Consulting Editor
ADRIANA G. IOACHIMESCU, MD, PHD, FACE
Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurosurgery Co-Director, The Emory Pituitary Center Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Editor
BETUL A. HATIPOGLU, MD
Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Vice Chair, UH System Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine, Medical Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Mary B. Lee Chair in Adult Endocrinology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Authors
VANCE L. ALBAUGH, MD, PhD
Metamor Institute, Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
DIMA ALFAKARA, MD
Endocrinology Fellow, Department of Endocrinology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SADEER AL-KINDI, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
CHRISTOPHER AXELROD, MS
Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
ASHOK BALASUBRAMANYAM, MD
Professor of Medicine, Rutherford Professor of Diabetes Research, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
KATHRYN P. BELMONT, BS
Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
JULIA BLANCHETTE, PhD, RN
Nurse Scientist, Division of Endocrinology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Center for Diabetes and Obesity, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
TANICIA DALEY, MD
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
JOSE J, ECHEGARAY, MD
Assistant Professor, University Hospitals Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
CRAIG B. FREY, DPM, AACFAS
Staff, University Hospitals Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Director, University Hospitals Advanced Limb Salvage and Reconstruction, Fellowship Director, Residency Director, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
REVITAL GORODESKI BASKIN, MD
Department of Endocrinology, Obesity Program Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
NOUR HAMMAD, MD
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ZUBAIDAH NOR HANIPAH, MD
Metamor Institute, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia
SHUAI HAO, MD
Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MOHAMED HASSANEIN, MD
Division of Nephrology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, USA
BETUL A. HATIPOGLU, MD
Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Vice Chair, UH System Clinical Affairs, Department of Medicine, Medical Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, Mary B. Lee Chair in Adult Endocrinology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SCOTT ISAACS, MD, FACP, FACE
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Medical Director, Atlanta Endocrine Associates, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
NUPUR KIKANI, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Endocrine Neoplasia and Hormonal Disorders, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
CHRISTIAN KIM, MD
University Hospitals Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
JOHN P. KIRWAN, PhD
Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
SHREE KURUP, MD, FACP
Professor, University Hospitals Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ISSAM MOTAIREK, MD
Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
RICHARD PARK, DPM
Resident, University Hospitals Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
SAMANTHA PAUL, MD
University Hospitals Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
MAHBOOB RAHMAN, MD
Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
RACHEL ROBINSON, DPM
Attending, University Hospitals Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
FRANCESCO RUBINO, MD
Department of Diabetes, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, King’s College Hospital, Denmark Hill, London, United Kingdom
PHILIP R. SCHAUER, MD
Professor of Metabolic Surgery, Metamor Institute, Pennington Biomedical Research Center of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
WARREN SOBOL, MD
Associate Professor, University Hospitals Eye Institute/Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
MOHAMED KAMEL SOLIMAN, MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University Hospitals, Assiut, Egypt; Case Western Reserve University, Vitreoretinal Diseases and Surgery, Ocular Immunology and Uveitis, Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
GUILLERMO E. UMPIERREZ, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
PRIYATHAMA VELLANKI, MD
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipids, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
ANURADHA VISWANATHAN, MBBS
Section for Pediatric Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic Children’s, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
JAMIE R. WOOD, MD
University Hospitals Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
COURTNEY YODER, DPM
Attending, University Hospitals Podiatric Medicine and Surgery, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
