International Faculty
Peter Schwarz
(Germany)
President: International Diabetes Federation
First Professor: Prevention and Care of Diabetes in Europe
Chair: Strategic Forum on Self-Care, Technology & Digitalization, European Diabetes Forum
Antonio Ceriello
(Italy)
Research Consultant: Italian Ministry of Health
Chair: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases Study Group – EASD
Editor in Chief: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Asma Deeb
(UAE)
Consultant Paediatric Endocrinology
President: The Arab Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Executive Member: Global Society of Paediatric Endocrinology & International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD)
Francesc Xavier Cos
(Spain)
Director: Sant Martí Primary Health Centres, Barcelona
Member: Primary Care Diabetes Research Network
European Representative: Diabetes and Endocrine disorders
Robert Vigersky
(USA)
Professor: Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Chief Medical Officer: Medtronic Diabetes
Founder: Diabetes Institute of the Walter Reed Health Care System
Mohammed Hasnein
(UAE)
Senior Consultant in Endocrinology and Diabetes at Dubai Hospital
Thomas Danne
(Germany)
Director: Department of General Pediatrics Endocrinology/Diabetology & Clinical Research, Auf der Bult Hospital for Children
and Adolescents, Hannover Medical School
Chairman: SWEET-project
Work-package leader: INNODIA-project
Stephen Greene
(UK)
Professor: Child & Adolescent Health
Consultant Diabetologist: Children, Adolescents and Young Adults, London Medical, London, UK
Atul Kalhan (UK)
Visiting professor: University of South Wales
Brian Tomlinson
(China)
Specialty: Internal Medicine
Professor: Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science & Technology
Chairman: Asia-Pacific Federation of the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS)
Immediate past President: Asian-Pacific Society of Atherosclerosis & Vascular Diseases
Abdul Basit
(Pakistan)
President: DASG
Director: Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology
Ketan Dhatariya
(UK)
Consultant in Diabetes & Endocrinology: Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital
Hon. Prof. of Medicine: University of East Anglia
Former President: Diabetes & Endocrine Section, Royal Society of Medicine
Laszlo Barkai
(Hungary)
Professor of Paediatrics: Safarik University in Kosice
Prof. & HOD: Theoretical Health Sciences, University of Miskolc
Past President: Hungarian Diabetes Association
Shahrad Taheri
(Qatar)
Professor of Medicine: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
Assistant Dean for Clinical Investigations: Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
Director: Clinical Research Core, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
Sidatwan Saegondo
(Indonesia)
Professor of Medicine: University of Indonesia
Founder: Diabetes Education Programs and Organizations in Indonesia
Past President: Indonesian Diabetes Association
Kamlesh Khunti
(UK)
Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine: University of Leicester
Director: UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in Applied Research Collaborations (ARC) East Midlands, Centre for Ethnic Health Research, The Real-World Evidence Unit and Global Research Centre for Multiple Long-Term Conditions
Wasim Hanif
(UK)
Consultant Physician: Diabetes & Endocrinology, University Hospital Birmingham
Trustee: Diabetes UK
Chair: South Asian Heart Foundation
Raimund Weitgassar
(Austria)
Professor of Medicine: Department of Internal Medicine, Wehrle-Diakonissen Hospital Salzburg
Research Associate and Lecturer: Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA
Past President: Austrian Diabetes Association
Treasurer: EASD
Lalantha Leelarathna
(UK)
Clinical Senior Lecturer: Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction
Diabetes Consultant: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Florian Toti
(Albania)
President: Diabetes Education Study Group (DESG), EASD
President: Albanian Diabetes Association
Head of the Teaching Unit: Endocrinology & Metabolic Diseases, Uni. Hospital Centre Mother Theresa
Alok Gupta
(UK)
Consultant Paediatric Diabetologist
Clinical Director: Darent Valley Hospital
Co-Chair: London and South East Coast Children Diabetes
Joao Raposo
(Portugal)
Assistant Professor: Public Health in the Medical Faculty of New University of Lisbon
Clinical Director: APDP Diabetes Portugal
