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ENDO 09 Annual Meeting

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TRANSLATIONAL - From Leptin to Lordosis

Track : TRANSLATIONAL

Program Code: S28-3

Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009

Time: 4:45 PM to 5:15 PM EST

SPEAKER :

C Mantzoros, MD, Harvard Univ.
Disclosure: Study Investigator, Amylin Pharmaceuticals.

Christos Mantzoros M.D., D.Sc. Christos Mantzoros is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. He serves as the Clinical Research Overseer of the Division of Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Joslin Diabetes Center and he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Scholars in Clinical Science Program, a postgraduate clinical investigators training program at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Mantzoros obtained an MD and DSc from the University of Athens Medical School, a Master's in Clinical Epidemiology from Harvard School of Public Health and a Master�s in Medical Sciences (Clinical Investigation) from Harvard Medical School. He has received Board certification in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and in Clinical Nutrition.At Harvard Medical School, he sees patients, teaches and conducts research on obesity and diabetes / metabolic diseases. His main research focus is the physiology, pathophysiology and potential therapeutic significance of adipokines, including leptin and adiponectin. Towards this goal his lab utilizes a range of basic, translational and clinical research tools. Dr. Mantzoros is an internationally recognized expert on obesity and diabetes and has published two books in more than two editions each (one on �Diabetes and Obesity� and one on �Nutrition and Metabolism�), more than 200 original papers, more than 100 chapters and reviews and has received more than 10000 citations. He serves on the Editorial Board of several journals including the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism and has been elected a member of ASCI. He has served as an advisor to Pharmaceutical and Diagnostics companies and has been given several awards including the prestigious American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Frontiers in Science Award, the Novartis Award in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, the Lilly Award by the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the American Society for Nutrition Mead Johnson Award, the HypoCCS award in Paris, France, the Wilhelm Friedrich Bessel Award by the Humboldt Foundation of Germany, The Hygeia Award of the New England Hellenic Medical and Dental Society and the Outstanding Investigator Award by the American Federation of Medical Research. He is also the recipient of the BIDMC and Harvard Medical School award for excellence in Mentoring. Dr. Mantzoros is the scientific co-founder and Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of InteKrin Metabolic Therapeutics.

Audio Synchronized to PowerPoint

(Code: S28-3)

This session is a part of:

Complete Clinical and Translational Meeting Compilation (Online Access + DVD-ROM)