Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP – Program Chair
Asst. Dean for Clinical Research
Chief, Endocrinology, Professor, Tullis-Tulane Alumni Chair--Diabetes
Rodolfo Galindo, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Comprehensive Diabetes Center, UM Health System
Director, Diabetes Services, Jackson Memorial Hospital
Cyrus V. Desouza, MBBS, FACP, FACEChief, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Director, Diabetes & Obesity program, Omaha VA Medical Center
Marconi Abreu, MDAssociate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical
Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMScClinical Professor
Head of Clinic, Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
STATEMENT OF INDEPENDENCE
As a provider of CME accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, the Endocrine Society has a policy of ensuring that the content and quality of this educational activity are balanced, independent, objective, and scientifically rigorous. The scientific content of this activity was developed under the supervision of the Endocrine Society’s peer reviewers.
DISCLOSURE POLICY
The faculty, committee members, and staff who are in position to control the content of this activity are required to disclose to the Endocrine Society and to learners any relevant financial relationship(s) of the individual that have occurred within the last 12 months with any commercial interest(s) whose products or services are related to the content. Financial relationships are defined by remuneration in any amount from the commercial interest(s) in the form of grants; research support; consulting fees; salary; ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options, or ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds); honoraria or other payments for participation in speakers' bureaus, advisory boards, or boards of directors; or other financial benefits. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent planners with relevant financial relationships from planning or delivery of content, but rather to provide learners with information that allows them to make their own judgments of whether these financial relationships may have influenced the educational activity with regard to exposition or conclusion.
The Endocrine Society has reviewed these relationships to determine which are relevant to the content of this activity and resolved any identified conflicts of interest for these individuals.
The faculty reported the following relevant financial relationship(s) during the content development process for this activity:
Vivian A. Fonseca, MD, FRCP - Fractyl, Jaguar Gene Therapy - Research Support; Asahi, Bayer, Abbott, Boehringer Ingelheim, Corcept - Honoraria; Mellitus Health, BRAVO4Health, Amgen, Abbot - Stock Options; BRAVO risk engine for predicting diabetes complications, PAX4 gene therapy for type 1 diabetes (filed by Tulane) - Patents Pending
Rodolfo Galindo, MD - Novo Nordisk – Research Grant, Consulting and Advisory; Eli Lilly – Research Grant, Consulting and Advisory; Dexcom – Research Grant; Sanofi – Consulting and Advisory; Pfizer - Consulting and Advisory; Boehringer - Consulting and Advisory; Bayer - Consulting and Advisory; Weight Watchers - Consulting and Advisory; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases – Grant Award; National Institute of Health – Grant Award.
Cyrus V. Desouza, MBBS, FACP, FACE - Journal of Diabetes and Complications, Associate Editor; Novo Nordisk, Global Expert Panel; AstraZeneca, Advisory Panel; Bayer, Asahi, Magdrigal, Merck, Advisory Board
Tina Vilsbøll, MD, DMSc - Served on scientific advisory panels, speaker's bureaus, and as a consultant to and/or received research support from Amgen, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Eli Lilly, Gilead, GSK, Mundipharma, MSD/Merck, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and Sun Pharmaceuticals.
The following faculty reported no relevant financial relationships:
Marconi Abreu, MDThe following committee member who planned and reviewed content for this activity reported no relevant financial relationships:
Milay Luis Lam, MDThe Endocrine Society staff involved in the development of this CME activity reported no relevant financial relationships.
The Endocrine Society staff have reviewed all disclosures and resolved or managed all relevant identified conflicts of interest, as applicable.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support:This educational activity is supported by an educational grant from Novo Nordisk