SPEAKERS
Consultant and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Barbara McGowan - Biography
Her specialist areas are in general endocrinology (including thyroid disease, polycystic ovaries, hypogonadism, adrenal disease and pituitary disease, metabolic disorders and hormone imbalance). She is also interested in managing complex obesity and co-morbidities associated with obesity including type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. She leads the obesity bariatric service at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital. She is also a general medicine physician. Her main areas of research interest are in obesity and appetite control.
Dr McGowan has published extensively in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is an active Trustee of The Association for the Study of Obesity, a SCOPE National fellow, the Metabolic and Obesity endocrine network lead for the Society of Endocrinology and Treasurer for the Society of Endocrinology. She is a member of the RCP nutrition Committee and RCP committee on Weight and Health.
Adjunct Professor of Medicine
Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences – Dubai
London, United Kingdom
Dr. Barbara McGowan - Biography
Her specialist areas are in general endocrinology (including thyroid disease, polycystic ovaries, hypogonadism, adrenal disease and pituitary disease, metabolic disorders and hormone imbalance). She is also interested in managing complex obesity and co-morbidities associated with obesity including type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. She leads the obesity bariatric service at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospital. She is also a general medicine physician. Her main areas of research interest are in obesity and appetite control.
Dr McGowan has published extensively in peer-reviewed medical journals. She is an active Trustee of The Association for the Study of Obesity, a SCOPE National fellow, the Metabolic and Obesity endocrine network lead for the Society of Endocrinology and Treasurer for the Society of Endocrinology. She is a member of the RCP nutrition Committee and RCP committee on Weight and Health.
Head of the Bone and Cartilage Metabolism Unit, Professor of Epidemiology, Public Health and Health Economics
University of Liège
Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Jean Yves Reginster - Biography
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Professor of Neurosurgery and Medicine
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford, California, United States of America
Dr. Laurence Katznelson - Biography
Associate Professor, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, Division of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Dr. Mouhammed Amir Habra - Biography
Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Dr. Paul Ladenson - Biography
Dr. Ladenson is the John Eager Howard Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
He earned his M.D. from Harvard Medical School. He completed his residency and performed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr. Ladenson’s research interests include cardiac actions of thyroid hormone, thyroid cancer and thyroid hormone analogs.
He was recognized with the Lewis E. Braverman Lectureship Award at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association (ATA) in 2012.
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Professor of Endocrinology
Prisma Health System, University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville
Greenville, United States of America
Dr. Sandra Weber - Biography
Dr. Sandra Weber is Professor of Medicine at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine – Greenville and is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology at the Greenville Health System in Greenville, South Carolina. She received her medical degree from Northwestern University, Honors Program in Medical Education. She completed her internship, residency, chief residency, and fellowship at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida. Dr. Weber specializes in Type 1 diabetes, diabetes prevention and general endocrinology.
Dr. Weber is involved in medical school and residency teaching programs as well as Chair of Continuing Medical Education. She is a strong believer in life long education.