73rd Scientific Sessions

June 21-25, 2013
McCormick Place Convention Center (West Building)
Chicago, IL

Mark your calendar now for the 73rd Scientific Sessions, June 21-25, 2013, in the McCormick Place Convention Center, Chicago, Illinois.

The American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions brings together scientists and health care professionals from around the world who are involved in diabetes research and care. The five-day meeting will feature the most timely and significant advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diabetes. The program is organized into eight distinctive theme areas and includes presentation by world-renowned diabetes experts.

 

Theme areas:

 

• Acute and Chronic Complications
• Behavioral Medicine, Clinical Nutrition, Education, and Exercise
• Clinical Diabetes/Therapeutics
• Epidemiology/Genetics
• Insulin Action/Molecular Metabolism
• Integrated Physiology/Obesity
• Islet Biology/Insulin Secretion

Attendees will be able to choose from over 3,000 original presentations which include scientific and education sessions, oral and poster presentations, and special lectures and addresses. The best new basic and clinical science related to diabetes and its complications will be presented in over 380 oral and 1,600 poster presentations. In addition, more than 175 companies will be exhibiting the newest and most innovative products and services available.

60th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course

February 22-24, 2013
New York, New York

Plan to join your colleagues and diabetes experts at the Hilton New York in New York City for cutting-edge clinical research in diabetes treatment and management.  The 60th Annual Advanced Postgraduate Course will offer the latest advances in diabetes management in general sessions and interactive Meet the Expert presentations all in an intimate small-group atmosphere perfect for networking and stimulating conversations.

In addition to up to 14.25 continuing education hours, the sessions include:
•    The latest information on the management of diabetes and its complications.
•    Practical tips and proven strategies for improving patient care.
•    Translation of the latest diabetes research into clinical practice.

Registration and Housing are now open!  We look forward to seeing you in New York for what promises to be an exciting and rewarding educational experience.

TARGET AUDIENCE
The course has been designed specifically for physicians, family physicians, podiatric physicians, physician assistants, nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, pharmacists, psychologists, certified diabetes educators and other health care professionals who care for patients with diabetes and who manage the complications related to this disease.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this activity, attendees should be able to:
•    Assess the efficacy and safety of the use of statins in type 2 diabetes.
•    Describe strategies for assessing and managing depression in patients with diabetes.
•    Discuss the use of new pharmacologic agents for the treatment of macular edema.
•    Describe effective treatment options for managing chronic kidney disease in patients with diabetes.
•    Explain the effects of fructose consumption on adipose distribution, lipid metabolism and insulin sensitivity.
•    Compare and contrast the efficacy of mobile medical applications in the self-management of diabetes.
•    Assess the advantages and disadvantages of metabolic surgery in patients with diabetes.
•    Discuss the role of the diabetes educator in the changing health care delivery environment.
•    Explain the evidence for the use of nutraceuticals and natural treatments in patients with diabetes.
•    And more!

Personalizing Patient Goals and Care in Type 2 Diabetes: One Size Does Not Fit All

This free of charge online curriculum includes a blend of lectures, interviews, and case study discussions.

For more information please visit:
http://www.idoc.org/ada/intro

Diabetes is Primary Webcasts

These webcasts from the Diabetes is Primary live activity will offer information and tools needed to improve patient outcomes through provider and patient engagement. Content focuses on the American Diabetes Association’s 2012 Standards of  Care in Diabetes, new medications for managing hyperglycemia, insulin intensification, hypoglycemia assessment and management, managing kidney disease and liver disease in the patient with diabetes, preventing cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes and more.
Credit is available for physicians, nurse practitioners, dietitians, certified diabetes educators and other health care professionals.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.nethealthllc.com/adawebcast_dip/

Diabetes Day Symposium 2012

The Washington University Diabetes Research Center (DRC) invites you and your trainees to join us for a Diabetes Day Symposium on November 15, 2012. This event aims to showcase outstanding recent developments in diabetes research and to foster new scientific collaborations among our members.

12:30-3:00 pm   POSTER PRESENTATIONS
                             Farrell Learning and Teaching Center Atrium

3:00-4:00 pm     LECTURE: “Genetics of Diabetes:  Lessons from a Founder Population”
                             Moore Auditorium

                             Alan R. Shuldiner, MD
                             University of Maryland School of Medicine
                             John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine
                             Associate Dean for Personalized Medicine
                             Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition

Trainees in your group are encouraged to make poster presentations. Lunch will be provided for DRC members and poster presenters.

RSVP by November 2nd to Karen Muehlhauser (kmuehlha@dom.wustl.edu) indicating whether you will attend and include the name(s) of poster presenter(s) with poster title(s).