Authors and Disclosures
W. Timothy Garvey, MD, FACE, Chair1, Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, FACE2, Jeffrey I. Mechanick, MD, FACN, FACP, FACE, ECNU3, George A. Bray, MD, MACE4, Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DM, FRCP, FACE5, Daniel Einhorn, MD, FACP, FACE6, George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE7, Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FACE, FNLA8, Charles H. Hennekens, MD, DrPH9, Daniel L. Hurley, MD, FACE10, Janet McGill, MD, FACE11, Pasquale Palumbo, MD, MACP, MACE12, Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP, FACE13, on behalf of the AACE Obesity Scientific Commitee
1Chair of the Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Director of the UAB Diabetes Research Center, GRECC Investigator and staff physician at the Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL. 2Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. 3Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. 4Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA. 5University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN. 6Diabetes and Endocrine Associates, Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, University of California San Diego, LaJolla, CA. 7Grunberger Diabetes Institute; Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Bloomfield Hills, MI. 8Metabolic Institute of America, Tarzana, CA. 9Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. 10Mayo Clinic Medical School, Rochester, MN. 11Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research, Washington University, St. Louis, MO. 12Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ. 13Emory University Department of Medicine/Endocrinology, Atlanta, GA.
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2013-2014 AACE Obesity scientific committee
W. Timothy Garvey, MD, FACE, AACE Obesity Scientific Committee Chair
Dennis M. Bier, MD
Nancy J.V. Bohannon, MD, FACP, FACE
George A. Bray, MD, MACP, MACE
Michael Bush, MD
Rhoda H. Cobin, MD, MACE
Samuel Dagogo-Jack, MD, DM, FRCP, FACE
J. Gary Evans, MD, FACE
Alan J. Garber, MD, PhD, FACE
J. Michael Gonzalez-Campoy, MD, PhD, FACE
George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE
Yehuda Handelsman, MD, FACP, FNLA, FACE
David Heber, MD, PhD
Daniel L. Hurley, MD, FACE
Samuel Klein, MD
Harold Lebovitz, MD, FACE
Janet McGill, MD, FACE
Karl Nadolsky, DO
Pasquale Palumbo, MD, MACP, MACE
Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
John A. Purcell, MD, FACE
Carla Romero, MD
Candice Rose, MD, MS
John A. Tayek, MD
Guillermo Umpierrez, MD, FACP, FACE
Farhad Zangeneh, MD, FACP, FACE
2014 consensus conference on obesity pillar pa rticipa nts
These individuals and/or organizations were invitees to the 2014 AACE/ACE Consensus Conference on Obesity, have reviewed the Advanced Framework for a new Diagnosis of Obesity as a Chronic Disease, and agree to participate in the further development of the diagnosis with the goal that it will help facilitate concerted action across multiple stakeholders in a comprehensive plan to combat obesity.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN, Director of Public Health Nutrition at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
Mary Lieh-Lai, MD, FAAP, FCCP, Senior Vice President
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Lawrence Herman, PA-C, MPA, DFAAPA, President
American College of Sports Medicine
John Jakicic, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Health Physical Activity, & Director, Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, University of Pittsburgh
American Psychological Association
Lynn Bufka, PhD, Assistant Executive Director, Practice Research and Policy; and Suzanne Bennett Johnson, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor, Florida State University College of Medicine
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery
John Morton, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, President-Elect
American Society of Bariatric Physicians
Jennifer Seger, MD, ABFM, Board Trustee; Director, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas Medical Weight Loss Program, San Antonio, Texas
Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (APDEM)
Ann Danoff, MD, FACP, President
Solveig A. Cunningham, PhD
Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Humana
Andrew Renda, MD, MPH, Program Manager, Chronic Care Strategies
IMS Consulting Group
Matthew Maryniak, MBA, Principal
Scott Kahan, MD, MPH
Director, National Center for Weight and Wellness, George Washington University, Washington DC
Lillian F. Lien, MD
Medical Director, Duke Inpatient Diabetes Management, Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition, Duke University Medical Center
David Marrero, PhD
J.O Ritchey Professor of Medicine & Director, Translational Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Novo Nordisk, Inc.
Todd Hobbs, MD, Diabetes Chief Medical Officer, Clinical Development, Medical & Regulatory Affairs; and Jason Brett, MD, Sr. Medical Director, Obesity; Clinical Development, Medical & Regulatory Affairs
Obesity Action Coalition
Mr. Joe Nadglowski, President/CEO
Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Steve Chen, Executive Medical Director; and Mansi Mehta, RD, LDN, Product Manager, Obesity Marketing
Vivus, Inc.
Santosh Varghese, MD, Vice President, Medical & Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance, and QA