Guillermo Umpierrez MD (Committee Member & Speaker)

Dr. Umpierrez is professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and clinical director of the Diabetes and Metabolism Center at Emory University School of Medicine, and director of the diabetes and endocrinology section and clinical research unit at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Umpierrez is the recipient of numerous teaching awards for Best Clinical Teacher and Best Mentor of Endocrine Fellows and Junior Faculty at Emory University, as well as national awards from the ACP, AACE and ADA. He is a member of AACE Diabetes Scientific Council and Board of Directors of AACE, Chair of the Global Task Force and member of the member of the ADA Professional Practice Recommendation Committee. His research interests include mechanisms for beta-cell dysfunction in minority populations and the management of inpatient hyperglycemia. He is a national and international leader in the field of hospital management of diabetes and has published several landmark papers and guidelines in the field of inpatient diabetes. He is also de Director of the Emory Latino Diabetes Education Program, a nationally accredited Spanish Diabetes education program dedicated to providing diabetes education to Latinos. He has published more than 280 scientific manuscripts and book chapters, and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Editor-in-Chief of the BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care and the Editor-in-Chief of the ADA Medical Management of Diabetes clinical series.