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Faria Afsana
President Elect
Bangladesh Endocrine Society & South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies
Assoc. Professor & Head of Unit-II
Dept. Of Endocrinology
BIRDEM General Hospital
Bangladesh
International Faculty
Zoë Mullan
Editor-in-Chief
The Lancet Global Health
Inclusion & Diversity Lead, The Lancet Group, London
United Kingdom
Zoë Mullan presently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the Lancet Global Health Journal and is also the Inclusion and Diversity Lead. She is an Ex-Officio Board Member of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health and a Scientific Advisory Board member of the Centre for International Health Protection at the Robert Koch Institute, Berlin.
David Phillips
Emeritus Professor
Endocrine and Metabolic Programming
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
Prof. David Phillips is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at the University of Southampton, UK. He is also an Honorary Consultant Physician in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust. He has a background as an academic physician specializing in endocrinology with a specific focus on the epidemiological aspects of endocrine disorders.
William T. Cefalu
Director
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
United States of America
Dr. William Cefalu is the director of the NIH’s Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases. From 2017 to 2019, he served as the chief scientific, medical, and Mission Officer at the American Diabetes Association. During his nearly 35-year career as a physician caring for patients, a scientist, and a health care expert.
Allan Arthur Vaag
Affiliate Professor
Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Allan Vaag is a Professor of Endocrinology (Chair) at Lunds University, Sweden, and a Consultant at the Department of Endocrinology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmø, Sweden. Furthermore, he is an Affiliated Professor of Translational Type 2 Diabetes Research at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Copenhagen (DK)
Gordon Thomas
Clinical Professor
Dept. of Paediatric Surgery
The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
Australia
Gordon Thomas is a paediatric general and transplant surgeon working at the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. He has led the paediatric transplant and general surgical unit at Westmead for several years. Gordon has been recognized for his significant contributions to the care of children in New South Wales and has been awarded for both his clinical work and leadership.
Silver Bahendeka
Senior Consultant Physician
Diabetes and Endocrinology
Doctors Plaza Clinic and St Francis Nsambya Hospital
Kampala, Uganda
Prof. Silver Bahendeka is a professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at Mother Kevin Post Graduate Medical School, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda. He is also a Senior Consultant Physician for Diabetes and Endocrinology at St Francis Hospital, Nsambya in Kampala, Uganda.
Shahjada Selim
Assoc. Professor of Endocrinology
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University
General Secretary
Bangladesh Endocrine Society (BES)
Bangladesh
Dr. Shahjada Selim is an associate professor in the Department of Endocrinology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Dr. Selim has been awarded by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, AACE, with the Best Research Article Presentation 2015 .
Sreekumaran Nair
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
United States of America
Prof. K. Sreekumaran Nair is a Professor of Medicine and Consultant Endocrinologist in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition, and Metabolism at the Mayo Clinic. His exceptional research contributions have been recognized by the Mayo Clinic by honoring him as an Outstanding Mentor, Distinguished Investigator and named Endowed Professorship.
Faria Afsana
President Elect
Bangladesh Endocrine Society & South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies
Assoc. Professor & Head of Unit-II
Dept. Of Endocrinology
BIRDEM General Hospital
Bangladesh
Since 1996, Dr Faria Afsanais is working at BIRDEM, where she currently holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Endocrinology. She completed a Diploma in Endocrinology and Metabolism in July 2002 and received MD in Endocrinology in July 2009.
AK Azad Khan
President
Diabetic Association of Bangladesh
Chair
International Diabetes Federation, South East Asia Region
Bangladesh
Professor Azad Khan is the Regional Chair of the International Diabetes Federation's Southeast Asia region, the President of the Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS), and the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Bangladesh University of Health Sciences.
Mandeep Bajaj
President
American Diabetes Association (ADA)
Professor of Medicine
Department of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston
United States of America
Prof. Mandeep Bajaj is the current President of Medicine and Science of the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Prof. Bajaj is also the Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs in the Department of Medicine and a Professor of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Shitaye Alemu Balcha
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences
University of Gondar
Ethiopia
Shitaye Alemu Balcha is an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine at the College of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Gondar, Ethiopia. She is an expert in non-communicable diseases, particularly diabetes in rural areas.
Meredith A Hawkins
Professor of Medicine
Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Medicine
Director
Global Diabetes Institute
United States of America
Prof. Meredith Hawkins holds the Harold and Muriel Block Chair in Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she founded and directs the Global Diabetes Institute (GDI). Einstein’s GDI has developed many research collaborations in LMICs to investigate forms of diabetes endemic to these areas.
Balamurugan N. Appakalai
Professor
Dept. of Surgery
Director
Islet Cell Laboratory, University of Louisville, Kentucky
United States of America
Dr. Balamurugan, an “isletologist” for the past 30 years, Dr. Balamurugan’s (Bala) research career has focused on advancing pancreatic islet cell isolation and transplantation for the treatment of type-I diabetes and surgery-induced diabetes.
Noel Somasundaram
Consultant Endocrinologist
Diabetes and Hormone Centre, Colombo
Sri Lanka
Dr. Noel Somasundaram is a Chief Consultant Endocrinologist at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka. He was the President of the South Asian Federation of Endocrine Societies from 2019 to 2021, the Chairperson of the Sri Lanka Diabetes Federation, and the Project Lead for the Sri Lanka Diabetes and Cardiovascular Initiative, a national project for preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases.
