Scientific Sessions

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.

Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Committee Chair

Adeola Akindana, DNP, CRNP, CDCES
Healthbeam Diabetes and Wellness Center
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Diabetes Education

Grazia Aleppo, MD
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
Content Area: New Technology

Mohammed E. Al-Sofiani, MD, MSc
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Content Area: New Technology

Mandeep Bajaj, MBBS, FRCP
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Renata Belfort De Aguiar, MD, PhD
University of Texas Health San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Humans)

Melena Bellin, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Content Area: Beta-Cell Replacement

Maureen Chomko, MS, RDN, CDCES
Neighborcare Health
Seattle, WA
Content Area: Clinical Nutrition

Arup Das, MD, PhD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Albuquerque, NM
Content Area: Retinopathy

Thomas W. Donner, MD
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Clinical Therapeutics

Photograph of Dr. Michael Zerin, Nephrologist/Clinical Pharmacist, smiling in a lab coat.

Michael T. Eadon, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Content Area: Diabetic Kidney Disease

Feyza Engin, PhD
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, WI
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Brendan M. Everett, MD, MPH
Massachusetts General Brigham and Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Content Area: Macrovascular Complications

Nikki L. Farnsworth, PhD
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Jacob Haus, PhD
University of Michigan School of Kinesiology
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Exercise

Marisa E. Hilliard, PhD
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston, TX
Content Area: Psychosocial/Behavioral Medicine

Michael S. Hughes, MD, MS
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Content Area: New Technology

Kamlesh Khunti, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCGP, FMedSci
University of Leicester
Leicester, United Kingdom
Content Area: Epidemiology/Prevention

Samuel Klein, MD
Washington University
St. Louis, MO
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity

Kara Mizokami-Stout, MD, MSc
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Content Area: Neuropathy

Caitlin Nass, MSN, CRNP
University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Diabetes Education

Elizabeth J. Parks, PhD, FTOS
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Content Area: Obesity/Pathogenesis of Obesity

Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing, PhD, MSc
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Content Area: Hypoglycemia

Christina Scifres, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN
Content Area: Pregnancy

Hui Shao, MD, PhD
Emory Rollins School of Public Health
Atlanta, GA
Content Area: Health Care Delivery—Economics/Quality Improvement

Jennifer Sherr, MD, PhD
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, CT
Content Area: Pediatrics

Judith A. Simcox, PhD
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism

Kanhaiya Singh, PhD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Content Area: Foot Care/Lower Extremities

John Stafford, MD, PhD
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Content Area: Lipids

Michael L. Stitzel, PhD
The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine
Farmington, CT
Content Area: Genetics & Gene Regulation

Sarah A. Tersey, PhD
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Content Area: Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Qingchun Tong, PhD
University of Texas-Houston
Houston, TX
Content Area: Metabolism, In Vivo (Animals)

Phillip J. White, PhD
Duke University
Durham, NC
Content Area: Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism