There are nearly 26 million people diagnosed with diabetes and another 57 million are at risk for developing diabetes during their lifetime. With the growing epidemic of this chronic, progressive disease, the need to improve diabetes care is paramount. The vast majority of adult patients with diabetes are cared for by primary care clinicians who face significant challenges, along with diabetes educators and other professionals in managing this complex disease.

This one-day symposium addresses these challenges through presentations and case reviews developed by recommendations from previous attendees and the St. Luke's Diabetes Collaborative Practice multidisciplinary team. Presentations are designed to promote interaction between the faculty and the participants to promote change in the care and management of the person with diabetes.

Target Audience

Primary Care Practitioners (Physicians, Nurse Practioners, PA's), Diabetes Educators, Nurses, Dieticians, Medicine and Family Medicine Housestaff.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this conference, the participant should be able to:  

• Discuss lifestyle interventions for nutrition in the continuum of care for Diabetes
• Identify factors that lead to provider burn-out in managing patients with Diabetes and strategies for coping with them
• Describe how electronic medical record (EMR) can be used to improve the quality of care for people with Diabetes
• Describe how to optimize Diabetes, Lipid and Cardiovascular medications in the management of patients with Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.   

Program Schedule

Saturday September 15, 2012  

7:30 a.m.   Registration

7:55          Welcome & Introduction
                Glenn R. Cunningham, MD 

8:00          Lifestyle Interventions for Preventing and Managing
                  the Continuum of Dysglycemia – Helping People 
                  Achieve Success
                Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE

8:45          The Role of GLP1 agonists and DPP-4 Inhibitors in 
                   the Management of Diabetes
                Julio Rosenstock, MD

9:30          Q&A

9:45          Break

10:00        Management of Dyslipidemia in Diabetes
                Peter Jones, MD

10:45        Transition from Pediatric to Adult Diabetes Care 
                Cynthia Peacock, MD

11:30        Q&A 

11:45        Lunch

12:30 p.m. Congestive Heart Failure in Patients with Diabetes
                Stephanie Coulter, MD

1:15          Panel Discussion: 
                   Common to Complex Diabetes Cases  
                Glenn R. Cunningham, MD, Stephanie Coulter, MD, 
                   Peter Jones, MD, Cynthia Peacock, MD  

2:00         Q&A

2:15         Break

2:30         Prevention of Provider Burnout in Managing 
                   Patients with Diabetes 
               Joel Schwartz MD

3:15         Electronic Medical Records for In-Patients 
                  and Out-Patients 
               Adol Esquivel, MD, PhD

4:00         Q&A

4:15         Adjournment  

See the program brochure (coming soon) for presentation details. 

Online registration is now closed but you may register the morning of the event at the Cooley Auditorium.