FACULTY - Obesity Summit 2008: September 10-12, 2008, Cleveland, Ohio

Faculty

Obesity Summit Director
	Philip R. Schauer, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic

Special Guests - Presidental Nominee Key Policy Advisors
	Presenting Senator McCain's Healthcare Policy Mark E. Votruba, PhD Assistant Professor of Economics Weatherhead School of Management Director of Health Economics Unit Center for Health Care Research and Policy Case Western Reserve University
	Presenting Senator Obama's Healthcare Policy Jenelle Krishnamoorthy, PhD Healthcare advisor to Senator Barack Obama

Industry Day Co-Director
	Lee R. Wrubel, MD General Partner Foundation Medical Partners Rowayton, CT

Planning Committee
	Richard Atkinson, MD Director, Obetech Obesity Research Center Richmond, VA Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
	Dan Bessesen, MD Chief of Endocrinology Denver Health Medical Center Denver, CO
	Deepak Bhatt, MD Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Leslie Cho, MD Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Steven Nissen, MD, MACC Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Cleveland Clinic
	Michael O’Donnell, MPH, PhD Chief Wellness Officer UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh, PA
	Michael Roizen, MD Chairman, Wellness Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Donna Ryan, MD Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research Pennington Biomedical Research Center New Orleans, LA
	Robert Zimmerman, MD Interim Chairman and Program Director Department of Endocrinology Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic

Faculty
	David Allison, PhD Professor of Biostatistics Director, Section on Statistical Genetics Director, Clinical Nutrition Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
	Richard Atkinson, MD Director, Obetech Obesity Research Center Richmond, VA Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin Madison, WI
	Claude Bergeron Director, US Professional Marketing Allergan Health
	Dan Bessesen, MD Chief of Endocrinology Denver Health Medical Center Denver, CO
	Eric Bruno Vice President, US Marketing Ethicon Endo-Surgery
	Sonia Caprio, MD Professor, Department of Pediatrics Yale University School of Medicine New Haven, CT
	Linda M. Carson EdD Ware Distinguished Professor College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences West Virginia University West Virginia Motor Development Center
	Bipan Chand, MD Director, Surgical Endoscopy Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Hubert Chen, MD Senior Director, Clinical Research Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc San Diego, CA
	Leslie Cho, MD Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Heart and Vascular Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Scott Cunningham Senior Director, Clinical Affairs Covidien
	John B. Dixon, MBBS, PhD Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute Melbourne, Australia
	David C. Epstein, MD Market Medical Executive CIGNA Independence, OH
	Gary Falk, MD Professor of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Director, Center for Swallowing and Esophageal Disorders Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Gary D. Foster, PhD Professor, Medicine and Public Health Director, Center for Obesity Research and Education Temple University Philadelphia, PA
	Amy Foxx-Orenstein, DO, FACP, FACG Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center for Neuroenteric Translational and Epidemiological Research Enteric Neuroscience Program Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
	Deborah Francis National Accounts Manager Weight Watchers International
	Kishore Gadde, MD Director, Obesity Clinical Trials Programme Duke South Clinics Durham, NC
	Dean Geraci Director, Global Marketing Covidien North Haven, CT
	Tiffanie Gilbreth Marketing Manager Stryker Endoscopy Flower Mound, TX
	Steve Haffner, MD Professor, Department of Medicine-Epidemiology The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
	Joseph F. Hahn, MD Chief of Staff Cleveland Clinic
	C. Martin Harris, MD, MBA Chief Information Officer Cleveland Clinic
	James O. Hill, MD Director, Center for Human Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Denver, CO
	Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, MGH Weight Center Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, MA
	Robert F. Kushner, MD Professor of Medicine Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, IL
	Bret Lashner, MD, FACG Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Program Director, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Greg S. Lea Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer EnteroMedics
	James R. Mault, MD, FACS Director, New Products and Business Development Health Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation
	Arthur McCullough, MD, FACH Chairman, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Digestive Disease Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Scott McFarland President - Wellness Cleveland Clinic
	Michael McMillan Executive Director, Department of Managed Care Cleveland Clinic
	Steven Nissen, MD, MACC Chairman, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Cleveland Clinic
	Tom O’Brien Director of Marketing Ethicon Endo-Surgery US
	Michael O’Donnell, MPH, PhD Chief Wellness Officer UPMC Health Plan Pittsburgh, PA
	Joseph Patrnchak Chief Human Resources Officer Cleveland Clinic
	Sethu Reddy, MD Executive Medical Director External Medical and Science Affairs Merck & Co, Inc Whitehouse Station, NJ
	James C. Rosser, Jr, MD, FACS Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and Director of the Advanced Medical Technology Institute Beth Israel Medical Center New York, NY
	Donna Ryan, MD Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research Pennington Biomedical Research Center New Orleans, LA
	Philip R. Schauer, MD Professor of Surgery Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University Director, Bariatric and Metabolic Institute Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Randy Seeley, PhD Associate Director, Obesity Research Center University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, OH
	Karen R. Segal, PhD Senior Medical Director, Scientific Officer, Metabolism Sanofi-Aventis
	David Serre, PhD Genomic Medicine Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Jonathan T. Silverstein General Partner OrbiMed Advisors New York, NY
	Lars Sjöström, MD, PhD Department of Body Composition and Metabolism Sahlgrenska University Goteborg, Sweden
	Stephanie Sogg, PhD MGH Weight Center Boston, MA
	Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, MD, Dr Med Sci Professor Director Institute of Preventive Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital Center for Health and Society Copenhagen, Denmark
	Harvey J. Sugerman, MD President, American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Editor-in-Chief, Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases Sanibel, FL
	Peter Tam Senior Vice President Corporate and Product Development Vivus
	Paul Terpeluk, DO Occupational Health Cleveland Clinic
	Michael Villalobos, PhD Senior Commercialization Officer CCF Innovations Department Cleveland Clinic

	Lee R. Wrubel, MD General Partner Foundation Medical Partners Rowayton, CT
	James B. Young, MD Chairman, Academic Department of Medicine Physician Director, Institutional Relations & Development Interim Chair, Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic
	Robert Zimmerman, MD Interim Chairman and Program Director Department of Endocrinology Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute Cleveland Clinic

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