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2010 Clinical Endocrinology Update

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Panel Q&A

Track : Friday October 1, 2010

Program Code: 310

Date: Friday, October 1, 2010

Time: 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM EST

Location: Los Angeles Room

SPEAKER (S):

John Brunzell, MD, Univ of Washington
Disclosure: Nothing to Disclose

John D. Brunzell, M.D received his medical degree from the University of Washington, where he also did most of his postgraduate training, interrupted by house staff training in Los Angeles, two research sabbaticals and Army service. He has served on the research committees of the NIH, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. He is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association for Patient-Oriented Research and the American Association of Physicians. He received the 1991 Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the NIH General Clinical Research Centers. He has over 300 publications. He was the Director of the Endocrine Fellowship Training Program from 1984 to 2007, the Director of the General Clinical Research Center from 1996 to 2004, and the acting Division head from 1993 to 1996. He has trained 24 postdoctoral fellows in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, 20 of whom progressed into academic medicine, and has been the mentor for 7 individuals with NIH K23 or K08 awards. Currently, he is investigating dyslipidemia associated with central obesity as a predictor of cardiovascular risk, including patients with the metabolic syndrome, those with type 1 and 2 diabetes and those with familial forms of hypertriglyceridemia. Dr. Brunzell is currently Professor Emeritus, active, of Medicine, the Director of the Lipid Clinic at the University of Washington Medical Center and of the Lipid Research Clinic at Harborview Medical Center, and is the Medical Director of the Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Reseach Laboratories, all at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH, FACS, Univ of Pittsburgh Med Ctr
Disclosure:Nothing to Disclose

Dr. Anita P. Courcoulas is the Chief of the Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She directs a broad program of highly trained specialists in the most advanced techniques in abdominal surgery including minimal access general surgery, abdominal surgery during pregnancy, and high-volume bariatric surgery. Dr. Courcoulas is a Professor of Surgery and holds a Master�s Degree in Public Health and Epidemiology and specializes in surgical outcomes research. Dr. Courcoulas is also the Director of the Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery Fellowship Program which trains 3 post graduate fellows annually and has trained many of the leaders in the field of advanced laparoscopic and bariatric surgery. She is the Principal Investigator of a National Institute of Health NIDDK-funded consortium, Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery-LABS, to study the effects and outcomes following bariatric surgery. She is a national leader in the field of technology assessment and outcomes assessment following various surgical procedures. Dr. Courcoulas directs a full-time research group that focuses on clinical trials of emerging technology in bariatric surgery and various areas of outcomes research following bariatric surgery including a Stimulus-funded trial to compare surgical and non-surgical treatments of diabetes and obesity. Dr. Courcoulas is an active member and leader within many national surgical organizations and has published widely on outcomes assessments in bariatric, trauma and pediatric surgery. She serves on the editorial boards of a number of scientific journals and she has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and abstracts as well as book chapters on focused areas of interest in bariatric surgery.

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Panel Q&A

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(Code: 310)

This session is a part of:

Complete Clinical Endocrinology Update Compilation