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The Certified Diabetes Educator: A Key Role in the Diabetes Team
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Diabetes educators focus on helping patients living with diabetes and related conditions achieve behavior change goals and lead to better clinical outcomes and improved health status. How has the role of the certified diabetes educator changed in the management of diabetes? Join host Dr. Steven Edelman and his guest, diabetes educator at SHARP Healthcare, Angela Norton, as they discuss the benefits and increasing role of the diabetes educator in the management of diabetes.
 Dr. Steven Edelman is a professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology and metabolism at the University of California, San Diego. He is director of the Diabetes Care Clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in San Diego. Dr. Edelman has been living with type 1 diabetes since 1970, and is founder and director of Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), a not-for-profit organization, whose mission is to educate and motivate people with diabetes to take an active role in their condition. Dr. Edelman received his MD from the University of California, Davis. His postgraduate training included a residency in internal medicine at UCLA-San Fernando, a clinical fellowship in diabetes and metabolism at the Joslin Clinic and the Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts, and a research fellowship in diabetes and metabolism at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Edelman is board certified in internal medicine and metabolism, diabetes, and endocrinology. Dr. Edelman's honors include the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine; the Chief Resident's Teacher of the Year Award from the University of California, San Diego; and the American Diabetes Association's Outstanding Educator in Diabetes Award.
Angela Norton is a certified diabetes educator, and is a diabetes case manager for hospitalized patients at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, which has a diabetic patient census of over 40 percent. Ms. Norton was born and raised in England and was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes over 30 years ago. She lives with the day to day trials of diabetes self management, and feels most fulfilled when helping her patients realize that they can take control of their diabetes.
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