Prof Antonio Ceriello is Head of Diabetes Department at IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, IT.

He has chaired the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) committee for the development in 2008, and in the 2011 for the update of “Guideline for Management of Postmeal Glucose".

Prof Ceriello has been a Member of the Board for the development of the new “European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD".

He has published over 450 original papers.

Prof Naveed Sattar is a distinguished Professor of Metabolic Medicine at the renowned Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow. With over two decades of dedicated research and clinical experience, Prof Naveed Sattar has emerged as a leading figure in the field of metabolic medicine and cardiovascular health.

Prof Naveed Sattar's research delves into the origins, evaluation, and treatment of diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular conditions. Collaborating with various colleagues over the past two decades, he has authored numerous impactful papers, notably with the Emerging Risk Factor Consortium and diabetes registries in Scotland and Sweden. Prof Naveed Sattar has contributed to several lifestyle-focused trials, such as DIRECT, EUROFIT, and UPBEAT, producing mechanistic insights alongside. 

Prof Stefan D Anker is a German cardiologist born in Berlin, Germany. He studied medicine at Charité Medical School of Humboldt University Berlin, where he completed his medical degree in 1993. He later pursued research training at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London, completing his PhD in 1998. Following his return to Germany, Prof Anker held academic and research positions at Charité Berlin and later at University Medical Center Göttingen before returning to Charité in 2017 to serve as Professor of (Tissue) Homeostasis in Cardiology & Metabolism. His work has taken him across multiple institutions and countries through long-standing international collaborations.

Academic History

Prof Anker began his medical education at Charité Medical School, graduating in 1993. He then continued postgraduate academic training in both Germany and the United Kingdom, completing his PhD at the National Heart & Lung Institute in London…

Dr Tammy Lyn Kindel is an Associate Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, US.

She received her medical training at the Ohio State University and completed general surgery residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital / Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago.

Dr Kindel's passion is the science and clinical practice of bariatric surgery for both adolescents and adults.

Professor Andrew Coats was born in Melbourne, Australia. He studied at St Catherine’s College, Oxford, where he earned a B.A. in Physiological Sciences with First-Class Honours, and then completed his medical degree (M.B. B.Chir.) at Clare College, Cambridge. He later obtained higher doctorates (D.M. and D.Sc.) in recognition of his substantial contributions to cardiovascular medicine, and he also completed an MBA at the London Business School. Professor Coats serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Cardiac Failure Review journal.

Career Overview

Andrew Coats is an internationally renowned academic cardiologist, inventor, and university leader with a career spanning more than three decades. He is currently the Scientific Director and CEO of the Heart Research Institute in Sydney, Australia. He also serves as Dean of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Affiliate Professor at Deakin University, and Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Monash University.