Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD, FACP - Co-Chair
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Dr. LeRoith, an endocrinologist and diabetologist, is Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Bone Diseases at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He received his medical education in Cape Town, South Africa, and has been on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati where he supervised the diabetes teaching and clinical programs. He has interests in research in diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes.

Dr. LeRoith has served on the national board of the American Diabetes Association and presently serves on the board of the Endocrine Fellows Foundation. He is an editor of Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders and a textbook on diabetes.

He serves on multiple editorial boards for various journals and consults for many biotech and pharmaceutical companies.