Sanford Auerbach, MD
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Associate Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Jan N. Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA
Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Charleston, SC

Dr. Jan N. Basile earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He then completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he was also Chief Resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), and for many years served on the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Board of Directors. Most recently, with the dissolution of ASH, he is serving within the AHA as Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs on the Council of Hypertension (FAHA).

His many honors and awards include the Medical University of South Carolina School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award, the Golden Apple award, and, in 2014, he was the first recipient of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hypertension Physician of the Year award. He was President of the Southern Medical Association in 2008-2009.

Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Basile spent 31 years at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center having retired as Chief of Primary Care in 2009. He now directs the resistant hypertension clinic within the Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program, a multiple-risk factor lipid and resistant hypertension referral clinic at MUSC.

Dr. Basile’s research interests include outcome-based studies involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has been involved in many large hypertension trials including the ALLHAT, ACCORD, ONTARGET, ACCOMPLISH, and SPRINT trials under the auspices of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. He was a contributing reviewer of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) and the 2017 ACC-AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

Dr. Basile has published more than 300 original papers, abstracts, and book chapters, as well as a textbook, Hot Topics: Hypertension. He also is a contributing author for the hypertension section of "Up To Date".

Robert Dachs, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Ellis Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor
Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Schenectady, NY

Dr. Robert Dachs is the Vice-Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program and is the previous Research Director for this residency program. Dr. Dachs graduated New York Medical College in 1985. He spent 2 years in General Surgery Residency at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA before moving on to and completing a Family Medicine Residency in Middletown, CT in 1991. Since then, Dr. Dachs has practiced Emergency Medicine full-time in the Albany-Schenectady region of New York State. During his career, Dr. Dachs has published extensively on a variety of acute and primary care topics. He has lectured nationally for many years on a broad range of topics and is a faculty member for the AAFP Board Review courses. He also developed the first Continuing Education program on Emergency and Urgent Care for Family Physicians for AAFP in 2001 and was Chairman for this course for 10 years. He has received “Teacher of the year” awards on a number of occasions from his residents and continues to have a passion for teaching. Most recently, he successfully developed the “Emergency and Urgent Care Course for Primary Care Providers” for Continuing Education Company (CEC).

Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus
University of Florida School of Medicine
Department of Community Health & Family Medicine
Clinical Faculty, UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium
Family Medicine Residency Program
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Louis Kuritzky began his academic career as clinical faculty for the UCLA Department of Family Medicine (Los Angeles) in the 1970s. He has been affiliated with the University of Florida (Gainesville) since 1983 and became tenured faculty in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine in 1988. He currently holds the title of Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida and is clinical faculty for the UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium Family Medicine Residency Program (Gainesville, Florida). His current professional society participation includes the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP). In addition to being board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, he has received certification as a Specialist in Hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Kuritzky has given hundreds of presentations, including domestic and international venues. He is on the editorial board of Internal Medicine Alert, Consultant, Clinical Diabetes, and the International Journal of Impotence Research. He has authored over 150 articles in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Comprehensive Therapy, Hospital Practice, Consultant, Postgraduate Medicine, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care, and Patient Care.

Mary Maiberger, MD, FAAD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Dermatology
George Washington University School of Medicine
Chief of Dermatology
Washington DC VA Medical Center
Washington, DC

John H. Post III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. John H. Post is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Charlottesville, Virginia with expertise in Sports Medicine, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery and knee replacement arthroplasty. He is the Medical Advisor of a major triathlon training company. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and subsequent Helicopter Instructor for the U.S. Navy. He received his MBA from the University of West Florida and his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. His wife is the Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Northridge Clinic. He has completed the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel Swim. They have three children and two labs.

Jennifer G Robinson, MD, MPH
Professor, Departments of Epidemiology & Medicine
Director, Prevention Intervention Center
Department of Epidemiology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA

Kay Roussos-Ross, MD
Associate Professor
Division Director Gynecology, Gynecologic Surgery, and Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Kay Roussos-Ross is an Associate Professor in the Departments of OB/GYN and Psychiatry. She completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF graduating with Research Honors from the College of Medicine and receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2002. Dr. Roussos-Ross first completed a residency in Psychiatry and joined the UF Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director of the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with a primary area of focus in Perinatal Psychiatry. Dr. Roussos-Ross continued further in pursuing her interest in women’s health with a second residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which she completed in 2012, at which time she joined the Department of OBGYN.

