CRM & Obesity/MASLD Education with CRM Certification

This innovative educational programme supports internists and primary care physicians in advancing their expertise in Cardio-Renal-Metabolic (CRM) medicine, obesity, and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD). Our aim is to deliver high-quality, patient-centred education that equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills to provide integrated care. These educational modules have been developed by a faculty of global experts and internal medicine specialists, specifically for internists and primary care physicians. The programme combines high-quality learning with assessments leading to the CRM Certification, awarded to participants who successfully complete all modules and their associated assessments.

Course modules

CRM & Obesity/MASLD Education Faculty

Prof. William Alazawi

Professor of Hepatology, Director Research, Queen Mary University, London

Prof. Michael Böhm

Professor of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of the Saarland, Homburg, Germany

Prof. Javed Butler

President, Baylor Scott and White Research Institute,
Senior Vice President for the Baylor Scott and White Health,
Professor of Medicine at the University of Mississippi, US

Dr. Ana María Cebrián Cuenca

Academician of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Murcia
MD, PhD, Family Doctor in Cartagena Casco Health Center, Murcia, Spain
Vice-secretary of Spanish Society of Diabetes
Past Chair/Convenor Non Communicable Diseases of WONCA
Executive Board PCDE-Primary Care Diabetes Europe

Prof. Alice Cheng

Endocrinologist, Trillium Health Partners & Unity Health Toronto, Canada
Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Canada

Prof. Caterina Conte

Professor of Internal Medicine,
San Raffaele Roma University, Rome, Italy
IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy

Prof. George N Dalekos

Head of the Department of Medicine and Research Laboratory of Internal Medicine,
University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Greece
General University Hospital of Larissa in Greece,
President European Federation of Internal Medicine

Prof. Dror Dicker

Internal Medicine Department & Obesity Clinic, Hasharon Hospital-Rabin Medical Center
Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Co-Chair, EASO Collaborative Centers for Obesity Management (COMs)

Prof. Khaled Al Dosari

Professor & Consultant Diabetes Management, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
Head of Endocrine & Diabetes Department – Dallah Namar Hospital

Prof. Beatriz Fernández-Fernández

Nephrology Department, Associate Professor of Medicine
Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
CME Chair European Renal Association (ERA)

Prof. Per Henrik Groop

Department of Nephrology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Diabetes, Central Clinical School, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Baker Diabetes & Heart Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Hiddo J.L. Heerspink

Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology,
University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands

Prof. Nikki Katsiki

Assistant Professor, International Hellenic University, Greece
Adjunct Associate Professor, European University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Secretary of the Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society, Greece

Prof. Kamlesh Khunti

Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine,
University of Leicester, UK

Prof. Thyago Moraes

Coordenador do Comitê de Diálise Peritoneal da Sociedade Brasileira de Nefrologia
Coordenador do Comitê de Doenças Renais da Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes
Assessor Internacional para a América Latina - International Society for Peritoneal Dialsysis
Vice Presidente - Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nefrologia e Hipertensíon Co-Editor Chefe - Brazilian Journal of Nephrology

Prof. Javier Morales

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra, Northwell
Advanced Internal Medicine Group, P.C. East Hills, New York

Prof. Alberto Ortiz

Head of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Jiménez Díaz Foundation University Hospital (IIS-FJD), Madrid, Spain
Professor of Medicine, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
RICORS2040 coordinator

Prof. David Pereg

CICU Director, Cardiology Department, Meir Medical Center, Israel

Prof. Daniel Van Raalte

Internist-Endocrinologist & vascular Medicine Specialist
Professor of Medicine Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Prof. Peter Rossing

Steno Diabetes Center, Copenhagen
University of Copenhagen

Prof. Pantelis Sarafidis

Professor in Nephrology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Chair, Department of Nephrology and ESH Hypertension Excellence Center, Hippokration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

Prof. Merlin Thomas

Department of Diabetes, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Prof. Christoph Wanner

Professor of Medicine, Department of Clinical Studies and Epidemiology, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany
Visiting Professor of Renal Medicine, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Clinical trial Service Unit, University of Oxford, UK

Prof. David Wheeler

Professor of Kidney Medicine at University College London, UK

Prof. Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

Head of the Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Head of the Gender Medicine Unit
Management team of the Department of Medicine III, Vienna, Austria