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Deborah Greenwood
MEd, CNS, BC-ADM, CDE

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, Massachusetts working as a Certified Diabetes Educator. She is currently employed as the ADA Program Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Specialist and Diabetes Nurse Educator at Sutter Medical Foundation in Sacramento, CA. Deborah is the president of the local chapter of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, the Golden Empire Diabetes Educators.

Deborah is very interested in diabetes prevention and has been the program coordinator for a CDC funded prevention grant through the California Diabetes Program since 2006. As a member of both the California Diabetes Educators Tobacco and Diabetes Taskforce and the Sacramento Tobacco Partnership, Deborah is very committed to increasing awareness about diabetes and smoking. She is also the co-chair of the education committee for the Diabetes Coalition of California.

Deborah volunteers for the American Diabetes Association and is a board member of Lights, Camera, Cure, a nonprofit organization promoting awareness and education regarding diabetes. She is a member of the American Diabetes Association and the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Deborah is certified by the American Nurse Credentialing Center as an Advance Practice Nurse, Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management.

Deborah was recently elected to the AADE Board of Directors for the 2010-2012 term.

Affiliations:
Sutter Medical Foundation Sacramento: employed as ADA Program Coordinator, Clinical Nurse Specialist, and Diabetes Nurse Educator WAVES diabetes, President and Treasurer; President, GEDE chapter of AADE; Member of AADE National Conference planning committee 2008 and 2009; Board member, Lights, Camera, Cure: Taking action against diabetes; Co-Chair, Education Committee, Diabetes Coalition of California; Member, Do You CAARD, California Diabetes and Smoking Task force
Publications:
An Assessment of Patient Education and Self-Management in Diabetes Disease Management: Two Case Studies. Accepted for publication in the Disease Management Journal.

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09/02/09 02:06 PM

I missed am dose and lunch dose because broke bottle today. Will I be ok? I can't get another from pharmacy until this evening. Missed 2 doses!
Asked By: keisahayes  
Category: Insulin | Insulin

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09/02/09 01:26 PM

I'm type 1 diabetic and have been on Lantus for about a year just wondering if it would make me gain 20 pounds or be part of the reason?
Asked By: alisha_bee  
Category: Type 1 | Insulin

1 Expert Answer | 1 Community Answer
08/27/09 09:05 PM

type 1 diabetic, take about 15 units of novolog before each meal, i was a little low in the afternoon and took 60 units not realiezing what i did?
Asked By: jgrey76  
Category: Type 1 | Insulin

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08/27/09 08:41 PM

How does the pharmacy calulate the amout of Lantus I need for 90 days. I take 70 units of Lantus from a 100 m/l vial. How many vials do I get 4 90 day
Asked By: jim1952  
Category: Insulin | Type 2

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08/26/09 08:52 AM

My son had aBSL @ 333 when picking him up for visit @ lunch he was 329 and taken home 463. His mother two nights before gave lantus @11pm not 9pm help
Asked By: drgene  
Category: Blood Glucose Monitoring | Insulin

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08/20/09 01:19 PM

could you please tell me if pre diabetes can be reversed or if you can prevent diabetes?
Asked By: hockeymom3  
Category: Prediabetes | Newly Diagnosed

1 Expert Answer | 1 Community Answer
08/19/09 02:38 PM

Was I suffering from prediabetes in 1999? If yes. What role did prediabetes play on the type 2 almost four years later?
Asked By: flexmo  
Category: Prediabetes | Type 2

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