cgmEDUCATION.net Distinguished Faculty

Gregory P. Forlenza, MDAssociate Professor
Barbara Davis Diabetes Center
Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Dr Forlenza is an Associate Professor and pediatric endocrinologist at the Barbara Davis Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus as well as a Fellow of the University of Colorado Denver and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He has been caring for children with type 1 diabetes for over 15 years. Dr Forlenza conducts research funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, and the National Science Foundation. His industry research has focused on the pediatric development and approval of the Medtronic 670G, 770G, 780G, Tandem Control-IQ, Insulet Omipod 5, Beta Bionics iLet, Dexcom G6 and G7, Medtronic Guardian 4, and Abbott Freestyle Libre 2. His research is focused on the use of technology to improve the health and lifestyle of people with type 1 diabetes.

Dr Forlenza graduated in 2007 from the University of Florida College of Medicine, where he completed his medical residency in 2010.

Andrew J. Ahmann, MD

Professor of Medicine
Director of the Oregon Health and Science University
Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon

David T. Ahn, MD

Chief of Diabetes Services, Hoag
Endowed Chair
Dr. Kris V. Iyer Diabetes Care
Mary and Dick Allen Diabetes Center
Hoag Hospital
Newport Beach, California

Halis Kaan Akturk, MD

Assistant Professor
University of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP

Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetes Education Program
Associate Chief for Clinical Affairs
Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois

Nicholas Argento, MD

Maryland Endocrine

Richard Bergenstal, MD

Clinical Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Executive Director
International Diabetes Center
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cari Berget, RN, MPH, CDCES

Instructor
University of Colorado
Barbara Davis Center
Manager
Artificial Pancreas research team
Co-Director
PANTHER Program: Closing the Loop on Diabetes Technology Education
Aurora, Colorado

Julia Blanchette, Phd, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES

Jen Block, FNP, MSN, BSRN, CDE

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, California

Bruce W. Bode, MD, FACE

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
CEO, President
Atlanta Diabetes Associates
Atlanta, Georgia

Shannon Boggs, PwD Caregiver

Bruce Buckingham, MD

Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology
Stanford School of Medicine and Stanford Children's Hospital
Palo Alto, California

Felice Caldarella, MD, FACP, CDE, FACE

Secretary
American Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists
Endocrinologist
Center for Endocrine Health
Clinton, New Jersey

Shannon Christen, RD, CDCES, CCHP

Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism & Diabetes
Cardiac & Vascular Prevention Program
Anschutz Medical Campus
University of Colorado Hospital
Aurora, Colorado

Claudio Cobelli, PhD

Department of Information Engineering
University of Padua, Italy

Kenneth Cusi, MD, FACP, FACE

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Diabetes and Metabolism
Department of Medicine
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Daniel J. DeSalvo, MD

Associate Professor
Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology
Baylor College of Medicine/
Texas Children's Hospital
Director, Strategic Collaboration
Texas Children's Diabetes Care Center
Houston, Texas

Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACP, FACE

Immediate-Past President, American College of Endocrinology
Past President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Medical Director, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute
Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD
Associate Editor, Journal of Diabetes
President, Diabetes and Endocrine Associates
La Jolla, CA

Sam Ellis, PharmD, BCPS, CDE

Associate Professor
Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Andrea Facchinetti, PhD

Department of Information Engineering
University of Padua, Italy

Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP

Assistant Dean for Clinical Research
Chief, Endocrinology
Professor of Medicine
Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Juan Pablo Frias, MD

Medical Director
Principal Investigator
Velocity Clinical Research
Los Angeles, California

Rodolfo J. Galindo, MD, FACE

Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Investigator, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism Research
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Medical Chair, Hospital Diabetes Taskforce
Emory Healthcare System
Atlanta, Georgia

Satish K. Garg, MD, MBBS, DM

Editor-in-chief Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director Adult Program
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
University of Colorado
Denver, Colorado

George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE

Clinical Professor of Internal
Medicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Grunberger Diabetes Institute
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Martha Gulati, MD, MS, FACC, FAHA, FASPC, FESC

Director
Preventative Cardiology
Associate Director
Barbra Streisand Women's Heart Center
Associate Director
Preventive and Cardiac Rehabilitation Center
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Smidt Heart Institute
Los Angeles, California

Sarah Hanes, PwD

Research Data Analyst
Stanford University School of Medicine

Christina Hanson, MS, FNP

South Denver Gastroenterology, P.C
Englewood, Colorado

Amir Harari, MD, FACP

Endocrinology Associates
Scottsdale, Arizona

Irl B. Hirsch, MD, MACP

Professor of Medicine
Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair
University of Washington
Medicine Diabetes Institute
Seattle, Washington

Korey Hood, PhD

Professor
Pediatric Endocrinology, Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Palo Alto, California

Scott D. Isaacs, MD, FACE, FACP

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Atlanta Endocrine Associates
Atlanta, Georgia

