International Guests

Board Members

Meet the Esteemed Board Members Organizing EAEDA 2025

Ahdy Helmy

Portugal

Bio

M.D., FACP, FAHA is Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Virginia, USA, and an international expert in endocrinology and hypertension with over 300 publications.

Helmy Siragy

United States

Bio

Trained initially at Alexandria University School of Medicine, left to the USA, where he completed Medicine Residency then Fellowship in Endocrinology, currently serving as Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology. Triple Board certified in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, & Lipidology.

Ines Khochtali

Tunisia

Bio

Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine at the University Hospital of Monastir, Tunisia (since December 2012)

José Silva-nunes

Portugal

Bio

Head of the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism – Saint Josephs’ Local Health Unit
Assistant Professor at NOVA Medical School
Investigator at the Health and Technology Research Center
President of the Portuguese Society for the Study of Obesity

Manfredi Rizzo

Italy

Bio

Full Professor of Endocrinology at University of Palermo, Italy, where he leads the Unit of Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Prevention. He coordinates many international projects on diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular prevention, with more than 500 publications and 70 of H-Index in Scopus. He is currently in the Board of Directors of the International Atherosclerosis Society (IAS), and elected President of the Central European Diabetes Association (CEDA) for the years 2026-2030.

Marwan El Ghoch

Italy

Bio

Associate Professor of Food Science and Director of the Centre for the Study of Body Composition, Metabolism and Lifestyle at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. He has contributed to European guidelines on obesity and diabetes management and authored over 140 publications (H-index 38). He also serves as editor for leading journals, including Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome and Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Nasreen El Sayed

Bahrain

Bio

Consultant Endocrinologist and Lipidologist at Gulf Medical & Diabetes Specialist Center in Bahrain

Peter Lansberg

Netherlands

Bio

Senior Clinical Staff member specializing in lipidology at the Department of Pediatrics, Section of Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands.

Peter Schwarz

Germany

Bio

Professor and Head of the Division of Prevention and Care of Diabetes at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.

Raoul Santos

Brazil

Bio

Brazilian cardiologist and lipid specialist, Director of the Lipid Clinic at InCor, University of São Paul

Solomon Tesfaye

UK

Bio

Professor Solomon Tesfaye is a leading diabetes specialist from the University of Sheffield, internationally recognized for his pioneering research on diabetic neuropathy and its complications.

Zayed Atef

Yemen

Bio

Professor of Internal Medicine President of Yemeni Diabetes Association