Distinguished Faculty

Irl B. Hirsch, MD
Professor of MedicineDiabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair
University of Washington
Medicine Diabetes Institute
Seattle, Washington
Irl B. Hirsch, MD, is professor and Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Chair at the University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute in Seattle.
Dr Hirsch received his medical degree from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in 1984. He completed residency training in internal medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. Dr Hirsch also was fellowship-trained in endocrinology and metabolism at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Dr Hirsch has dedicated his career to patient care, clinical research and teaching. His focus in these areas is the treatment and management of diabetes. He has an interest in new technologies for the treatment of diabetes, particularly those involved in the use of insulin therapy. This interest centers on the mechanisms of how insulin co-modulates inflammation with glucose and how this results in improved outcomes for patients.
He has been involved in numerous major clinical research trials, including the DCCT, ACCORD, STAR-1, JDRF Sensor Trial, SEARCH, ORIGIN, ADAG, FLAT-SUGAR, and many more involved with insulin therapy.
Additionally, he has an interest in the use of computers in diabetes data management, and how pattern recognition can be used to improve diabetes control and how glycemic variability noted on glucose meter downloads may be an independent risk for microvascular complications.
Dr Hirsch has authored more than 200 research papers, including a review of insulin in the New England Journal of Medicine. He also has written more than 60 editorials, three commentaries for The Journal of the American Medical Association, numerous book chapters and four books for patients and physicians. He is also a much in demand national and international speaker.
He is the past editor-in-chief of DOC News and Clinical Diabetes and former chair of the Professional Practice Committee for the American Diabetes Association and served as a member of the Endocrine Section of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Currently, he is section editor for Up-To-Date.
Dr Hirsch has been honored at every level of his career, including being recognized with the Outstanding Young Physician Award by the University of Missouri Alumni Association in 2001, and in 2003 being honored as the American Diabetes Association's Physician- Clinician of the Year. In 2005, he received the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists' Distinguished Endocrinologist Award, and in 2013, he received the American Diabetes Association's Josiah K. Lilly Sr. Distinguished Service Award. In April 2015 he was elected to a Mastership by the American College of Physicians.

Andrew J. Ahmann, MD
Professor of MedicineDirector of the Oregon Health and Science University
Harold Schnitzer Diabetes Health Center
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon

David T. Ahn, MD
Program Director Hoag Medical Center
Mary & Dick Allen Diabetes Center
Newport Beach, California

Halis Kaan Akturk, MD
Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Colorado Denver
Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Grazia Aleppo, MD, FACE, FACP
Associate EditorDiabetes Technology & Therapeutics
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
Diabetes Technology DirectorMaryland Endocrine and Diabetes Center
Columbia, Maryland

Richard Bergenstal, MD
Clinical ProfessorDepartment of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Executive Director
International Diabetes Center
Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Cari Berget, RN, MPH, CDCES
InstructorUniversity of Colorado
Barbara Davis Center
Manager
Artificial Pancreas research team
Co-Director
PANTHER Program: Closing the Loop on Diabetes Technology Education
Aurora, Colorado

Jen Block, FNP, MSN, BSRN, CDE
Lucile Packard Children's HospitalStanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto, California

Bruce W. Bode, MD, FACE
Associate Professor of MedicineEmory University
CEO, President
Atlanta Diabetes Associates
Atlanta, Georgia

Bruce Buckingham, MD
Professor of Pediatric EndocrinologyStanford School of Medicine and Stanford Children's Hospital
Palo Alto, California

Felice Caldarella, MD, FACP, CDE, FACE
SecretaryAmerican Association of
Clinical Endocrinologists
Endocrinologist
Center for Endocrine Health
Clinton, New Jersey

Claudio Cobelli, PhD
Department of Information EngineeringUniversity 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 ProfessorPediatric 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 EndocrinologyPast 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 ProfessorDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Andrea Facchinetti, PhD
Department of Information EngineeringUniversity of Padua, Italy

Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP
Assistant Dean for Clinical ResearchChief, Endocrinology
Professor of Medicine
Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, Louisiana

Gregory P. Forlenza, MD
Children's HospitalAssistant Professor
Barbara Davis Diabetes Center
Anschutz Campus School of Medicine
University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado

Juan Pablo
Frías, MD
Medical DirectorPrincipal Investigator
Velocity Clinical Research
Los Angeles, California

Rodolfo J. Galindo, MD, FACE
Associate Professor of MedicineEmory 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 & TherapeuticsProfessor 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 InternalMedicine and Genetics
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Oakland University
William Beaumont School of Medicine
Grunberger Diabetes Institute
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Amir Harari, MD, FACP
Endocrinology AssociatesScottsdale, Arizona

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

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, CDCES, BC-ADM, FADCES, FCCP
Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy SpecialistDirector, Education & Training in Diabetes Technology
Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Scott D. Isaacs, MD, FACE, FACP
Adjunct Assistant Professor of MedicineEmory University School of Medicine
Medical Director
Atlanta Endocrine Associates
Atlanta, Georgia

Boris Kovatchev, PhD
ProfessorUniversity 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 PractitionerHenry Ford Health System
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Bone and Mineral Disease
New Center One
Detroit, Michigan

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

Sofia Meier, CPNP
Pediatric Nurse PractitionerBarbara Davis Center
Aurora, Colorado

elizabeth A. nardacci, FNP
st peters health partners
Jennifer Okemah, MS RD CDCES BCADM
Salute Nutrition PLLC
Eric A. Orzeck, MD, FACP, FACE
Endocrinology AssociatesHouston, TX

Susan Owen, RN, MSN, CDE, NP-C
Mercy Health Physician PartnersGrand Rapids, MI

Anne L. Peters, MD
DirectorUniversity of Southern California (USC)
Clinical Diabetes Programs
Professor of Medicine (Clinical Scholar)
USC Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California

Leslie Pinkerton, PharmD
Clinic ManagerWalgreens Company
Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Outpatient Care Pavillion
Chicago, IL

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 TherapyManagement Pharmacist
Ridgeview Chaska, Westonka
and Specialty Clinics
Waconia, MN

Eric Renard, MD, PhD
Professor & Chair of Endocrinology, Diabetes & MetabolismLapeyronie 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 MedicineHarvard 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 DirectorIntegrated Diabetes Services
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Erin Shaal, PharmD
Group DirectorMedCart Specialty
Albertsons Companies
Boise, ID

Viral Shah, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine & PediatricsBarbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Adult Clinic
School of Medicine
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Aurora, Colorado

Traci Sharkey-Wells, MSN, NP-C, CDE
Diabetes Management TeamCenter for Thyroid Diseases and Endocrinology
Parma Heights, OH

Jennifer L. Sherr, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Pediatrics Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut

John H. Sink, II, PA-C, CDE, CLS
The Jones Center for Diabetes and Endocrine WellnessMacon, Georgia

Jan Soupal, MD
3rd Department of Internal MedicineAssistant Professor of Medicine
Charles University and General University Hospital
Prague, Czech Republic

Susan S. VanBeuge, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAANP
University of NevadaLas Vegas, NV

Amit C. Vora, MD, FACE
Clinical Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Tennessee
Medical Center
Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Endocrinology Consultants of
East Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Eugene E Wright, MD
Consulting AssociateDepartment 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 MedicineDivision of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, College of Medicine
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, OH