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Practical Diabetology has been a trusted source of up-to-date diabetes patient care information for more than 30 years. Providing timely information that explores practical approaches to the treatment of diabetes and related diabetes, Practical Diabetology gives busy physicians and diabetes educators straightforward, practical information to enhance the care and treatment they provide their patients, including:

• coverage of the latest trends and treatment options;
• discussion points and key scientific evidence to assist in creating individualized treatment plans;
• advice for communicating with diverse patient populations;
• commentary from esteemed endocrinologists and researchers at leading academic institutions; and
• recent clinical trial results of diabetes medications under development.

Editorial board

Editor

Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE
Associate Director, Education and Quality Services, UKHealthCare Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Editor, Educator’s Corner

Meghan Jardine, MS, MBA, RDN, LD, CDE
Associate Director of Diabetes Education, Physician’s Committee for Responsible Medicine
Dallas, Texas

Associate Editors

Robert “Bob” Chilton, DO
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas

Sandra Drodz Burke, PhD, APRN, FAADE, FAAN
Associate Professor (retired), College of Nursing
University of Illinois of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

Editorial Board

Jackie Boucher, MS, RDN, LD, CDE
President, Children’s HeartLink
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Stephen Brunton, MD
Family Practice Physician/Cabarrus Family Medicine
Charlotte, North Carolina

Shana Cunningham, MSN, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE
Diabetes Education Services Coordinator, UKHealthCare
University of Kentucky
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
Lexington, Kentucky

Tammy DiMuzio, MS, RN, CDE
Clinical Program Manager, Diabetes Center, Cincinnati Children’s
Cincinnati, Ohio

Sanjoy Dutta, PhD
JDRF Associate Vice President, Research and International Partnerships
New York, New York

Steven Edelman, MD
Founder and director, Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD)
San Diego, California

Marion J. Franz, MS, RDN, CDE
Nutrition Concepts by Franz
Minneapolis, Minnesota

George Grunberger, MD, FACP, FACE
Grunberger Diabetes institute
Detroit, Michigan

Alissa Heizler-Mendoza, MA, RDN, CDE
Senior Director of Advocacy, Insulet Corporation
Newtown, Connecticut

Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE
Lawrence and Memorial Hospital
Leawood, Kansas

Robert Ratner, MD
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Washington, D.C.

Nancy J. Rennert, MD, FACE, FACP
Norwalk Community Health Center
Norwalk, Connecticut

Julio Rosenstock, MD
Diabetes & Endocrine Center
Dallas, Texas

Jane Jeffrie Seley, DNP, MPH, MSN, GNP, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

Evan Sisson, PharmD, MSHA, BCACP, CDE, FAADE
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Outcomes Science, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, FAADE,
Owner and Clinical Director, Susan Weiner Nutrition PLLC
Long Island, New York

Joel Zonszein, MD
Burke Rehabilitation Hospital and Montefiore Medical Center
New York, New York

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