Committee & Speakers

CONFERENCE DIRECTORS

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Julie Slade, RN
Conference Nurse Educator
Adult Clinic Instructor
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Anne Caulfield, BA
Conference Administrator
Events & Conference Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Gaven Qendall
Conference Support
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO

Sandy Nicholls, BA
Conference Support
Adult Clinic Business Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

Josh Hartz, BA
Conference IT Support
BDC IT Manager
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz
Aurora, CO

SPEAKERS

H. Kaan Akturk, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Joshua Balsam, PhD
FDA, Silver Springs, MD

Christie Beatson, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Roy Beck, MD
Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL

Cari Berget, RN, MPH
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Dana Davis
Children’s Diabetes Foundation, Aurora, CO

Ralph DeFronzo, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Robert Eckle, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO

Laya Ekhlaspour, MD
University of California, San Francisco, CA

Brigitte Frohnert, MD, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Samita Garg, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Sandip Garg, BS, MBA
QuantumScape, San Jose, CA

Francesco Giorgino, MD, PhD
University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy

Peter Gottlieb, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Lauren Gulley, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Zehra Haider, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Steven Kahn, MB, ChB
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Cathy Krendl, CLE
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Monica Lanning, PA
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Cecilia Low Wang, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO

Niranjan Manoharan, MD
University of Colorado Anschutz, Aurora, CO

Steven Nissen, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Jeremy Pettus, MD
University of California, San Diego, CA

Sarit Polsky, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Desmond Schatz, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Kimber Simmons, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Jay Skyler, MD
University of Florida, Miami, FL

Nizar Zein, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

CHAIRS

Sreeja Ambati, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Gregory Forlenza, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Satish Garg, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO