Satish Garg, MD
Conference Director
Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
H. Kaan Akturk, MD
Conference Co-Director
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Gregory Forlenza, MD
Conference Co-Director
Associate Professor of Medicine & Pediatrics
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Kelly Ciesco, RN
Conference Nurse Educator
Adult Clinic Instructor
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Anne Caulfield, BA
Conference Administrator
Administrative Assistant III
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Sandy Nicholls
Conference Educational Grants
Adult Clinic Business Administrator
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Josh Hartz, BA
Conference IT Support
BDC IT Manager
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado Denver
Aurora, CO
Kristi Grounder, BS, MBA
Conference Group Leader
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO
Gaven Qendall
Conference Support
Operations Manager
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
Aurora, CO
2026 SPEAKERS
Anip Bansal, MD
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Liz Beck, RD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Roy Beck, MD
Jaeb Center for Health Research, Tampa, FL
Marc Breton, PhD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Erin Cobry, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Ralph DeFronzo, MD
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Samita Garg, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Michael Haller, MD
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Irl Hirsch, MD
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Aaron Kowalski, PhD
Breakthrough T1D, New York, NY
Monica Lanning, PA-C
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Aaron Michels, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Helen Murphy, MD
University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
Steven Nissen, MD
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Brian Novak
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Marian Rewers, MD, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Kimber Simmons, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Varun Sreenivasan, MD
University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO
Andrea Steck, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Lori Sussel, PhD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Lauren Waterman, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
2026 CHAIRS
H. Kaan Akturk, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
Dana Davis, MEd
Children’s Diabetes Foundation, Aurora, CO
Gregory Forlenza, MD
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, Aurora, CO
