Andrea Romani, obtained his medical degree from the University of Siena, Italy and his PhD from the University of Turin, Italy. Upon completing his postdoctoral studies under Dr. Scarpa, he joined the faculty in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, where he is currently Associate Professor. Dr. Romani has published almost 90 peer review articles in high profile journals together with numerous invited reviews and book chapters. He is currently serving as an Editorial Board Member for Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Magnesium Research, World Journal of Gastro-Intestinal Physio-Pathology among others.

Obesity

Edita Stokic, endocrinologist, Professor of Internal medicine-Endocrinology, employed in the Clinic of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders of the Clinical Centre of Vojvodina in Novi Sad, Medical Facukty, Serbia. In 2005. she was appointed as Chief of Department. She is currently the Vice President of Serbian Association for the Study of Obesity and Chairman of the Continuing Education Board (Society of Physicians of Vojvodina of the Medical Society of Serbia). She was President of the Internal Medicine Section and President of Endocrinology Section within same Society. She is an author or co-author of 412 scientific articles, and publications on obesity, dyslipidemias and diabetes. She has also published monographs - Obesity is a treatable disease and Obesity and adipose tissue distribution – metabolic consequences.

Endocrinology and Diabetes

John David is an vibrant university professor in SHIATS university, Allahabad, in the field of Food and Dairy Technology, having a teaching experience of 21 years. He is a passionate research worker having more than 90 research publication in his credit. Prof. David has guided 45 M.Sc / M.Tech and 10 Ph.D. theses. He is a first class post graduate in Dairy Technology, Seed Technology and Business Administration. He has a flair for writing technical books and already written 7 books of national and international repute in the field of Food and Dairy Technology.

Biochemistry and Food Nutrition

Emmanuel Mukwevho has completed his PhD in 2010 from University of Cape Town, South Africa in Anatomy and Cell Biology. He is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at North West University, South Africa. He has published both nationally and intaernationally in reputed journals and his specialiality is in Obesity and Diabetes where he lead the Diabetes & Obesity Therapeutics Research group at North West University.

Biochemistry

Dr. Chaodong Wu, MD and PhD, is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science of Texas A&M University (TAMU) and Faculty Fellow of Texas A&M AgriLife Research. He has published over 50 papers in peer-viewed journals, and is an editorial board member of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.

Nutrition and Food Science

Dr. Yu is an endocrinologist of NEMG, Yale-New Haven Health System, Connecticut, USA. He is the medical director of endocrinology at CBNH, Greenwich Hospital. Previously, he held several university faculty positions and served as director of the Nutrition Services at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, director of the nutrition fellowship program at Columbia University, and Medical Director of Discovery Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology at Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. Dr. Yu received his MD and PhD from NUY School of Medicine. He has published about 20 original research papers and many reviews/book chapters in the field of diabetes, obesity, and associated metabolic disorders

Obesity and Diabetes

Dr. Wesson, a board certified internist and nephrologist, is President of the Diabetes Health and Wellness Institute and SVP for Weight Management Services at Baylor Scott and White Health as well as Professor of Medicine at Texas A&M Health Sciences Center College of Medicine in Dallas, TX. His research interests include control mechanisms for kidney acidification and he has translated these basic studies into clinical studies examining the effect of diet on nephropathy progression and on overall kidney health. He is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Baylor College of Medicine, and the McCoombs School of Business at the University of Texas (Austin).

Nephrology & International Medicine