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Having been diagnosed with type 1 at the age of two, diabetes education has always been an important part of my life. I remember demonstrating giving an insulin injection to my fifth grade health class in elementary school, giving advice to my pa...Read More
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Coping And Emotional Issues Insulin Type 1 Pumping Issues
Beth became a CDE in 1987 and has successfully recertified every 5 years. She received her BSN at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC in 1983. She earned her nursing diploma at the Immanuel Hospital School of Nursing, Om...Read More
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Coping And Emotional Issues Gestational Diabetes Prediabetes Type 2
Beverly is a successful nutritionist in a part-time private practice in Glen Rock, NJ with over 25 years of experience working with adults, teens, and children. In addition, Beverly is a full-time Diabetes Educator for a disease management company...Read More
Specialties: Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Insurance and Financial Issues Prediabetes Women's IssuesSince 2005, Christina has worked in the South Bronx and Northern Manhattan facilitating diabetes education to English and Spanish speaking clients. Working in this community, it became apparent that low-literacy was a major barrier to learning. As ...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Food and Nutrition Insurance and Financial Issues Prediabetes Type 2 Women's IssuesClaire is a Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator, and Certified Pump Trainer who utilizes her training in Family and Consumer Economics, Nursing, Nutrition, Social Work, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, and Experiential Education, along w...Read More
Specialties: Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Insulin Type 1 Women's Issues Pumping Issues
Constance is the owner and president of CBR Nutrition Enterprises, a nutrition consulting and counseling service. She is a certified diabetes educator with more than 25 years experience in the field of nutrition. She has worked with Essence magazi...Read More
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Coping And Emotional Issues Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Prediabetes Weight IssuesDave Joffe is a graduate of University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy. He has practiced in the Tampa Bay area since 1986 and has been providing diabetes and cardiovascular care in Tampa Bay since 1995 and spent 2 years as an Eckerd Patient Care Phar...Read More
Specialties: Insurance and Financial Issues Neuropathy Oral Medications Sexual Issues Men's Issues
Deborah graduated from the University of Vermont with a degree in nursing and from Boston College with a master's degree in curriculum development and instruction. Deborah started her diabetes career at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massac...Read More
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Prediabetes
Donna has been a Registered Nurse for 38 years and a Certified Diabetes Educator for 16 years. She established the first diabetes specialty in home heath and the first ADA-accredited pharmacy-based diabetes education program in Northeast Pennsylv...Read More
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Heart Disease and Diabetes Kidney Disease Type 2 Weight IssuesI have been in Critical Care and Emergency Room nursing from 1977 through 2005. At that time I was given the opportunity to create a Diabetic Education program in our local community hospital. Since that time I have established a Diabetic Self Manage...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Insulin Oral Medications Other Weight Issues Pumping Issues
Janice lives in Iowa City, IA. She has worked as a registered dietitian for 33 years and has experience working in all clinical and administrative aspects of Dietetics. She is currently serving as the Interim Program Manager of the Nutrition and...Read More
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Type 1 Type 2 Vision Men's Issues Women's Issues Other Weight Issues Pumping IssuesJanice Baker has been providing diet counseling and medical nutrition therapy since 1982, specializing in weight management, diabetes education, cardiac risk reduction and eating disorders. Janice's career in nutrition started with hospital diete...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Kidney Disease OtherHi! My name is Jodi Limacher and I am a Certified Diabetes Educator and Registered Dietitian. I do not have diabetes but have a great interest in helping those with diabetes sort through all the self-management recommendations. My practice is cur...Read More
Specialties: Heart Disease and Diabetes Insurance and Financial Issues Oral Medications Prediabetes Women's Issues Weight IssuesJoy is the president of EnJoy Life! Health Consulting in New York City, and a diabetes nurse educator and Certified Foot Care Nurse with over 30 years of experience.
