Aliya Khan- Canada

is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Divisions of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Geriatrics at McMaster University and Director of the Calcium Disorders Clinic at McMaster University Medical Centre. She is also the Director of the Fellowship program in Metabolic Bone Disease at McMaster University.

She graduated from the University of Ottawa Medical School with Honors at age 22. She trained in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Toronto and also completed a research fellowship in Calcium and Metabolic Bone disorders at the University of Toronto.


Antoine Tabarin- France 

(University of Bordeaux, France)  Unit of Endocrinology and Endocrine Oncology Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition "CHU de Bordeaux-GH Sud - Haut-Lévêque" Hospital


Ashley Grossman- USA

BA BSc MD PhD FRCP FMedSci

Prof. Grossman is an international expert in endocrine tumors, including adrenal and pituitary tumors and neuroendocrine tumors, as well as all types of endocrine diseases such as thyroid and parathyroid disorders, reproductive disorders, and other hormone-related problems. He has access to all relevant forms of investigative procedures, CT, MRI and radionuclide techniques


Dimitrios G. Goulis- Greece

completed his medical training (MD) and received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Having a scholarship from the European Union, he worked as clinical research fellow at St. Mary’s Hospital (Imperial College), London, acquiring the specialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. He is currently professor of Reproductive Endocrinology in the 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Aristotle University, Greece. He has published 300 full papers in peer-review international journals and has been an invited speaker in more than 400 international and congresses. His main research interests include Andrology, endocrine complications of pregnancy, polycystic ovary syndrome, menopausal transition, and research methodology

Hossein Gharib- USA

Ohio State University, 1959-1962
University of Michigan Medical School, 1962-1966
Philadelphia General Hospital, Intern, 1966-67
Mayo Clinic, Internal Medicine Resident & Endocrine Fellow, 1967-72
May Clinic Staff, 1972-74
Medical Director, Reza Pahlavi Medical Center, 1975-77
Associate Professor of Medicine, National University, 1977-79
Mayo Clinic Staff 1979- present
Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 1994-present
President, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, 2002
President, American College of Endocrinology, 2008
President, American Thyroid Association, 2014


James Hennessey- USA

MD is an Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Specialist in Boston, MA and has over 46 years of experience in the medical field. Dr. Hennessey has extensive experience in Osteoporosis & Screening and Thyroid Disorders. He graduated from 882 TRAINING GROUP in 1977. He is affiliated with medical facilities Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. His office accepts new patients and telehealth appointments.


Uberto Pagotto- Italy

Head of the Endocrinology and Prevention and Care of Diabetes Unit in S.Orsola Policlinic. The activities of the Unit are related to all endocrinological and diabetes correlated diseases. The database of the Unit is composed by records of nearly 80000 patients affected by all types of endocrine diseases and by tipe I and II diabetes.

William Young- USA

Jr., M.D., is the Tyson Family Endocrinology Clinical Professor and Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA. He is the recipient of multiple education awards and is a past president of the Endocrine Society and past chair of the Division of Endocrinology at Mayo Clinic. Dr. Young's clinical focus is on adrenal gland disorders (e.g., primary aldosteronism, pheochromocytoma, incidentally discovered adrenal masses) and pituitary gland disorders (e.g., pituitary tumors). He has published more than 300 articles on endocrine hypertension and adrenal and pituitary disorders. Dr. Young has presented at more than 650 national and international meetings and he has been an invited visiting professor for more than 150 medical institutions.


                                  Ghada Elhajj- Lebanon                                        

MD, MPH, is Professor of Medicine at the American University of Beirut (AUB), Beirut, Lebanon. She served as founding Director of the Calcium Metabolism Program at the Brigham and Women’s hospital prior to moving to AUB. She is the founding Director of the Calcium Metabolism and Osteoporosis Program, and WHO Collaborating Center for Metabolic Bone Diseases, and Founding/Program Director of the NIH funded Scholars in Health Research Program (NIH-FIC D43 grant scheme) at AUB. She has served as Associate Dean of Clinical Research, founding Director of the Clinical Research Institute and of the Human Research Protection Program at the American University of Beirut (AUB).