Program Chair: IDF Congress 2021 Complications
Khalid Al Rasadi
(Oman)
Professor: Sultan Qaboos University
Founder: Oman Society of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
Michael Hermans
(Belgium)
Senior Consultant: St-Luc Academic Hospital (Brussels)
Suzanne et Jean Pirard Prize" from the Association Belge du Diabète
Visiting Fellow: Diabetes Research Laboratories, Oxford University
Rahelic Dario
(Croatia)
Specialist of Internal Medicine: Endocrinologist and Diabetologist
Director: Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic D iseases, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb,Croatia
President: Croatian Society for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders of Croatian Medical Association
Sanjay Dutta
(USA)
Associate Vice President: Research & institutional partnerships, JDRF
Sabyasachi Sen
(USA)
Professor: Medicine, Biochemistry and molecular medicine
Linong Ji
(China)
Professor: Department of Medicine at Peking University
Director: Peking University Diabetes Center and Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Chair: International Diabetes Federation Western Pacific Region (IDF-WPR)
A. K. Azad Khan
(Bangladesh)
Chair: IDF South East Asia
Faculty Of Unani & Ayurvedic Medicine: Hamdard University, Bangladesh
Chairman, Governing Body: Ibrahim Medical College
Manilka Sumanathilake
(Sri Lanka)
Consultant Endocrinologist: The National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Project Lead: Diabetes Compass
Nebojsa Lalic
(Serbia)
Faculty of Medicine: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia
Mesbah Kamel
(Egypt)
Consultant Internal Medicine and Endocrinology: Minia University, Cairo
Past President: Diabetes in Asia Group (DASG)
Member: Diabetes and Ramadan International Alliance (DAR)
Prasad Katulanda
(Sri Lanka)
Senior Lecturer & Faculty: Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Colombo
President: Endocrine Society of Sri Lanka
Assistant Secretary: Sri Lanka Medical Association
Mikel Izquerdo
(Spain)
Professor: Department of Health Sciences
Head: Research Unit of Physical Exercise, Health and Quality of Life (E-FIT), Biomedical Research Center NAVARRABIOMED
Inge Van Boxalaer
(Belgium)
Founder: Diabetotech
President: Belgian professional Society of Endocrino-Diabetologists
Board Member: Diabetes Liga
Simon J. Griffin
(UK)
Professor of General Practice: University of Cambridge
Group Leader: Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit
Nadima Shegam
(Jordan)
Consultant Endocrinology and Diabetes: Jordan
Former Professor: University of Jordan
Program Chair: DASG 2025, India
Jyoti Bhattarai
(Nepal)
Consultant Endocrinologist Metro Kathmandu Hospital
Biswajit Bhowmik
(Bangladesh)
Coordinator: Centre for Global Health Research, BADAS
General Secretary: Diabetes in Asia Study Group (DASG) Consultant Diabetologist & Executive
Director: Diabetes Care Centre, Diabetic Association of Bangladesh (BADAS)
Sagar Dugani
(USA)
Consultant: Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Iryna Vlasenko
(Ukraine)
Vice President: IDF
International Expert in Diabetes
Akshay Jain
(Canada)
First Canadian physician to be triple board-certified by the American Boards in Endocrinology, Internal Medicine and Obesity Medicine
TLC Diabetes and Endocrinology Clinic
Abdula Al Hamaq
(Qatar)
Executive Director: Qatar Diabetes Association
General Secretary: GGSD
Fellow: RSPH
Member: ADA, EASD, AACE
Ralph Ziegler
(Germany)
Consultant: Pediatric diabetologist, Children’s Hospital of St. Franziskus-Hospital
Chair: Board of the German Working Group for Pediatric Diabetes
Member: Board of the German Diabetes Association
Tatjana Milenkovic
(Macedonia)
Prof. of Internal Medicine: Medical School, Skopje
Executive Committee Member: EASD, DESG
Chair: Macedonian National Diabetes Committe
Nancy Elbarbary
(Egypt)
Professor of Pediatrics: Faculty of Medicine, Ain -Shams University
Member: ESDEP and ASPED
Steering Committee Member: ASPED-ISPAD Diabetes Academy
Pinar Topsever
(Istanbul)
Chair: Department of Family Medicine Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University School of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey
Vice-Chair: PCDE (Primary Care Diabetes Europe)
Ashish Mehta
(Australia)
Consultant Endocrinologist, Weight loss, Pregnancy, Diabetes and Pituitary Specialist
Natalie Bellini
(USA)
Diabetes Advocate, Endocrine Nurse Practitioner, Podcast Host