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Neuropathy"Julie" is a clinical manager for the Animas Corporation. She has been an RN for 23 years and a diabetes educator for four. Her passion for empowering people with diabetes to learn how to control their disease was originally fueled by her youngest so...Read More
Specialties: Children's Issues Oral Medications Type 1 Other
Kathy is a Certified Diabetes Educator, employed by the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation (DRWF). Her position at the Foundation includes: member of the Medical Advisory Board; operator of a national diabetes help line; and editor of the ...Read More
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Insurance and Financial Issues Neuropathy Sexual Issues Type 2 Men's Issues
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Type 1 Type 2 Vision Men's Issues Women's Issues Other Weight Issues
Liz Quintana is currently coordinator of the Compton Nutrition Program Coordinator at the West Virginia University School of Medicine where she coordinates nutrition education programs for students, residents, and staff. She also provides nutrition c...Read More
Specialties: Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Oral Medications Women's Issues Weight Issues
Missy Porteous is a registered dietitian, exercise physiologist and certified diabetes educator. She is the Senior Nutritionist for the Medical Nutrition Therapy Team at the Riverside County Department of Public Health, Community Health Agency. ...Read More
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Exercise Food and Nutrition Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Type 2 Vision Weight Issues
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Type 1 Type 2 Vision Men's Issues Women's Issues Other Weight Issues

I have worked with diabetes patients and families since 1998 and received my CDE in 2003. My BSN is from Northern Ky University and I earned my Master of Science as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Community Health from Indiana University School of ...Read More
Specialties: Coping And Emotional Issues Insulin Prediabetes Type 2
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Type 1 Type 2 Vision Men's Issues Women's Issues Other Weight Issues
I am a registered nurse since 1995 with a varied career. I have experience in psychiatric, correctional, chronic care and infectious disease nursing. My latest endeavor is outreaching to Diabetic clients in the Medicaid population. I teach self-ma...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Insurance and Financial Issues Neuropathy Oral Medications Vision Weight IssuesShannon Lyles has had type 1 diabetes since 1996 and that is what led her to choose a career in nursing, specifically diabetes education. She has been employed by the University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Endocrinology ...Read More
Specialties: Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Insulin Type 1
Sonia Angel has been a registered dietitian for more than 15 years. She completed her Bachelor’s in Nutrition and Dietetics at the Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia. Later she moved to Canada to complete her Master’s program at the Univer...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Heart Disease and Diabetes Type 2 Other Weight Issues
Stephanie Becker brings over 30 years of nursing experience to the dLife community, having developed a specialty in diabetes along the way. In 2001, she started Becker Medical LLC located in Baltimore, MD a facility that treats people with acute a...Read More
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Exercise Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Weight IssuesSusan Sloane has been a registered pharmacist for over 28 years, and a Certified Diabetes Educator for 20 years. She is known throughout her hometown in Upstate NY for her endless volunteer efforts to help support the ADA and also JDRF. Susan becam...Read More
Specialties: Children's Issues Insurance and Financial Issues Neuropathy Oral Medications Women's Issues Other15 years experienced registered dietitian and diabetes educator.
Specialties: Blood Glucose Monitoring Kidney Disease Neuropathy Sexual Issues Vision OtherTracey graduated from University of Wisconsin- Madison with a degree in Dietetics in 2004. Upon graduation, Tracey completed her dietetic internship in 2005 from Emory University Hospital.
Tracey has experience working in both clinical and outp...Read More
Specialties: Exercise Insulin Kidney Disease Oral Medications Type 1 Weight Issues
Specialties: Newly Diagnosed Blood Glucose Monitoring Children's Issues Coping And Emotional Issues Exercise Food and Nutrition Gestational Diabetes Heart Disease and Diabetes Insulin Insurance and Financial Issues Kidney Disease Neuropathy Oral Medications Prediabetes Sexual Issues Type 1 Type 2 Vision Men's Issues Women's Issues Other Weight Issues
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