Short Biography:  Anne L. Peters, MD

Anne L. Peters, MD, is a professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California and a Senior Scholar at the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service.  She treats patients in well served and underserved areas and has a strong interest in reducing health care disparities for people with diabetes.  She has been a PI on multiple grants, has authored over 250 articles and 4 books and has given lectures around the world.  She has been part of several ADA/EASD guidelines writing groups and was the Chair of the Endocrine Society Technology Guideline Writing Group. Currently she is a member of the EASD Committee on Clinical Affairs and the ADA Professional Practice Committee. She has been awarded the ADA Outstanding Physician Clinician Award, the Bernardo Alberto Houssay Award from the National Minority Quality Forum and the Laureate Award for Public Service from the Endocrine Society.