The Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism includes leading faculty members from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and its affiliated health systems within Cleveland鈥檚 healthcare hub, such as University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
The center strives to be home to multidisciplinary faculty interested in all areas of research relating to diabetes, obesity and metabolism, including:
- Physiology and pathophysiology
- Genetics
- Clinical and translational research
- Drugs and device innovations
- Behavioral and population health and health disparities
Meet Our Team
Leadership
Stanton L. Gerson, MD
DeanSchool of MedicineSenior Vice President for Medical AffairsDirectorNational Center for Regenerative MedicineProfessorDepartment of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Environmental Health SciencesMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.2825
Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Core Faculty
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Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community NutritionDepartment of NutritionPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Applied ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1024
Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, MedicineSchool of MedicineNurse ScientistDivision of EndocrinologyUniversity HospitalsDiabetes Care and Education SpecialistCenter for Diabetes and ObesityUniversity HospitalsEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.286.8172
Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.444.8340
Organizing Committee
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Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
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Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community NutritionDepartment of NutritionPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Applied ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1024
Grace McComsey, MD
Vice DeanClinical and Translational ResearchDirectorClinical and Translational Science InstitutePrincipal InvestigatorClinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern OhioProfessorPediatrics and MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 2168445936
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Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.444.8340
Kenneth E. Remy, MD, FCCM
DirectorBlood, Heart, Lung and Immunology Research CenterSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorSchool of MedicineDirector, Pulmonary and Critical Care ResearchCo-Director, Pediatric Critical Care Clinical, Basic & Translational Research ProgramDirectorHost Immune Response-Remy LaboratoryThe Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. Chair and Distinguished Scientist in Cardiovascular ResearchEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.799.0195
Workshop Moderators
Robert A. Bonomo, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineMemberCleveland Center for Membrane & Structural BiologySchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.791.3800
Shari D. Bolen, MD, MPH
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineCo-LeaderPopulation Health SciencesCenter for Health Care Research and PolicyEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.778.5359
Additional Faculty and Staff
Revital Gorodeski-Baskin, MD
Assistant ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineMedical DirectorObesity ProgramUH Diabetes and Obesity CenterPhysicianEndocrinologyDiabetes & MetabolismCleveland ClinicPhone: 216.844.2152
Yumiko Tsushima, MD
Assistant ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineEndocrinologistUH Diabetes and Obesity CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.294.2060
David Buchner, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.1816
Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of DermatologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.8580
Guiming Liu, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryMetroHealth Medical CenterResearch FacultyDepartment of SurgeryMetroHealth Medical CenterEmail: [email protected]
Janice X. Harris
Patient Navigator IIIUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandMilestones Program AssistantUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandPhone: 216.286.9734
Kim Priban, DNP
DirectorDigestive Health InstituteUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandPhone: 216.844.5661
Erika Lundgrin, MD
Assistant ProfessorPediatricsSchool of MedicineAdult and Pediatric EndocrinologistRainbow Babies & Children鈥檚 HospitalUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterPediatric EndocrinologistUH Rainbow Babies and Children's HospitalEmail: [email protected]
Ian J. Neeland, MD
DirectorCardiovascular PreventionUniversity Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular InstituteCo-DirectorCenter for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular-Metabolic DiseaseUniversity Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular InstituteAssociate ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineClinical and Translational InvestigatorNational Institutes of HealthEmail: [email protected]
Nora Nock, PhD, PE
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.5653
Susheel P. Patil, MD
DirectorSleep Medicine ProgramUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandClinical Associate ProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.7378
Catherine Rogers McManus, PhD, RDN, LD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineVice Chair for EducationDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.2501
Martha Sajatovic, MD
ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatrySchool of MedicineDirector of the Geropsychiatry ProgramDirectorNeurological and Behavioral Outcomes CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.844.2808
David L. Wilson, PhD
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and RadiologyProfessorDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of EngineeringSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: [email protected]
Phone: 216.368.4099