International Conference on Obesity and Chronic Diseases ICOCD on July 06-08, 2020 in San Francisco, United States

The annual Obesity and Chronic Diseases meeting is the premier international forum to present and discuss the research, developments and new trends in the field of obesity. ICOCD-2020 will offer high-quality keynote speakers, a variety of scientific sessions, poster sessions, workshops, symposiums and exhibition booths.

ICOCD-2020 aims to gather peer researchers, young inspired scientists, academicians, and industrialists to meet, discuss and share the knowledge that’s still more to be revealed!

ICOCD-2020 is now accepting paper submission for both oral or poster presentation. The submission will be reviewed by the scientific committee; the status of your submission will be emailed to you within 3-4 working days.

If your abstract is accepted, you would need to register to confirm your presentation.

Scientific Committee Members

The scientific session planning committee is responsible to develop challenging and exciting program content for the meeting by involving lectures across diverse disciplines to learn about obesity and it’s various aspects. The meeting agenda will present the cutting-edge research work and opinions in an interactive way that could be expected only through ICOCD meetings.

Reza Hakkak, Ph.D.

Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Associate Dean, College of Health Professions, Professor of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR, USA

Hassan M. Heshmati, M.D. 

Professor, Department of Cell Biology,

Executive Vice President, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Gelesis Inc., MA, USA

Antonio Gangemi, MD, FACS, FASMBS 

Medical Director, Surgical Innovation & Training Laboratory (SITL), Vice Chair Surgery Saint Anthony Hospital, UI Health – Division of General, Minimally Invasive & Robotic Surgery, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA

Catherine M. Champagne, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, FAND, FTOS, FAHA 

Professor, Nutritional Epidemiology/Dietary Assessment & Nutrition Counseling Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, LA, USA

Eivis Qenani, Ph.D. 

Professor, Agribusiness Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Edita Stokic, M.D., Ph.D. 

Acting Director of Clinical Center of Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Student Committee Members

Desiree Sigala 

University of California, Davis, CA, USA

Planning Committee

The planning committee is responsible for all the on-site management along with the communications throughout the meeting. The constant communication will keep you updated with the details of the meeting. You can reach out to us for any queries you might have.

Reza Hakkak

Conference Chairperson

Sudhakar Yakkanti

Associate Vice-President, United Scientific Group, TX, USA

Rashmi Jain

Conference Manager

Juan Torres

Onsite Event Director

Frank Viagran III

Director – Technical and On-Site Operations

Speakers

Reza Hakkak, Ph.D.

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, AR, USA

Hassan M. Heshmati, M.D.

Gelesis Inc.,

MA, USA

Antonio Gangemi, MD, FACS, FASMBS

University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA

Catherine M. Champagne, PhD, RDN, LDN, FADA, FAND, FTOS, FAHA

Louisiana State University

LA, USA

Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

Nutritional Research Foundation

NJ, USA

Eivis Qenani, Ph.D.

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

Edita Stokic, M.D., Ph.D.

Acting Director of Clinical Center of Vojvodina, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Jordan H. Perlow, M.D.,

University of Arizona College of Medicine

Phoenix Perinatal Associates, AZ, USA