Content Area: Behavioral Medicine
Alejandro Caicedo, PhD
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Miami, FL
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Eda Cengiz, MD, MHS
UCSF School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
Content Area: Pediatrics
Jenny DeJesus, DNP, ANP-BC, ADM-BC, CDCES
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, NY
Content Area: Education
Sagar B. Dugani, MD, PhD, MPH
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Content Area: Epidemiology
Rajesh K. Garg, MD
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, CA
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics
Manami Hara, DDS, PhD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Laura den Hartigh, PhD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Seattle, WA
Content Area: Lipids
Rebecca Hauesler, PhD
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity
Janice Jin Hwang, MD, MHS
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)
Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications
Amanda Killeen, DPM
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Houston, TX
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities
Young-Bum Kim, PhD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)
Rebecca Longo, ACNP-BC, CDCES
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, MA
Content Area: Education
Teresa Mastracci, PhD
Indiana University-Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion
Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Content Area: Hypoglycemia
Leigh Perreault, MD, FACE, FACP
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, CO
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics
Camille Powe, MD
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Content Area: Pregnancy
Priya Prahalad, MD, PhD
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
Content Area: New Technology
Michael Riddell, PhD
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Content Area: Exercise
Holger Russ, PhD
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL
Content Area: Beta-Cell Replacement
Jennifer Schaub, MD
University of Michigan, Michigan Medicine
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease
Ellen Schur, MD, MS
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity
Paolo Silva, MD
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, MA
Content Area: Retinopathy
Cassandra N. Spracklen, PhD
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA
Content Area: Genetics
Katrin Svensson, PhD
Stanford University
Palo Alto, CA
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
Paul Titchenell, PhD
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
Amisha Wallia, MD, MS
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, IL
Content Area: Health Care Delivery –Economics/Quality Improvement