Dr. Roussos-Ross is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. Her areas of focus include high-risk obstetric patients with co-morbid mood, other psychiatric, and substance use disorders. Dr. Roussos-Ross’s clinical practice also includes general obstetrics, gynecology and surgical gynecology. In July 2013, Dr. Roussos-Ross was named as Director of Women’s Health at the Shands Medical Plaza. In 2019, she was named Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2017, she initiated a perinatal mood disorders clinic within the obstetrics clinics providing immediate and easy access to pregnant patients with psychiatric concerns. She is also the Medical Director of the Maternal–Infant Care Project, Healthy Families Florida Program, and Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation Program. Her research interests include perinatal psychiatric disorders, perinatal substance use disorders, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and perimenopausal mood disorders. She lectures nationally and regionally on these topics.

C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, FAPhA
Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences
Professor of Family Medicine
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Dr. C. Wayne Weart received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1971 from the University of Georgia. He served his residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, SC in 1972. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1974.

Dr. Weart is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences in the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Pharmacy, as well as Professor of Family Medicine in the College of Medicine, MUSC. Prior to his teaching at the Medical University, Dr. Weart instructed at West Virginia University in pharmacy and family medicine.

Dr. Weart has more than 100 publications and he has given scores of lectures to numerous professional groups and societies. He has received outstanding teacher awards at both West Virginia University and MUSC and has been named Hospital Pharmacist of the Year in both South Carolina and West Virginia. In 1991, Dr. Weart was among the first pharmacists to become a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Dr. Weart was named a Primary Care Policy Fellow for 1999 by the U.S. Public Health Service and he was honored by the Alumni Association of the MUSC College of Pharmacy as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2002. He also received the Bowl of Hygeia Award from the SC Pharmacy Association in 2003 for outstanding service to the community and the profession of pharmacy and the George D. Schwerin Mentor Award, from the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists in 2004. In 2008, the MUSC Board of Trustees named Dr. Weart as a Master Teacher. In 2012, he received the Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award from the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. In 2014, he was awarded the Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the SC Pharmacy Association Board of Directors. In 2015, he received the Kenneth Flinchum Distinguished Service Award from the SC Society of Health System Pharmacists.

Dr. Weart served on the Board of Directors of the SC Pharmacists Association and as President and Chairman of the Board for 2010-2011. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy from 2009-2013 and as President of the Waring Library Society for 2014-2015. He serves one of many Hot Dog Ministry volunteers involved with serving the homeless of Charleston.

Sanford Auerbach, MD
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program
Associate Professor of Neurology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Jan N. Basile, MD, FACP, FASH, FAHA
Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program
Professor of Medicine
Medical University of South Carolina
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center
Charleston, SC

Dr. Jan N. Basile earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond. He then completed his internship and residency at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he was also Chief Resident. He is board certified in internal medicine and is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP) and the American Society of Hypertension (FASH), and for many years served on the American Society of Hypertension (ASH) Board of Directors. Most recently, with the dissolution of ASH, he is serving within the AHA as Vice-Chair of Clinical Programs on the Council of Hypertension (FAHA).

His many honors and awards include the Medical University of South Carolina School of Medicine Excellence in Teaching award, the Golden Apple award, and, in 2014, he was the first recipient of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Hypertension Physician of the Year award. He was President of the Southern Medical Association in 2008-2009.

Currently, he is Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Basile spent 31 years at the Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center having retired as Chief of Primary Care in 2009. He now directs the resistant hypertension clinic within the Seinsheimer Cardiovascular Health Program, a multiple-risk factor lipid and resistant hypertension referral clinic at MUSC.

Dr. Basile’s research interests include outcome-based studies involving hypertension, lipid disorders, and diabetes. He has been involved in many large hypertension trials including the ALLHAT, ACCORD, ONTARGET, ACCOMPLISH, and SPRINT trials under the auspices of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. He was a contributing reviewer of the Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC 7) and the 2017 ACC-AHA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults

Dr. Basile has published more than 300 original papers, abstracts, and book chapters, as well as a textbook, Hot Topics: Hypertension. He also is a contributing author for the hypertension section of "Up To Date".

