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

Christie Beatson, RD
Conference Dietitian
Adult Clinic Senior 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

Ananta Addala, DO, MPH
Stanford, Stanford, CA

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

G. Todd Alonso, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Carl Baker, MD
Hilton Head Retina Institute, Hilton Head Island, SC

Joshua Balsam, PhD
FDA, Silver Spring, MD

Anip Bansal, MD
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO

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

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

Erin Cobry, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

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

Jenna Eisenberg-Magriso, LMFT
Denver Marriage and Family Therapy, Denver, CO

Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD
Indiana Diabetes Research Center, Indianapolis, IN

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

Samita Garg, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

Allison Gruber, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Irl Hirsch, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Aaron Kowalski, PhD
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New York, NY

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

Julie Mader, MD
Medical University of Graz

Chantal Mathieu, MD, PhD
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Lisa Meyers, MSW
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Emily Nease, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Steven Nissen, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

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

Desmond Schatz, MD
University of Florida, Miami, FL

Jessica Stoughton, RN, CPNP
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

Lori Sussell, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO

CHAIRS

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

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

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

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