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George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE is the founder and chairman of the Grunberger Diabetes Institute in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He is Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine & Genetics at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. Dr. Grunberger was Director of the Diabetes Program at the Detroit Medical Center and Wayne State University's Comprehensive Diabetes Center between 1986 and 2002. He was tenured Full Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Medicine and Genetics since 1986. He directed Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics in 1997-2001. In 1995-1996 he served as Interim Chairman of Internal Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the Detroit Medical Center. Previously, he worked for six years at the Diabetes Branch of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. He received internal medicine training at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, M.D. degree at the New York University School of Medicine and B.A. (biochemistry) at Columbia College of Columbia University, in New York City.

Dr. Grunberger has published well over 100 original peer-reviewed manuscripts in addition to reviews and book chapters. His research spans subjects from molecular underpinning of insulin resistance to clinical studies on diabetes and its complications. He is a member of many professional organizations where he has held elected positions of leadership. He is the Immediate Past President of the Michigan Chapter of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and currently serves on the National Board of Directors of AACE as well as chairs several of its committees and task forces. Dr. Grunberger has mentored countless undergraduate and postgraduate trainees and junior faculty.