Robert Cooper, MD
Clinical Endocrinologist
Holyoke Medical Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine
Springfield, MA

Robert Dachs, MD
Vice Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine
Ellis Hospital, Clinical Associate Professor
Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program
Schenectady, NY

Dr. Robert Dachs is the Vice-Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Ellis Hospital in Schenectady, NY. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine at the Ellis Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program and is the previous Research Director for this residency program. Dr. Dachs graduated New York Medical College in 1985. He spent 2 years in General Surgery Residency at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA before moving on to and completing a Family Medicine Residency in Middletown, CT in 1991. Since then, Dr. Dachs has practiced Emergency Medicine full-time in the Albany-Schenectady region of New York State. During his career, Dr. Dachs has published extensively on a variety of acute and primary care topics. He has lectured nationally for many years on a broad range of topics and is a faculty member for the AAFP Board Review courses. He also developed the first Continuing Education program on Emergency and Urgent Care for Family Physicians for AAFP in 2001 and was Chairman for this course for 10 years. He has received “Teacher of the year” awards on a number of occasions from his residents and continues to have a passion for teaching. Most recently, he successfully developed the “Emergency and Urgent Care Course for Primary Care Providers” for Continuing Education Company (CEC).

Louis Kuritzky, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus
University of Florida School of Medicine
Department of Community Health & Family Medicine
Clinical Faculty, UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium
Family Medicine Residency Program
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Louis Kuritzky began his academic career as clinical faculty for the UCLA Department of Family Medicine (Los Angeles) in the 1970s. He has been affiliated with the University of Florida (Gainesville) since 1983 and became tenured faculty in the Department of Community Health and Family Medicine in 1988. He currently holds the title of Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida and is clinical faculty for the UCF College of Medicine/HCA GME Consortium Family Medicine Residency Program (Gainesville, Florida). His current professional society participation includes the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), and the American Association of Family Physicians (AAFP). In addition to being board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine, he has received certification as a Specialist in Hypertension by the American Society of Hypertension. Dr. Kuritzky has given hundreds of presentations, including domestic and international venues. He is on the editorial board of Internal Medicine Alert, Consultant, Clinical Diabetes, and the International Journal of Impotence Research. He has authored over 150 articles in journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Comprehensive Therapy, Hospital Practice, Consultant, Postgraduate Medicine, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care, and Patient Care.

Kevin M. Pantalone, DO, ECNU, FACE
Staff Endocrinologist
Director of Diabetes Initiatives
Department of Endocrinology, Director of Clinical Research
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

Dr. Kevin M. Pantalone is a board-certified Staff Endocrinologist at Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He currently serves as the Director of Clinical Research in the Department of Endocrinology. Dr. Pantalone is a graduate of Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. He was designated a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology (FACE) in 2015. His clinical focus is on the glycemic management of type 2 diabetes, as well as the diagnosis and management of low testosterone in men, thyroid disorders, and pituitary tumors. His research interests are related to the adverse effects of diabetes therapies, particularly those related to sulfonylureas. He is also actively involved in health outcomes research using the enterprise-wide electronic health record system at Cleveland Clinic.

John H. Post III, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
Martha Jefferson Hospital
Charlottesville, VA

Dr. John H. Post is an Orthopedic Surgeon from Charlottesville, Virginia with expertise in Sports Medicine, arthroscopic knee and shoulder surgery and knee replacement arthroplasty. He is the Medical Advisor of a major triathlon training company. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, served as a U.S. Marine helicopter pilot and subsequent Helicopter Instructor for the U.S. Navy. He received his MBA from the University of West Florida and his MD from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He is a Fellow in the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. His wife is the Director of Internal Medicine at the University of Virginia Northridge Clinic. He has completed the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii, the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim and the English Channel Swim. They have three children and two labs.

Kay Roussos-Ross, MD
Associate Professor
Division Director Gynecology, Gynecologic Surgery, and Obstetrics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Florida College of Medicine
Gainesville, FL

Dr. Kay Roussos-Ross is an Associate Professor in the Departments of OB/GYN and Psychiatry. She completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies at UF graduating with Research Honors from the College of Medicine and receiving her Doctor of Medicine degree in 2002. Dr. Roussos-Ross first completed a residency in Psychiatry and joined the UF Department of Psychiatry as an Assistant Professor and Medical Director of the Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Unit with a primary area of focus in Perinatal Psychiatry. Dr. Roussos-Ross continued further in pursuing her interest in women’s health with a second residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which she completed in 2012, at which time she joined the Department of OBGYN.

Dr. Roussos-Ross is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine. Her areas of focus include high-risk obstetric patients with co-morbid mood, other psychiatric, and substance use disorders. Dr. Roussos-Ross’s clinical practice also includes general obstetrics, gynecology and surgical gynecology. In July 2013, Dr. Roussos-Ross was named as Director of Women’s Health at the Shands Medical Plaza. In 2019, she was named Chief of the Division of Academic Specialists in General Obstetrics and Gynecology. In 2017, she initiated a perinatal mood disorders clinic within the obstetrics clinics providing immediate and easy access to pregnant patients with psychiatric concerns. She is also the Medical Director of the Maternal–Infant Care Project, Healthy Families Florida Program, and Maternal Infant Early Childhood Home Visitation Program. Her research interests include perinatal psychiatric disorders, perinatal substance use disorders, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), and perimenopausal mood disorders. She lectures nationally and regionally on these topics.

