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Secretary
Sociedad Mexicana de Nutrición y Endocrinología A.C.
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Dr. Paloma Almeda Valdés is a distinguished Endocrinologist and Senior Researcher at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán (INCMNSZ), Mexico City, where she has practised since 2009.
She holds a Doctorate in Medical Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), awarded with honours, and completed subspecialty training in Endocrinology at INCMNSZ.
A Level II member of Mexico's National System of Researchers (SNI), her primary research interests span beta-cell function, insulin resistance, and metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease.
She has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals including Cardiovascular Diabetology, EClinicalMedicine, and Clinical Nutrition, and has co-edited three books on diabetes management.
Dr. Almeda Valdés is a member of the Endocrine Society, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology, and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Diabetes
Has received multiple prestigious awards including the Premio Dr. Eduardo Liceaga from the Academia Nacional de Medicina and the International Endocrine Scholars Program Award.
President
Asociación Colombiana de Endocrinología
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Dr. José Luis Torres Grajales is a specialist in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology based in Medellín, Colombia.
He completed his medical degree at the Universidad de Antioquia, his Internal Medicine training at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB), and his Endocrinology subspecialty at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, with an international rotation at the Hospital Sant Creu de Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain.
Since 2014, he has served as Associate Professor and, since 2019, as Head of the Endocrinology Programme at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana.
Dr. Torres Grajales has been an active leader in organised medicine, serving as Vice President of the Asociación Colombiana de Endocrinología, Diabetes y Metabolismo, and previously as President of its Northwestern Chapter and Secretary General.
His clinical and research work spans thyroid disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk, and he has been recognised with the First Prize for Best Research at the Colombian National Congress of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
President
Sociedad Peruana de Endocrinología
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Dr. Teofilo Jesus Rocca Nacion is a specialist Endocrinologist based in Lima, Peru, with nearly three decades of clinical and academic experience.
He completed his medical degree at the Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal and his specialisation in Endocrinology at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, with additional training in Paediatric Endocrinology at the Instituto de Salud del Niño.
He has served as an attending Endocrinologist at the Clínica Ricardo Palma and the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo, and has held teaching positions across several Peruvian universities including the Universidad San Martín de Porras and the Universidad Ricardo Palma.
Dr. Rocca Nacion has published extensively on type 2 diabetes in the Peruvian population, prediabetes, and cardiovascular risk, with work appearing in journals such as Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice and the American Journal of Medicine Open.
He is a member of the Sociedad Peruana de Endocrinología, the Asociación Peruana de Diabetes, and the Asociación Latinoamericana de Diabetes.
President
ALAD - Ecuador
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Dr. Edgar Vicente Mora Brito is a Physician specialising in Internal Medicine and Diabetes based in Puyo, Ecuador, where he serves as a Treating Physician in Internal Medicine at the Hospital General Puyo and as Coordinator of Research and Teaching at the same institution.
He holds a degree in Medicine and Surgery from the Universidad Central del Ecuador, with postgraduate qualifications in Internal Medicine, Health Services Quality Management, and a Diploma in Comprehensive Diabetes Management.
He has pursued advanced training in Evidence-Based Medicine and Clinical Practice Guideline Methodology, including certification from the Universidad de McMaster.
Dr. Mora Brito has served as President of the Federación Ecuatoriana de Diabetes, Regional Amazónica, and is currently President of the Asociación Latinoamericana de Diabetes (ALAD) for the period 2025 to 2026.
He has contributed to the development of national and international clinical practice guidelines for type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and cardiometabolic risk, including guidelines for ALAD, MSP Ecuador, and the International Diabetes Federation.
He has received research prizes from the Sociedad Latinoamericana de Medicina Interna, the Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Endocrinología, and ALAD, and has over 20 publications across his research areas.
President
Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes
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Dr. Carla Musso is a leading Endocrinologist and Diabetologist based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
She graduated in Medicine from the Universidad de Buenos Aires and obtained her specialist certification in Endocrinology from the Argentine Ministry of Public Health, with further specialisation in Diabetes from the Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes.
She undertook research fellowships at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the United States, working under Dr. Phillip Gorden.
Dr. Musso has held senior clinical and academic roles at the Fundación Favaloro and the Unidad Asistencial Dr. César Milstein, and served as Vice President of the Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes.
She has served as Editor of Lancet en Español and Associate Editor of Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, and her research on lipodystrophy, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and bariatric surgery has been published in journals including Diabetes Care, BMJ, and Medicine.
She has contributed to multiple national clinical practice guidelines and consensus documents on diabetes management.
Sociedad Brasileña de Endocrinología
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Dr. Leticia Fuganti Campos is a Brazilian clinical nutritionist and diabetes educator with extensive expertise in diabetes, metabolic health, and clinical nutrition. She holds a PhD in Surgical Clinic from the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR) and a Master’s degree from the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (USP).
She is also specialised in Clinical Nutrition through GANEP and in Diabetes Education through UNIP, with additional training at the Joslin Diabetes Center affiliated with Harvard University.
Dr. Campos serves as a member of the Nutrition Committee of the Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes and has been President of the Nutrition Committee at BRASPEN.
She is also a preceptor for the Endocrinology Residency Program at Mackenzie Evangelical Faculty of Paraná. Her work focuses on prediabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and nutrition therapy.
Course objective - To bring Medical Nutrition Therapy to the forefront of Type 2 diabetes management.
Objective: Deconstruct the DBCD model: pre-disease pathophysiology of abnormal adiposity and euglycemic insulin resistance and to assess evidence of DSN formulas on glycemic control, weight, adiposity and comorbid risk reduction
Objective: Understand the relation between metabolic syndrome, nutrition and risk of complication in T2D and to learn adoption and implementation of DSN with help of case approach
Objective: Discuss clinical risks & complications in T2D across patients and the role of weight reduction on insulin sensitivity, glycemic control, lipid profile, and blood pressure in T2D
Earn a prestigious certificate after completion of all 3 modules.
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