Faculty

Optima's medical faculty consists of world-renowned experts in their field of medicine. Our speakers are recognized within the medical industry as respected thought leaders as well as distinguished physicians. The medical faculty consistently earns the highest approval marks from their peer program participants.

• Sonia Ancoli-Israel, PhD
• Michael C. Angelini, PharmD
• Lawrence J. Albers, MD
• Gustavo Alva, MD
• Ralph Aquila, MD
• Steven Barczi, MD
• Manju T. Beier, PharmD, FASCP
• Costantino Benedetti, MD
• John P. Bilezikian, MD
• Eugene P. Boling, MD
• Soo Borson, MD
• Matthew Brams, MD
• W. Virgil Brown, MD
• Jan Marie Bruder, MD
• Charles F. Burant, MD, PhD
• Allen S. Burris, MD
• John B. Buse, MD, PhD, CDE, FACE
• Walter R. Byrd, MD
• Roger J. Cadieux, MD
• Ernesto Canalis, MD
• William P. Carter, MD
• Lin Chang, MD
• Paul Chang, MD
• William D. Chey, MD
• K.N. Roy Chengappa, MD
• Leslie L. Citrome, MD, MPH
• Raymond E. Cole, DO
• C. Edward Coffey, MD
• Kathryn M. Connor, MD
• Larry Culpepper, MD, MPH
• Erno S. Daniel, MD, PhD
• Terry F. Davies, MD, FRCP
• Ralph A. DeFronzo, MD
• Pedro L. Delgado, MD
• Dan Diamond, MD
• Vivian M. Dickerson, MD
• Christopher Donner, MD
• Robin K. Dore, MD
• Robert W. Downs, Jr., MD
• Robert L. Dufresne, PhD, BCPS, BCPP
• David L. Dunner, MD
• Claire S. Duvernoy, MD
• Milton K. Erman, MD
• Dwight L. Evans, MD
• James M. Falko, MD
• Jay D. Fawver, MD
• Sergio Fazio, MD, PhD
• Kevin Scott Ferentz, MD
• Carlos M. Ferrario, MD
• Paul M. Fine, MD
• Mitchell S. Finkel, MD
• Mark A. Frye, MD
• Noel Gardner, MD
• Elsa-Grace V. Giardina, MD
• William S. Gilmer, MD
• Donald C. Goff, MD
• Joseph F. Goldberg, MD
• Martin I. Golding, MD
• Roland R. Griffiths, PhD
• Sanjay Gupta, MD
• James A. Hadley, MD
• Barry L. Hainer, MD
• Lucinda A. Harris, MD
• Richard Haydon, MD
• James V. Hennessey, MD
• Jerome M. Hershman, MD, MS
• Stephen Hippler, MD
• Robert M.A. Hirschfeld, MD
• Byron J. Hoogwerf, MD, CDE
• Nicolette S. Horbach, MD
• Thomas A. Hughes, MD
• W. Glenn Hurt, MD
• Mustafa M. Husain, MD
• Paul B. Iannini, MD
• Jeanne M. Jackson, MD
• Jeanne Jackson-Siegal, MD
• Barry J. Jacobson, MD
• Rakesh Jain, MD, MPH
• Barry Jones, MD
• Gary S. Kabinoff, MD
• Eric Kaplan, MD
• Paul E. Keck, Jr., MD
• David Kendall, MD
• Daniel L. Kirby, MD
• Richard T. Kloos, MD
• Peter J. Knoblich, MD
• Ronald J. Koshes,MD
• Meir H. Kryger, MD
• J. Steven Lamberti, MD
• Paul W. Ladenson, MD
• Michael E. Lara, MD
• Anthony J. Lembo, MD
• Andrew F. Leuchter, MD
• David Levine, MD
• Ruth E. Levine, MD
• Frederick T. Lewis, DO
• Alfred Lewy, MD, PhD
• Michael R. Liebowitz, MD
• Thomas F. Liffick, M.D.
• Susan Lucak, MD
• Marjorie M. Luckey, MD
• Alan Lynch, MD
• John H. MacIndoe II, MD
• Gerald Maguire, MD
• Vladimir Maletic, MD
• J. Sloan Manning, MD
• Alice R. Mao, MD
• Jennifer Martin, PhD
• Fernando J. Martinez, MD MS
• Linda McCafferty, MD
• Michael E. McIvor, MD, PA
• Alan M. Mellow, MD, PhD
• Franz H. Messerli, MD
• Bruce L. Miller, MD
• Paul D. Miller, MD
• C. Brendan Montano, MD
• Erik Nelson, MD
• George J. Nikopoulos, MD
• Douglas L. Noordsy, MD
• Donald R. Ostergard, MD
• Roberto Pacifici, MD
• Richard G. Petty, MD, MSc, MRCP(UK), MRCPsych
• Roy Perlis, MD
• Eric A. Pfeiffer, MD
• Barbara Phillips, MD
• Jorge Plutzky, MD
• Bruce G. Pollock, MD, PhD
• C. Venkata S. Ram, MD
• Joe Newsom Rawlings, MD
• Charles A. Reasner II, MD
• Elliott Richelson, MD
• E. Chester Ridgway, MD
• Matthew D. Ringel, MD
• Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, MD
• Ronald Rosenberg, MD
• Robert S. Rosenson, MD
• Carol Anne Rupe, MD
• Frank M. Sacks, MD
• Roger Z. Samuel, MD
• Elijah Saunders, MD
• Dov Schuchman, MD
• Stanley S. Schwartz, MD
• Meeta Sharma, MD
• Jonathan Sheinberg, MD
• Richard C. Shelton, MD
• William J. Shergy, MD
• Robert Shulman, MD
• Alan P. Siegal, MD
• Saul J. Silver, MD
• Steven N. Singh, MD
• Mike B. Siroky, MD, FACS
• Annette M. Smick, MD
• William D. Steers, MD
• Mark Stolar, MD
• Neil J. Stone, MD
• Norman Sussman, MD
• Christopher B. Ticknor, MD
• Philip S. Tsao, PhD
• R. Michael Tuttle, MD
• Sumer Verma, MD
• Leonard Wartofsky, MD, MPH
• Barry D. Weiss, MD
• Nanette K. Wenger, MD
• Howard S. Weintraub, MD
• Donald K. Winter, MD
• Michael G. Wise, MD
• Thomas N. Wise, MD
• Richard A. Wright, MD
• John M. Zajecka, MD
• Norman Zinner, MD