Program 

Diabetes and You: Today’s Challenges, Tomorrow’s Victories
Saturday, December 1, 2007

7:30-8:00a.m. – Registration

8:00-9:00a.m. – Welcome Remarks

Chip Souba, Jr, MD, ScD, MBA, Interim Senior Vice President and Executive Dean for Health Sciences, Interim CEO, Ohio State University Medical Center

Honorable Mayor Michael Coleman, City of Columbus

Alvin D. Jackson, MD, Director of Health, Ohio Department of Health

Teresa Long, MD, Columbus Public Health

Honorable Ray Miller, State Senator, Chairperson, Ohio Commission on Minority Health

9:00-10:15a.m. - Global Diabetes Epidemic: International Experience on Prevention Strategies Panel Discussion

Pierre Lefebvre, MD, PhD, Immediate Past President, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) (Belgium)
Jean-Claude Mbanya, MD, PhD, President Elect, International Diabetes Federation (IDF) (Cameroon)
Ashim Sinha, MBBS (Australia)
Ambady Ramachandram, MD, BS (India)

10:00 – 12p.m. – Health Expo

10:15-10:25a.m. – Cardio/Renal/Metabolic Syndrome in Ohio Minorities

Sponsored by Commission on Minority Health
Kwame Osei, MD

10:25-10:30a.m. – Stand Up and Stretch

Pat Funderburg, Afro Rhythms

10:30-11:15a.m. – Preventing Diabetes in US Ethnic Populations: Can It Be Done?

Sam Dagogo-Jack, MD, PhD (USA)

11:15-12:00p.m. – Taking Control of Diabetes: Your Personal Role in Management

Richard Rubin, PhD (USA)

12:30-1:15p.m. – Lunch: Special Diabetes Message

“Sugar” – A One Woman Play
Robbie McCauley

1:00 – 4:30p.m. – Health Expo

1:30-2:30p.m. – Workshops I

1. Special Concerns When Raising Children with Type 1 Diabetes
   Dorothy Becker, MD (USA)
   Dana Hardin, MD (USA)
   
   
2. Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in School Children: Importance of Ethnicity
   Robert Murray, MD (USA) Dara Schuster, MD (USA)
   
   
3. Update of New Oral Medications Type 2 Diabetes: Why Combining the Pills
   James Reed, MD (USA) Samuel Cataland, MD (USA)
   
   
4. How Am I Doing with My Diabetes? Understanding Your Numbers
   Janet Gorman, RN, MS (USA)
   Cara Harris, RN, NP (USA)
   
   
5. Women with Diabetes: Consideration of Unique Issues in OB/GYN
   Celeste Durnwald, MD (USA)
   Barb Martin, RN (USA)
   
   
6. Clinical Pathways Program for Diabetes Management in Your Neighborhood, Columbus Neighborhood Health Centers
   Julie vanPutten, MPH, MS, MD, PhD

2:30-2:45p.m. – Afternoon Break

2:45-3:45p.m. – Workshops II

1. Update on Diabetes Research – Who Should be Considered for Pancreas and Islet Cell Transplantation
   Elizabeth Diakoff, MD (USA)
   Mitch Henry, MD (USA)
   
   
2. Intensive Diabetes Control: The Use of New Insulins, Inhaled Insulin and Insulin Pumps
   Christine Hall, RN, NP, CDE (USA)
   Wynola Wayne, RN, CDE (USA)
   
   
3. Diabetes and Heart Disease: Why Should You Worry?
   George Mensah (CDC)
   Kenneth Jamerson (USA)
   
   
4. Is There a “Diabetes Diet?" Latest Trends in Dietary Management for Diabetes
   Stacey Newpoff, RD, CDE (USA)
   Julie Bouttamy, RD (USA)
   
   
5. The Benefits of Exercise: Why, When and How to Start
   Trudy Gaillard, RN, PhD, CDE (USA)
   Dr. Kirby, PhD (USA)
   
   
6. Diabetes Education: Not Just Information But Behavior Change
   Amparo Gonzales, RN, CDE- President-Elect AADE (USA)
   Marci Draheim, RN, CDE (USA)

4:00-4:30p.m. – Taking Charge Over Your Diabetes – Governmental and Political Hurdles to Overcome, Who Can Help the Patient?

Alvin D. Jackson, MD, Director of Health, Ohio Department of Health

4:30-5:15p.m. – Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Dr. Jeff Levine, Winner of Television's “Biggest Loser”