International Faculty
A. K. Azad Khan
(Bangladesh)
Chair: IDF South East Asia
Faculty Of Unani & Ayurvedic Medicine: Hamdard University, Bangladesh
Chairman, Governing Body: Ibrahim Medical College
Abdul Basit
(Pakistan)
President: DASG
Director: Baqai Institute of Diabetology and Endocrinology
Abdula Al Hamaq
(Qatar)
Executive Director: Qatar Diabetes Association
General Secretary: GGSD
Fellow: RSPH
Member: ADA, EASD, AACE
Abdulrazaq Ali Al Madani
(UAE)
Consultant in Medicine and Endocrinology: Al Borj Medical Centre, Dubai
President: Emirates Diabetes Society
President: Gulf Group for Study of Diabetes
Adel Al Sayed
(Qatar)
Professor of Internal Medicine: Sohag University, Cairo
Past President: Diabetes in Asia Study Group (DASG)
Past Chair: IDF, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
Alok Gupta
(UK)
Consultant Paediatric Diabetologist
Clinical Director: Darent Valley Hospital
Co-Chair: London and South East Coast Children Diabetes
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)
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)
Chantal Mathieu
(Belgium)
Senior Vice President: EASD
Director: EASD Postgraduate Education Programme
Professor of Medicine: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Fatheya Al Awadi
(UAE)
Director & Consultant: Dubai Hospital / Dubai Academic Health Corporation
Chairperson: Diabetes Combat and Control Committee – DHA
President: Emirates Diabetes Society (EDS)
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
Francesc Xavier Cos
(Spain)
Director: Sant Martí Primary Health Centres, Barcelona
Member: Primary Care Diabetes Research Network
European Representative: Diabetes and Endocrine disorders
Graham Ogle
(Australia)
General Manager: Life for a Child Program, Diabetes NSW
Adjunct Professor: University of Sydney
Iryna Vlasenko
(Ukraine)
Vice President: IDF
International Expert in Diabetes
Itamar Raz
(Israel)
Professor: Internal Medicine
Head: Israeli National Council of Diabetes
Initiator and Leader: National Diabetes Prevention and Care Plan in Israel
Jackie Kassouf Malouf
(Lebanon)
President & Founder: DiaLeb
Presenter and Advocate for the Cause of Diabetes
Certified Diabetes Educator
Jamal Belkhadir
(Morocco)
Executive Board Member: DASG
Distinguished Academic and Researcher: University of Morocco
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
Kaushik Ramaiya
(Tanzania)
Consultant: Shree Hindu Mandal Hospital
Professor: Muhimbili National Hospital (University of Dar es Salaam)
Founder Member: Tanzania Diabetes Association (TDA)
Board Member: Global NCD Alliance
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
Leszek Czupryniak
(Poland)
Head – Diabetology: Medical University of Warsaw
Focus Area: Diagnosis of Carbohydrate Tolerance Disorders
Particular Attention: OADs & Insulin
Mandeep Bajaj
(USA)
President (Medicine & Science): American Diabetes Association
Vice Chair: Department of Medicine
Professor: Departments of Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
Manilka Sumanathilake
(Sri Lanka)
Consultant Endocrinologist: The National Hospital of Sri Lanka
Project Lead: Diabetes Compass
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)
Michael Hermans
(Belgium)
Senior Consultant: St-Luc Academic Hospital (Brussels)
Suzanne et Jean Pirard Prize" from the Association Belge du Diabètes
Visiting Fellow: Diabetes Research Laboratories, Oxford University
Nadima Shegam
(Jordan)
Consultant Endocrinology and Diabetes: Jordan
Former Professor: University of Jordan
Program Chair: DASG 2025, India
Nebojsa Lalic
(Serbia)
Faculty of Medicine: Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, University Clinical Center of Serbia
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
Pinar Topsever
(Turkey)
Chair: Department of Family Medicine Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University
School of Medicine Istanbul, Turkey
Vice-Chair: PCDE (Primary Care Diabetes Europe)
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
Rahelic Dario
(Croatia)
Specialist of Internal Medicine: Endocrinologist and Diabetologist
Director: Vuk Vrhovac University Clinic for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Merkur University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia
President: Croatian Society for Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders of Croatian Medical Association
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
Samuel Seidu
(UK)
Honorary Primary Care Lecturer & Research Fellow: University of Leicester
Associate Editor: Primary Care Diabetes Journal
Chair: Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE)
Sidatwan Saegondo
(Indonesia)
Professor of Medicine: University of Indonesia
Founder: Diabetes Education Programs and Organizations in Indonesia
Past President: Indonesian Diabetes Association
Simon Heller
(UK)
Chair: International Hypoglycaemia Study Group
Chair: Glucose Control group - ADVANCE Trial
Professor of Clinical Diabetes: University of Sheffield
Tatjana Milenkovic
(Macedonia)
Prof. of Internal Medicine: Medical School, Skopje
Executive Committee Member: EASD, DESG
Chair: Macedonian National Diabetes Committee
Wasim Hanif
(UK)
Consultant Physician: Diabetes & Endocrinology, University Hospital Birmingham
Trustee: Diabetes UK
Chair: South Asian Heart Foundation