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Faculty

Cleveland Clinic Activity Directors

Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Chief, Medical Specialty Institute

Peminda Cabandugama, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Ricard Corcelles, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Marcio Griebeler, MD
Director, Obesity Programs
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Yael Mauer, MD, MPH
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Guest Faculty

Jaime Almandoz, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Assistant Medical Director, Center for Translational Medicine
UT Southwestern Medical Center 
Dallas, TX

Adrian Dan, MD, FACS
Program Director, Advanced GI MIS Foregut and Bariatric Surgery Fellowship Program
Summa Health System
Akron, OH

Barry A. Franklin, PhD
Director, Preventive Cardiology and Cardiac Rehabilitation
Beaumont Health
Professor of Physiology
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Royal Oak, MI 

W. Timothy Garvey, MD
Associate Director, Professor
Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions
Senior Scientist, UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

Anthony Harris, MD, MBA, MPH
Global Medical Director, WHS
Amazon

Michael D. Jensen, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Michael Joyner, MD
Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Tammy Lyn Kindel, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

Josep Vidal, MD, PhD
Director of Institute of Digestive and Metabolic Diseases
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain

Cleveland Clinic Faculty

Zahraa Al Hilli, MD, MBA
Breast Surgical Oncology
Integrated Surgical Institute

Lina Alkhaled, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute

Ali Aminian, MD
Bariatric and Metabolic Institute

Norma Atkinson, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Reena Bose, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

J. Mark Brown, PhD
Director of Research, Center for Microbiome & Human Health

Ricardo Correa, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

David Creel, PhD, RD, CDCES
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Chelsea Feng, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Hamlet Gasoyan, PhD
Primary Care Institute

Ariela Goldenshluger
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Raj Hallock, MD
Education

Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, MA
Director, Enterprise Weight Management Center
Vice Chair for Psychology

Peris Kibera, DO, PhD, MPH
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Natalie Larson, CNP
Digestive Disease Institute

Jennifer K. Mackey, MSN, CNP
Digestive Disease Institute

Vinni Makin, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Valentin Mocanu, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Neetu Mulchandani, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Salvador Navarrete, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Ricardo Rosero, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Alexis Supan, RD
Digestive Disease Institute

Homa Varghai, MD
Primary Care Institute

Oscar Morey Vargas, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Willy Valencia, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Stephanie Whitling, PA-C
Center for Integrative and Lifestyle Medicine

Rickesha Wilson, MD
Digestive Disease Institute

Allyson Wright, PhD
Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Medical Specialty Institute

Monica Yepes-Rios, MD
Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics

Samina Yunus, MD
Primary Care Institute

Planning Committee

Lina Alkhaled, MD

Stephanie Ash, MSW

Norma Atkinson, MD

Reena Bose, MD

Bartolome Burguera, MD, PhD

Peminda Cabandugama, MD

Ricard Corcelles, MD

Ricardo Correa, MD

David Creel, PhD, RD, CDCES

Jerry Dang, MD

Jennifer Duncan, PsyD

Marcio Griebeler, MD

Leslie J. Heinberg, PhD, MA

Chris Heinrich, PA-C

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, RPh

Jennifer K. Mackey, MSN

Vinni Makin, MD

Yael Mauer, MD

Neetu Mulchandani, MD

Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH

Ricardo Rosero, MD

Jameelah Strickland, MD

Willy Valencia, MD

Oscar Vargas, MD

Amy Wolf, RD

Samina Yunus, MD