Peter Schwarz
President
International Diabetes Federation
Head
Prevention and Care of Diabetes(EASD)
Germany
Prof. Peter Schwarz is the President of the International Diabetes Federation and the Head of the Division for Prevention and Care of Diabetes at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. He specializes in the prevention and care of diabetes.
Michael Boyne
Senior Lecturer, Endocrinology
Tropical Medicine Research Institute
University of the West Indies
Honorary Consultant
University Hospital
Jamaica, West Indies
Professor Michael Boyne is a leader of the Endocrine program at the Tropical Metabolism Research Unit and former Chairman of Medicine at the University of the West Indies (Jamaica). He is a Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism at the Department of Medicine at the University of the West Indies and an Honorary Consultant at the University Hospital of the West Indies.
Sarah Wild
Professor of Epidemiology
Usher Institute
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Sarah Wild did her medical training in London and Cambridge. Her postgraduate experience included general medicine and diabetes, general practice and public health medicine, a cardiovascular epidemiology fellowship at Stanford University, and a PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Dirk Lund Christensen
Associate Professor
Global Health, Dept.of Public Health
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Dr. Dirk Lund Christensen is an Associate Professor at the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and a former employee at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge, UK. His research interests include the diagnosis of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in different populations exposed to malnutrition, infections, and other adverse environmental parameters.
Prasad Katulanda
Professor&Head of Clin. Medicine
University of Colombo
Endocrinologist & Diabetologist
National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Prof. Katulanda is the President-Elect of the Ceylon College of Physicians and a Council Member of the Sri Lanka College of Endocrinologists and the Sri Lanka Diabetes Federation. He is also a Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, and a professor/consultant at the National Hospital in Sri Lanka.
Kaushik Ramaiya
Consultant Physician and Chief Executive Officer
Internal Medicine / Endocrinology
Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Prof. Kaushik Ramaiya is a Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine / Endocrinology and Chief Executive Officer at Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital of Tanzania. He is also a Member of the Board of the World Diabetes Foundation, the Hon. General Secretary of the Tanzania Diabetes Association, the Tanzania NCD Alliance, and the Association of Private Health Facilities of Tanzania.
Davis Kibirige
Diabetologist and Endocrinologist
Dept. of Medicine
Uganda Martyrs Hospital Lubaga
Kampala, Uganda
Dr. Kibirige is a Consultant Physician, Diabetologist, and Endocrinologist in the Department of Medicine, Uganda Martyrs Hospital Lubaga, and a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Eastern, Central, and Southern Africa.
Debbie Thompson
Research Fellow and Lecturer
Tropical Metabolism Research Unit
CAIHR
Jamaica, West Indies
Dr. Debbie Thompson is a Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the PhD Nutrition Program at the Caribbean Institute of Health Research, University of West Indies, Jamaica. In 2017, she was awarded a 2-year Academic Fellowship in Global Child Health at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.
Abodo Jacko Rhedoor
Regional Chair
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Africa region
Professor & Head, Endocrinology
Yopougon University Hospital, Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
Professor Abodo is the Chair of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) AFRICA region and a WHO expert on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He is the Head of the Department of Endocrinology Diabetology and Deputy head of the Medical Commission Yopougon Teaching Hospital.
Md Faruque Pathan
Director
Academy, BIRDEM General Hospital
Ibrahim Memorial Diabetes Centre
Bangladesh
Professor Md. Faruque Pathan is the Director of BIRDEM Academy and a Professor of Endocrinology at BIRDEM General Hospital. He is also an affiliate of the Endocrinology Department at Ibrahim Memorial Diabetes Center.
Robin Maskey
President
Diabetes and Endocrinology Association of Nepal
Professor and HOD
Dept. of Internal Medicine
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan
Nepal
Professor Robin Maskey is Professor of Internal Medicine, Chair of Fellowship of Endocrinology at B.P.K.I.H.S. He graduated from medical school at the MCOMS (Kathmandu University) NEPAL,MD Internal Medicine from BPKIHS and received post-graduate training in NUHS,Singapore and Fellowship in Endocrinology in INDIA.
Charlotte Bavuma
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine/ Endocrinology
University of Rwanda, College of Medicine and Pharmacy Rwanda
Rwanda
Professor Charlotte M. Bavuma is an Associate Professor of IM/Endocrinology and the Deputy Dean for Postgraduate studies and research at the University of Rwanda. She is a Board member of Rwanda Biomedical Centre, the Nation's central health implementation center.
Alvin C. Powers
Professor of Medicine
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
Joe C. Davis Chair of Biomedical Sciences
United States of America
Prof. Alvin Powers is the Joe C. Davis Chair in Biomedical Science, Medicine, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics Professor at Vanderbilt University, where he also served as the Director of the Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology.
Angus Jones
Associate Professor
University of Exeter, UK
Clinical Scientist
NIHR
United Kingdom
Angus Jones is a Professor of Diabetes at the University of Exeter and an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Royal Devon University Hospitals NHS Trust. His research interests are in precision approaches to the management of diabetes, with a focus on practical approaches that can impact clinical practice now or in the near future.
Sylvia Kehlenbrink
Endocrinologist and Director
Global Endocrinology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts
United States of America
Sylvia Kehlenbrink is the Director of Global Endocrinology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and teaches at Harvard Medical School. She leads the NCDs in Conflict Program at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, focusing on diabetes care and insulin access in low- and middle-income areas.
