Committee & Speakers

PLANNING COMMITTEE

H. Kaan Akturk, MD
Co-Director of Adult Session
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

Zehra Haider, MD
Co-Director of Adult Session
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

Gregory Forlenza, MD
Director of Pediatric Session
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

Kelly Ciesco, RN
Conference Nurse Educator
Adult Clinic Instructor
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

Anne Caulfield, BA
Conference Administrator
Administrative Assistant III
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

Sandy Nicholls
Educational Grants
Adult Clinic Business Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO

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

Kristi Grounder, BS, MBA
Conference Group Leader
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO

SPEAKERS

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

Joshua Balsam, PhD
FDA, Silver Spring, MD

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

Liz Beck, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

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

Emily Boranian, RN
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Emily Chew, MD
NIH, Bethesda, MD

Kelly Ciesco, RN
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

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

Jessica Flynn, PhD
FDA, Silver Spring, MD

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

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

Thomas Gardner, MD, MS
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Samita Garg, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

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

Charles Henderson, CEO
American Diabetes Association, Arlington, VA

Irl Hirsch, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Taisa Kushner, PhD
Galois Inc, Portland, OR

Courtney H. Lias, PhD
NIH, Silver Spring, MD

Thomas Martens, MD
Park Nicollet Clinic, St. Louis Park, MN

Aaron Michels, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Medha Munshi, MD
Harvard, Boston, MA

Steven Nissen, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Claire Pegg
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Moshe Phillip, MD
Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tikva, Israel

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

Neda Rasouli, MD
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO

Jennifer Sherr, MD, PhD
Yale University, New Haven, CT

Jay Skyler, MD
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

Gail Spiegel, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Paul Wadwa, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

CHAIRS

Marian Rewers, MD, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

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