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

 

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