The Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism includes leading faculty members from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and its affiliated health systems within Cleveland’s healthcare hub, such as University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.
The center strives to be home to multidisciplinary faculty interested in all areas of research relating to diabetes, obesity and metabolism, including:
- Physiology and pathophysiology
- Genetics
- Clinical and translational research
- Drugs and device innovations
- Behavioral and population health and health disparities
Meet Our Team
Leadership
Stanton L. Gerson, MD
DeanSchool of MedicineSenior Vice President for Medical AffairsDirectorNational Center for Regenerative MedicineProfessorDepartment of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Environmental Health SciencesMemberImmune Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: stanton.gerson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2825
Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu
Robert Salata, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCenter for Global Health and DiseasesSchool of Medicine
Core Faculty
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Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu
Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community NutritionDepartment of NutritionPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Applied ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineFaculty LeadCommunity and Collaboration ComponentClinical and Translational Science CollaborativeSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: elaine.borawski@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1024
Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor, MedicineSchool of MedicineNurse ScientistDivision of EndocrinologyUniversity HospitalsDiabetes Care and Education SpecialistCenter for Diabetes and ObesityUniversity HospitalsEmail: julia.blanchette@case.edu
Phone: 216.286.8172
Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: brownm5@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.8340
Organizing Committee
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Betul Hatipoglu, MD
DirectorCase Center for Diabetes, Obesity and MetabolismDirectorDiabetes and Obesity CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu
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Elaine A. Borawski, PhD
Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community NutritionDepartment of NutritionPrevention Research Center for Healthy NeighborhoodsSchool of MedicineVice Chair for Applied ResearchDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineFaculty LeadCommunity and Collaboration ComponentClinical and Translational Science CollaborativeSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: elaine.borawski@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1024
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Robert Salata, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterMemberCenter for Global Health and DiseasesSchool of Medicine 
Grace McComsey, MD
Vice PresidentResearchUniversity Hospitals Health SystemAssociate Chief Scientific OfficerUniversity Hospitals Health SystemProfessorPediatrics and MedicineSchool of MedicineChiefDivision of Infectious DiseasesUH Rainbow Babies & Children’s HospitalEmail: grace.mccomsey@case.edu
Phone: 2168445936
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Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Molecular MedicineSchool of MedicineAssistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: brownm5@ccf.org
Phone: 216.444.8340
Kenneth E. Remy, MD
DirectorBlood, Heart, Lung and Immunology Research CenterSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: kenneth.remy@case.edu
Phone: 216.799.0195
Workshop Moderators
Robert A. Bonomo, MD
ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PharmacologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of Molecular Biology and MicrobiologySchool of MedicineMemberCleveland Center for Membrane & Structural BiologySchool of MedicineEmail: robert.bonomo@med.va.gov
Phone: 216.791.3800
Shari D. Bolen, MD, MPH
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineCo-LeaderPopulation Health SciencesCenter for Health Care Research and PolicyEmail: shari.bolen@case.edu
Phone: 216.778.5359
Additional Faculty and Staff
Revital Gorodeski-Baskin, MD
Assistant ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineMedical DirectorObesity ProgramUH Diabetes and Obesity CenterPhysicianEndocrinologyDiabetes & MetabolismCleveland ClinicPhone: 216.844.2152
Yumiko Tsushima, MD
Assistant ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineEndocrinologistUH Diabetes and Obesity CenterEmail: yumiko.tsushima@case.edu
Phone: 216.294.2060
David Buchner, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Genetics and Genome SciencesSchool of MedicineEmail: david.buchner@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.1816
Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD
ProfessorDepartment of DermatologySchool of MedicineProfessorDepartment of PathologySchool of MedicineMemberMolecular Oncology ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: mahmoud.ghannoum@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.8580
Guiming Liu, PhD
Associate ProfessorDepartment of SurgeryMetroHealth Medical CenterResearch FacultyDepartment of SurgeryMetroHealth Medical CenterEmail: guiming.liu@case.edu
Janice X. Harris
Patient Navigator IIIUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandMilestones Program AssistantUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandPhone: 216.286.9734
Kim Priban, DNP
DirectorDigestive Health InstituteUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandPhone: 216.844.5661
Erika Lundgrin, MD
Assistant ProfessorPediatricsSchool of MedicineAdult and Pediatric EndocrinologistRainbow Babies & Children’s HospitalUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterPediatric EndocrinologistUH Rainbow Babies and Children's HospitalEmail: erika.lundgrin@case.edu
Ian J. Neeland, MD
DirectorCardiovascular PreventionUniversity Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular InstituteCo-DirectorCenter for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular-Metabolic DiseaseUniversity Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular InstituteAssociate ProfessorMedicineSchool of MedicineClinical and Translational InvestigatorNational Institutes of HealthEmail: ian.neeland@case.edu
Nora Nock, PhD, PE
ProfessorDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health SciencesSchool of MedicineAssociate ProfessorDepartment of MedicineSchool of MedicineMemberPopulation and Cancer Prevention ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterSchool of MedicineEmail: nora.nock@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.5653
Susheel P. Patil, MD
DirectorSleep Medicine ProgramUniversity Hospitals of ClevelandClinical Associate ProfessorSchool of MedicineEmail: sxp64@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.7378
Catherine Rogers McManus, PhD, RDN, LD
Assistant ProfessorDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineVice Chair for EducationDepartment of NutritionSchool of MedicineEmail: catherine.rogers@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.2501
Martha Sajatovic, MD
ProfessorDepartment of PsychiatrySchool of MedicineDirector of the Geropsychiatry ProgramDirectorNeurological and Behavioral Outcomes CenterUniversity Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterEmail: martha.sajatovic@case.edu
Phone: 216.844.2808
David L. Wilson, PhD
Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical EngineeringDepartment of Biomedical EngineeringCase School of Engineering, School of MedicineProfessorDepartment of RadiologySchool of MedicineMemberCancer Imaging ProgramCase Comprehensive Cancer CenterEmail: david.wilson@case.edu
Phone: 216.368.4099