Details
June 6 @ 6:30 am – 7:45 am CDT
Grand Ballroom AB, Hilton New Orleans Riverside
Sponsored and Supported By: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Program Description
Join our esteemed panel, consisting of Deborah Horn, Kirk Habegger, Robert Kushner, Priya Jaisinghani, and Joe Nadglowski, as they discuss ‘Glucagon Pharmacology as a Metabolic Signal’. Through a series of rapid lightning talks, our experts aim to advance scientific and clinical understanding of glucagon’s role in metabolic regulation. Kirk Habegger, as a research scientist, will delve into the current scientific understandings of glucagon’s role in metabolic regulation. Robert Kushner will describe the link between the glucagon signalling and it’s contribution to systemic metabolism. Priya Jaisinghani will discuss the clinical impact of glucagon biology. Joe Nadglowski will present the patient-centered perspectives on metabolic dysfunction with a personal narrative of navigating obesity. The content is educational in nature and intended for advocates, researchers, and practicing clinicians attending the ADA Scientific Sessions. This is a Boehringer Ingelheim sponsored symposium. Breakfast will be provided from 6:30AM.
Agenda:
- 6:45–6:50 AM – Introduction to the Session, Objectives, and Format Speaker: Deborah Horn
- 6:50–6:59 AM – Mechanistic Insights: Glucagon as a Regulator of Metabolism Speaker: Kirk Habegger
- 6:59–7:08 AM – Hormonal Interplay and Metabolic Outcomes: Glucagon in Human Metabolic Disease Speaker: Robert Kushner
- 7:08–7:17 AM – Whole-Body Health: Translating Glucagon Biology into Clinical Phenotypes Speaker: Priya Jaisinghani
- 7:17–7:26 AM – Lived Experience Perspective — A Patient’s Journey Speaker: Joe Nadglowski
- 7:26–7:45 AM – Closing + Q&A Speaker: All faculty, moderated by Deborah Horn
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Speakers
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Deborah Horn DO, MPH, FOMA
Medical Director
UT Center for Obesity Medicine and Metabolic Performance
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School
Houston, TX
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Kirk Habegger PhD
Professor of Medicine – endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism
University of Alabama
Birmingham, AL
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Robert Kushner MD
Professor of Medicine (endocrinology) and Medical Education
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Director
The Center for Lifestyle Medicine
Chicago, IL
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Priya Jaisinghani MD
Medical Director
Endocrinologist and obesity medicine specialist
NYU Langone Medical Associates—Penn District
New York, NY
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Joe Nadglowski
President and CEO
Obesity Action Coalition (OAC)
Tampa, FL