Salim S. Virani, MD, PhD, FACC, FAHA
Professor, Section of Cardiovascular Research
Director, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program
Baylor College of Medicine
Staff Cardiologist, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, TX

Dr. Salim S. Virani is a Professor in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Research Sections at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. He is also an investigator in the Health Policy, Quality, and Informatics Program at the Michael E. DeBakey VA HSR&D Center of Innovation in Houston, TX. His clinical practice includes being a Preventive Cardiologist at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, with a special emphasis on management of complex dyslipidemias. He also serves as the Director for the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine.

Dr. Virani’s research portfolio aims to understand several domains in the delivery of high quality primary and secondary cardiovascular disease preventive care including effectiveness, equity, safety, and efficiency. Via funded research grants from the Department of Veterans Affairs, American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association, his team is evaluating models of delivery of cardiovascular disease preventive care, how to leverage machine learning to identify statin intolerance, and how point-of-care informatics driven interventions can improve guideline-concordant care delivery. His team is also evaluating how best to leverage technology to deliver high-quality care in Low-Middle Income Countries. He has authored or co-authored >300 peer-reviewed publications or book chapters (several with his mentees) related to various preventive therapies including cholesterol, blood pressure control and aspirin therapy with several in high-impact journals such as Circulation, European Heart Journal, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Cardiology, and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Virani has been a recipient of the Scott Grundy Award for Excellence in Lipids Metabolism Research from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Jeremiah Stamler Distinguished Young Investigator Research Award. Dr. Virani serves as the Chair for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Section of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and Chair for the AHA's Cardiovascular Disease Statistics Committee. He also serves as the Chair for the Research and Publications Committee of the ACC’s PINNACLE Registry (the largest outpatient cardiovascular disease care delivery registry in the world). He also serves as the Associate Editor for Innovations for ACC.org and the Chair for Digital Strategy for the cardiovascular disease prevention related content for ACC.org. He has been a panel member for the 2018 AHA/ACC Multisociety Cholesterol Guidelines and the 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease.

C. Wayne Weart, PharmD, BCPS, FASHP, FAPhA
Professor, Department of Pharmacy and Clinical Sciences
Professor of Family Medicine
South Carolina College of Pharmacy
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Dr. C. Wayne Weart received his Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacy in 1971 from the University of Georgia. He served his residency in Hospital Pharmacy at the Medical University Hospital in Charleston, SC in 1972. He received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1974.

Dr. Weart is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcome Sciences in the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) College of Pharmacy, as well as Professor of Family Medicine in the College of Medicine, MUSC. Prior to his teaching at the Medical University, Dr. Weart instructed at West Virginia University in pharmacy and family medicine.

Dr. Weart has more than 100 publications and he has given scores of lectures to numerous professional groups and societies. He has received outstanding teacher awards at both West Virginia University and MUSC and has been named Hospital Pharmacist of the Year in both South Carolina and West Virginia. In 1991, Dr. Weart was among the first pharmacists to become a Board-Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist. Dr. Weart was named a Primary Care Policy Fellow for 1999 by the U.S. Public Health Service and he was honored by the Alumni Association of the MUSC College of Pharmacy as a Distinguished Alumnus in 2002. He also received the Bowl of Hygeia Award from the SC Pharmacy Association in 2003 for outstanding service to the community and the profession of pharmacy and the George D. Schwerin Mentor Award, from the South Carolina Society of Health System Pharmacists in 2004. In 2008, the MUSC Board of Trustees named Dr. Weart as a Master Teacher. In 2012, he received the Proctor and Gamble National Leadership Award from the Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society. In 2014, he was awarded the Ralph M. Wilkie Distinguished Lifetime Service Award by the SC Pharmacy Association Board of Directors. In 2015, he received the Kenneth Flinchum Distinguished Service Award from the SC Society of Health System Pharmacists.

Dr. Weart served on the Board of Directors of the SC Pharmacists Association and as President and Chairman of the Board for 2010-2011. He served on the Board of Directors for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy from 2009-2013 and as President of the Waring Library Society for 2014-2015. He serves one of many Hot Dog Ministry volunteers involved with serving the homeless of Charleston.