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, BC-ADM, FADCES, FCCP

Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
Director, Education & Training in Diabetes Technology
Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Boris Kovatchev, PhD

Professor
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Adjunct Professor
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Director
University of Virginia
Center for Diabetes Technology
Charlottesville, Virginia

Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM

Certified Nurse Practitioner
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
New Center One
Detroit, Michigan

Yogish C Kudva, MD, MBBS

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes,
Metabolism, Nutrition
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Marcelo Kugelmas, MD, FAASLD, FACP

South Denver Gastroenterology
Englewood, Colorado

Edward La Cava , MD

Pacific Diabetes Technologies, Inc

Lori M. Laffel, MD, MPH

Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent and
Young Adult Section
Senior Investigator, Head
Section on Clinical, Behavioral and
Outcomes Research
Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Joslin Diabetes Center
Boston, Massachusetts

David W. Lam, MD

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Carol J. Levy, MD, CDCES

Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Director
Mount Sinai Diabetes Center
New York, New York

Vinni Makin, MBBS, MD, FACE

Director of Endocrinology (East)
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Cleveland Clinic
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of
Case Western Reserve University
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ohio Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Cleveland, Ohio

Janet B. McGill, MD, MA, FACE

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research
Washington University School of Medicine
Attending Physician
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Sofia Meier, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Barbara Davis Center
Aurora, Colorado

elizabeth A. nardacci, FNP

st peters health partners

Mazen Noureddin, MD

Founding Director, Fatty Liver Program
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases
Comprehensive Transplant Center
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Okemah, RD CDCES BCADM

Salute Nutrition PLLC

Eric A. Orzeck, MD, FACP, FACE

Endocrinology Associates
Houston, TX

Susan Owen, RN, MSN, CDE, NP-C

Mercy Health Physician Partners
Grand Rapids, MI

Anne L. Peters, MD

Director
University of Southern California (USC)
Clinical Diabetes Programs
Professor of Medicine (Clinical Scholar)
USC Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Leslie Pinkerton, PharmD

Clinic Manager
Walgreens Company
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Outpatient Care Pavillion
Chicago, IL

Deborah Kathleen Plante, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Director
Inpatient Glycemic Team
UC Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California

Monika Reddy, MBChB, MRCP (UK), PhD

Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
and Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Stephanie Redmond, PharmD, CDE

Medication Therapy
Management Pharmacist
Ridgeview Chaska, Westonka
and Specialty Clinics
Waconia, MN

Eric Renard, MD, PhD

Professor & Chair of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Lapeyronie Hospital & University of Montpellier
Montpellier, France

Prof Michael Roden, MD

Chair/Professor of Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases
Director
Department of Endocrinology
and Diabetology
Heinrich-Heine University
University Hospital Düsseldorf
CEO of the German Diabetes Center
Dusseldorf, Germany

Steven J. Russell, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Diabetes Research Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Desmond A Schatz, MD

Professor and
Interim Chair, Pediatrics
Medical Director
Diabetes Institute
Director, Clinical
Research Center
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida

Gary Scheiner, MS, CDCES

Clinical Director
Integrated Diabetes Services
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Erin Shaal, PharmD

Group Director
MedCart Specialty
Albertsons Companies
Boise, ID

Viral Shah, MD

Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Director of Diabetes Clinical Research
Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases Indiana University School of Medicine

Traci Sharkey-Wells, MSN, NP-C, CDE

Diabetes Management Team
Center for Thyroid Diseases and Endocrinology
Parma Heights, OH

Jennifer Sherr, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology
Medical Director
Pediatric Diabetes
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

James A. Simon, MD, CCD, NCMP, IF, FACOG

Clinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
George Washington University
Women's Health & Research Consultants
IntimMedicine Specialists
Washington DC

John H. Sink, II, PA-C, CDE, CLS

The Jones Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Wellness
Macon, Georgia

Jan Soupal, MD

3rd Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Charles University and General University Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

Noel Strong, MD

Assistant Professor
Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Raquel and Jaime Gilinski
Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai Hospital
New York, New York

Susan S. VanBeuge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP

University of Nevada
Las Vegas, NV

Amit C. Vora, MD, FACE

Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Tennessee
Medical Center
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Endocrinology Consultants of
East Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Katharine O'Connell White, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Boston University Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts

Eugene E Wright, MD

Consulting Associate
Department of Community and Family Medicine Department of Medicine
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Kathleen Wyne, MD, PhD, FACE, FNLA

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, College of Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH

Carol H. Wysham, MD, FACP

Clinical Endocrinologist
Multicare/Rockwood Clinic
Clinical Professor of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine
Spokane, Washington

Zobair M Younossi, MD, MPH, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD

Chairman
Global NASH Council
Washington, DC
Professor and Chairman
Beatty Liver and Obesity Research
Inova Health System
Falls Church, Virginia