Vijay Viswanathan ,Diabetes Research Centre, No. 4, Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Joint Director, Sandhi Children’s Clinic, Unit No 4, Doctor House, Plot No 101, Sector 21, Nerul (E), Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Consultant in Pediatric Rheumatology, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes (P) Ltd., WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education and Training in Diabetes, Diabetes Research Centre, 4, West Mada Church Street, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Chief Diabetologist and Managing Director, Diabetes Research Centre and MV Hospital for Diabetes, No. 4, Main Road, Royapuram, Chennai, India, e-mail: drc@giasmd01.vsnl.net.in, Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Director, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India, Senior Resident in Medicine, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief Diabetologist, Jupiter Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Pediatric Rheumatology Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University; MV Hospital for Diabetes (P) Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Adjunct Professor; Head and Chief Diabetologist, MV Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Sandhi Children’s Clinic, Jupiter Hospital, MGM Hospital, Dr Yewale’s Multispecialty Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Consultant, Head and Chief Diabetologist, Department of Diabetes, MV Hospital for Diabetes; Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief Diabetologist; Adjunct Professor, Sandhi Children’s Clinic, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, M V Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief, Department of Diabetes, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M, Viswanathan Diabetes Research Center, Royapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Department of Diabetes, M V Hospital for Diabetes, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief, MV Hospital for Diabetes and Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes, Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief Diabetologist, Department of Diabetology, MV Hospital for Diabetes and M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Professor, Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Head and Chief Diabetologist, Prof M Viswanathan Diabetes, MV Hospital for Diabetes; M Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,, Head and Chief Diabetologist; Professor,

A Anitha Rani ,Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Kidney, M.V. Hospital for Diabetes and Diabetes Research Centre, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India,

Debbie L Cohen ,Professor, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Debbie L Cohen, Professor, Renal, Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Phone: +2156151677, e-mail: debbie. cohen@uphs.upenn.edu,

Mie Saiki ,Research Trainee, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester Minnesota, USA,

Vesna D Garovic ,Professor, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester Minnesota, USA, Vesna D Garovic, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Phone: 5072661963, e-mail: garovic.vesna@mayo.edu,

Amier Ahmad ,Resident Physician, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, USA,

Navin C Nanda ,Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Navin C Nanda, Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Cardiovascular Disease, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Phone: +12059348256, e-mail: nanda@uab.edu,

Kakarla Subbarao ,Radiology,

Venkatesh K Raman ,Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Med Star Heart and Vascular Institute Med Star Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, District of Columbia, USA,

Vasilios Papademetriou ,Director and Professor, Department of Hypertension and Interventional Cardiology Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia, USA, Vasilios Papademetriou, Director and Professor, Department of Hypertension and Interventional Cardiology, Veteran Affairs Medical Center and Georgetown University Washington, District of Columbia, USA, e-mail: vpapademetriou@va.gov,

Gary E Sander ,Professor, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA,

Camilo Fernandez ,Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Heart GEN Institute, Boston Massachusetts, USA,

Philip J Kadowitz ,Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA,

Thomas D Giles ,Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Thomas D Giles, Adjunct Professor Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, e-mail: tgiles4@cox.net,

Meenakshi Chenniappan ,Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Ramakrishna Nursing Home and Apollo Speciality Hospital, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Meenakshi Chenniappan, Senior Consultant, Department of Cardiology, Ramakrishna Nursing Home and Apollo Speciality Hospital, Trichy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India e-mail: chennidr@gmail.com,

Pankaj Manoria ,Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Lucknow, India, Senior Resident, Department of Cardiology, Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi, India, Interventional Cardiologist, Manoria Heart and Critical Care Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Chief Interventional Cardiologist, Manoria Heart and Critical Care Hospital Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Manoria Heart Care Centre, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Critical Care Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Chief Intervention Cardiologist and Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Manoria Heart,

Prabhash C Manoria ,Director and Chief, Department of Cardiology, Manoria Heart and Critical Care Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Prabhash C Manoria, Director and Chief, Department of Cardiology, Manoria Heart and Critical Care Hospital, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, Phone: +919893042229, e-mail: pmanoria@rediffmail.com,

Shawna D Nesbitt ,Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA, Shawna D Nesbitt, Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA, Phone: +12146480308, e-mail: shawna. nesbitt@utsouthwestern.edu,

David A Calhoun ,Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, Alabama, USA, David A Calhoun, Professor, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Vascular Biology and Hypertension Program, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama, USA, Phone: 012059344633 e-mail: dcalhoun@uab.edu,