Our experts provide integrated care based on best practice standards. They specialize in diabetes care, education and research.

With a full team of pediatric, teen and adult diabetes specialists qualified to treat all areas of diabetes, Kovler is prepared to help every patient. The Center is led by world-renowned physicians, researchers and educators.

Pediatric Clinical Team

Kristen Allen
Diabetes Support Specialist, Kovler Diabetes Center

Dianne Deplewski, MD
Director of Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Cathy Eubanks, RN
Clinic Nurse, Endocrinology and Kovler Diabetes Center Clinic

Siri Atma W. Greeley, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine

Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE
Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator
Program Coordinator-Teen Transition Program

Elizabeth Littlejohn, MD
Associate Director, Kovler Diabetes Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Susan McLaughlin, RN, BSN, CDE
Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator
Inpatient Diabetes Educator

Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center

Tanesha Pierce, RN
Charge Nurse, Endocrinology and Kovler Diabetes Center Clinic

Christine Yu, MD
Instructor of Pediatrics

Adult Clinical Team

Kristen Allen
Diabetes Support Specialist, Kovler Diabetes Center

George Bakris, MD
Director, Hypertension Clinic, Professor of Medicine

Yolanda Becker, MD
Professor of Surgery

Rebecca Brown, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Ronald Cohen, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

David Ehrmann, MD
Director of Education, Kovler Diabetes Center
Director, Center for PCOS; Professor of Medicine

Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE
Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator
Program Coordinator-Teen Transition Program

Susan McLaughlin, RN, BSN, CDE
Registered Nurse and Certified Diabetes Educator

Lisa Mossuto, LPN

Silvana Pannain, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Plamen Penev, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

Louis H. Philipson, MD, PhD, FACP
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center

Tanesha Pierce, RN
Charge Nurse, Endocrinology and Kovler Diabetes Center Clinic

Donna Prost, MS, RD, CDE
Registered Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Educator
Program Coordinator-Adult Diabetes Education Program

Robert Sargis, MD, PhD
Instructor of Medicine

Roy E. Weiss, MD, PhD
Rabbi Morris I. Esformes Professor
Chief, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism;
Director, Emphasis Fellowship Program;
Program Director, General Clinical Research Center (GCRC)

Ann Zmuda, DPM
Instructor of Podiatry