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

