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Faculty and Staff

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

  • Portrait of Stan Gerson in dark suit with light colored tie

    Stanton L. Gerson, MD

    Dean, School of Medicine
    Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs
    Director, National Center for Regenerative Medicine
    Professor, Department of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
    Member, Immune Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: stanton.gerson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.2825

  • Betul Hatipoglu

    Betul Hatipoglu, MD

    Director, Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
    Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Professor, School of Medicine

    Email: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu

Core Faculty

  • Betul Hatipoglu

    Betul Hatipoglu, MD

    Director, Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
    Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Professor, School of Medicine

    Email: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu

  • Portrait of Elaine Borawski

    Elaine A. Borawski, PhD, FAAHB

    Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair for Applied Research, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: elaine.borawski@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1024

  • Julia Blanchette

    Julia Blanchette, PhD, RN

    Assistant Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine
    Nurse Scientist, Division of Endocrinology, University Hospitals
    Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, Center for Diabetes and Obesity, University Hospitals

    Email: julia.blanchette@case.edu

    Phone: 216.286.8172

  • Mark Brown

    Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Member, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: brownm5@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.444.8340

Organizing Committee

  • Betul Hatipoglu

    Betul Hatipoglu, MD

    Director, Case Center for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
    Director, Diabetes and Obesity Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Professor, School of Medicine

    Email: betul.hatipoglu@case.edu

  • Portrait of Elaine Borawski

    Elaine A. Borawski, PhD, FAAHB

    Angela Bowen Williamson Professor of Community Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair for Applied Research, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: elaine.borawski@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1024

  • Grace McComsey

    Grace McComsey, MD

    Vice Dean, Clinical and Translational Research
    Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
    Principal Investigator, Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Northern Ohio
    Professor, Pediatrics and Medicine

    Email: grace.mccomsey@case.edu

    Phone: 2168445936

  • Mark Brown

    Jonathan Mark Brown, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine
    Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Member, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: brownm5@ccf.org

    Phone: 216.444.8340

  • Kenneth E. Remy

    Kenneth E. Remy, MD, FCCM

    Director, Blood, Heart, Lung and Immunology Research Center, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, School of Medicine
    Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Research
    Co-Director, Pediatric Critical Care Clinical, Basic & Translational Research Program
    Director, Host Immune Response-Remy Laboratory
    The Ellery Sedgwick, Jr. Chair and Distinguished Scientist in Cardiovascular Research

    Email: kenneth.remy@case.edu

    Phone: 216.799.0195

Workshop Moderators

  • Robert Bonomo Headshot

    Robert A. Bonomo, MD

    Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cleveland Center for Membrane & Structural Biology, School of Medicine

    Email: robert.bonomo@med.va.gov

    Phone: 216.791.3800

  • Shari Bolen, MD

    Shari D. Bolen, MD, MPH

    Associate Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    Co-Leader, Population Health Sciences, Center for Health Care Research and Policy

    Email: shari.bolen@case.edu

    Phone: 216.778.5359

Additional Faculty and Staff

  • Revital Gorodeski-Baskin

    Revital Gorodeski-Baskin, MD

    Assistant Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine
    Medical Director, Obesity Program, UH Diabetes and Obesity Center
    Physician, Endocrinology, Cleveland Clinic

    Phone: 216.844.2152

  • Yumiko Tsushima

    Yumiko Tsushima, MD

    Assistant Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine
    Endocrinologist, UH Diabetes and Obesity Center

    Email: yumiko.tsushima@case.edu

    Phone: 216.294.2060

  • Head shot of David Buchner PhD.

    David Buchner, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, School of Medicine

    Email: david.buchner@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1816

  • Michaela Broadnax

    Research Assistant, School of Medicine

  • Portrait of Mahmoud Ghannoum

    Mahmoud Ghannoum, PhD

    Professor, Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine
    Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine
    Member, Molecular Oncology Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Email: mahmoud.ghannoum@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.8580

  • Guiming Liu

    Guiming Liu, PhD

    Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center
    Research Faculty, Department of Surgery, MetroHealth Medical Center

    Email: guiming.liu@case.edu

  • Janice X. Harris

    Janice X. Harris

    Patient Navigator III, University Hospitals of Cleveland
    Milestones Program Assistant, University Hospitals of Cleveland

    Phone: 216.286.9734

  • Kim Priban

    Kim Priban, DNP

    Director, Digestive Health Institute, University Hospitals of Cleveland

    Phone: 216.844.5661

  • Erika L. Lundgrin

    Erika Lundgrin, MD

    Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Adult and Pediatric Endocrinologist, Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Pediatric Endocrinologist, UH Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

    Email: erika.lundgrin@case.edu

  • Ian J. Neeland

    Ian J. Neeland, MD

    Director, Cardiovascular Prevention, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
    Co-Director, Center for Integrated and Novel Approaches in Vascular-Metabolic Disease, University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute
    Associate Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine
    Clinical and Translational Investigator, National Institutes of Health

    Email: ian.neeland@case.edu

  • Image of Nora Nock.

    Nora Nock, PhD, PE

    Professor, Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, School of Medicine
    Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
    Member, Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine

    Email: nora.nock@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.5653

  • Susheel P. Patil

    Susheel P. Patil, MD

    Director, Sleep Medicine Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland
    Clinical Associate Professor, School of Medicine

    Email: sxp64@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.7378

  • Head shot of Catherine McManus smiling while standing outdoors.

    Catherine Rogers McManus, PhD, RDN, LD

    Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine
    Vice Chair for Education, Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine

    Email: catherine.rogers@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.1111

  • Martha Sajatovic

    Martha Sajatovic, MD

    Professor, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
    Director of the Geropsychiatry Program
    Director, Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Center, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Email: martha.sajatovic@case.edu

    Phone: 216.844.2808

  • Image of headshot of David Wilson

    David L. Wilson, PhD

    Robert J. Herbold Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
    Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Professor, Department of Radiology, School of Medicine
    Member, Cancer Imaging Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Member, CWRU Center for Imaging Research

    Email: david.wilson@case.edu

    Phone: 216.368.4099