Diabetes and Its Complications

Those of you who provide care for people with (or at risk of) diabetes know that these patients often have a myriad of comorbidities and complications, and that optimizing their care is frequently complex and challenging. It is with these challenges in mind that Harvard Medical School faculty have developed this CME program, Diabetes and Its Complications.

This program provides comprehensive updates, practice recommendations, and the newest evidence-based strategies for the treatment and care of the person with or at risk for diabetes. You will receive a comprehensive education including practical information to optimize patient care now. We will address the following:

Diabetes screening

Pharmacological management of diabetes, including insulin and non-insulin treatments

The latest advances in insulin delivery and glucose monitoring

Treating complications and comorbidities, including dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, peripheral vascular disease, cardiovascular disease, the diabetic foot, kidney disease, liver disease

Lifestyle interventions

Care of older patients with diabetes

Incorporating recent advances into your practice

Challenging cases

Education is focused on optimizing patient care and outcomes and improving skills in the following areas:

Insulin initiation and intensification: which insulins to choose and why

Understanding the new insulins, glucose monitors, and pumps

Treating people with type 2 diabetes who are not achieving therapeutic goals

Office-based assessment and treatment of comorbidities and complications

Individualizing multifaceted approaches to lifestyle modification and weight management

Personalizing nutrition plans and exercise prescriptions

Cardiovascular risk reduction and care

Optimal management of neuropathies and foot disease

Managing diabetes in high-risk populations, including pregnant patients and the elderly

Understanding the evolving concepts and treatments that will soon impact your day-to-day practice

Communicating with, motivating, and sharing resources with patients

Recognizing social, racial, sexual, and cultural biases in diabetes care and reviewing strategies for achieving equity and addressing disparities

Who Should Attend?

Internists

Family Physicians

Hospitalists

Endocrinologists

Geriatricians

Nurse Practitioners

Physician Assistants

Pharmacists

Diabetes Educators

URLs:

LinkedIn: https://go.evvnt.com/1818034-2?pid=5248

Facebook: https://go.evvnt.com/1818034-3?pid=5248

Prices:

Livestream (register on or before Sept. 29): USD 699.00,

Livestream (register after Sept. 29): USD 799.00

Speakers: Martin J. Abrahamson, MD, FACP, Richard S. Beaser, MD, Sanjiv Chopra, MD, MACP, FRCP (London), Frank J. Domino, MD, Alan Moses, MD, Anne Peters, MD, Alissa R. Segal, PharmD, CDCES, CDTC, FCCP, Souheil W. Adra, MD, Gillian Arathuzik, RD, LDN, CDCES, Florence M. Brown, MD, David R. Campbell, MD, FRCS, FACS, Donald E. Cutlip, MD, Jody Dushay, MD, MMSc, Leonor Fernandez, MD, Om P. Ganda, MD, MBBS, A. Reshad Garan, MD, MS, FACC, Michael C. Gavin, MD, MPH, FACC, John M. Giurini, DPM, Patricia E. Greenstein, MD, Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD, FACE, Melanie P. Hoenig, MD, Erin K. Martin, RN, CDCES, Roeland J. Middelbeek, MD, Lyle D. Mitzner, MD, Medha N. Munshi, MD, Edward M. Phillips, MD, Harold N. Rosen, MD, Deborah K. Schlossman, MD, Robert C. Stanton, MD

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