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.

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