Leadership

The UW Diabetes Institute is guided by a leadership team whose members are dedicated to advancing understanding of the causes and consequences of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, and to identifying new approaches to their treatment.

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Directors

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Petter Bjornstad, MD

Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Raisbeck Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research

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Subbulaxmi Trikudanathan,
MD, MRCP, MMSc

Professor of Clinical Practice, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Medical Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Clinic

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Karin Bornfeldt, PhD

Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, Director of Research and Complications of Diabetes Research Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Deputy Director, UW Diabetes Research Center, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Irl Hirsch, MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Executive Faculty Philanthropic Advisor, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Endowed Chair

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Laura Pyle, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Biostatistics, Integrative Data Sciences and Multicenter Coordination, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Gregory Morton, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Diabetes and Metabolism Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Kalie Tommerdahl, MD

Associate Professor, Director, Clinical Research Safety, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

Executive Committee

Dedicated UWMDI professionals committed to diabetes research.

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Petter Bjornstad, MD

Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Raisbeck Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research

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Karin Bornfeldt, PhD

Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, Director of Research and Complications of Diabetes Research Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Deputy Director, UW Diabetes Research Center, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

Alan Chait, MD, Professor Emeritus

Alan Chait, MD

Professor Emeritus, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Ian de Boer MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Nephrology Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology Joseph W. Eschbach Endowed Chair in Kidney Research, Director of Research, Nephrology, Director, Kidney Research Institute

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Jose M. Garcia MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Director, Clinical Research Unit VA Puget Sound Health Care System

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Irl Hirsch, MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Executive Faculty Philanthropic Advisor, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Endowed Chair

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Steven Kahn, MB, ChB

Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Diabetes Research Center, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Stephanie Kim, MD, MPH

Director, Clinical Research Unit, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Stephanie Page, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Division Head, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Founding Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Robert B. McMillen Professor of Medicine in Lipid Research

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Cate Pihoker, MD

Program Director, Endocrinology Education; Clinic Chief, Diabetes/Endocrine (interim); Division Chief, Endocrinology, Seattle Children's Hospital

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Ellen Schur, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Director, Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

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Mike Schwartz, MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Founding Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Robert H. Williams Endowed Chair in Medicine

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Subbulaxmi Trikudanathan,
MD, MRCP, MMSc

Professor of Clinical Practice, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Medical Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Clinic

Scientific Advisory Board

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Daniël van Raalte, MD, PhD

Chair of Diabetology, VU University Amsterdam, Chair, UWMDI Scientific Advisory Board

Carmella Evans-Molina, MD, PhD

Director, Indiana University Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases

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Mark W. Feinberg, MD

Director, Program in Cardiovascular RNA Biology Research Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School

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Vittorio Gallo, PhD

Senior VP & Chief Scientific Officer, Seattle Children’s Research Institute

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Martin Myers, MD, PhD

Director of the Michigan Diabetes Initiative, University of Michigan

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Alberto Pugliese, MD

Director, The Wanek Family Project for Type 1 Diabetes Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute, City of Hope

Administrative Team

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Kelly Uckun, MBA

Division Administrator, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition

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Rachael Korpi

Manager, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

Sarah Ryskalczyk

Administrative Assistant, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Matthew Thomas

Diabetes Clinic Health Services Manager

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