The Perfect Storm: Complications of Metabolic Syndrome

Speakers

Alexander S. Banks, PhD

College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University
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Alexander Banks is a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Domenico Accili at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. Banks received his PhD from Columbia University, where he worked with Paul Rothman on SOCS proteins and the mechanisms of cytokine-induced insulin resistance.

Anthony W. Ferrante, MD, PhD

Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Columbia University
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Anthony Ferrante is the Dorothy and Daniel Silberberg Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center at Columbia University Medical Center. He received his MD and PhD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Ferrante did his residency in internal medicine and performed his postdoctoral work at the Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center.

Richard A. Cohen, MD

Boston University School of Medicine
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Richard Cohen is the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor of Vascular Medicine and is a professor of medicine, physiology, pharmacology, and experimental therapeutics at Boston University School of Medicine. He is also director of the Vascular Biology Unit in the Department of Medicine.

Cohen is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation and of the American Association of Physicians. He is a past president of the American Federation for Medical Research, and founder of the American Federation of Medical Research Foundation. Cohen is also the recipient of numerous awards including the American Heart Association Established Investigator Award and Clinician Scientist Award. Cohen received his MD from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Michael J. Quon, MD, PhD

Diabetes Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NIH
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Michael J. Quon is the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine's (NCCAM) chief of the Diabetes Unit, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, Division of Intramural Research. In 1987 he received his PhD in biomedical engineering and in 1988 completed his medical degree, both from Northwestern University.

Quon's research has led to several honors including being elected as a fellow of the American Heart Association and the Council for High Blood Pressure Research. He was recently awarded the NIH Director's Award from Mentoring (2004). Quon is also a recipient of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Mentor Award and he has received numerous awards from the ADA.

Marilynn Larkin

Marilynn Larkin is a medical editor, journalist, and videographer based in New York City. Her work has frequently appeared in, among others, The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and Reuters Health's professional newswire. She has served as editor of many clinical publications and is author of five medical books for general readers as well as Reporting on Health Risk, a handbook for journalists. She is currently head of publications for The Society for Biomolecular Sciences.

In 2004, Ms. Larkin started her own fitness consulting company (www.mlarkinfitness.com), and developed a class, Posture-cize, that helps people improve their posture, increase productivity, and reduce injury.