Master Chat Series: Gastric Bypass Surgery and Type 2 Diabetes

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Type 2 diabetes accounts for approximately 95% of all cases of diabetes, with obesity being the primary cause. Current approaches to managing type 2 diabetes include lifestyle intervention (weight loss, food choices, exercise) and medications. Heidi will highlight how bariatric surgery can be a powerful tool for weight loss for appropriate candidates. Gastric bypass surgery may improve type 2 diabetes, and may enable some people with type 2 diabetes to go off certain medications. Heidi will share her own journey with type 2 diabetes and life after bariatric surgery.

Heidi C. Hartmann-Rothe has been a Registered Nurse for more than 15 years, is a Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach, and is currently pursuing her Masters of Science in Diabetes Education and Management at Teachers College Columbia University. She volunteers for Health and Hospitals Corporation in the Diabetes TeleHealth Program and is working toward becoming a Certified Diabetes Educator. Heidi also volunteers at Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership, a free medical clinic run by medical students for the uninsured/underinsured/homeless in Harlem, where she is providing diabetes education and building a Diabetes Education Program. Heidi lives in midtown Manhattan, New York, with her husband and two very spoiled cats.

The Master Chat Series is an annual collaboration between TuDiabetes and Teacher’s College Columbia University’s Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management program.  This 36-credit inter-professional master’s program is offered to clinicians who are currently in or interested in the diabetes field. As part of a course requirement, students present ‘Master Chats’ on a variety of topics they have chosen based on discussions taking place in the TuDiabetes community. Master Chats include a short presentation followed by a Q and A, and are an opportunity not only for TuDiabetes members to learn from students in this program, but also to give feedback to them in an effort to help them be the best care-givers they can be!

Master Chat: traveling with diabetes

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Traveling with diabetes can be challenging! People with diabetes often feel restricted from traveling due to fear of inadequate supply of medications. With proper preparation, however, traveling with large amounts of medication can be accomplished safely. Community pharmacists understand that medications and supplies are expensive, difficult to replace and have travel restrictions. We will discuss what documentation to carry, how to store medications, what to do if you run out while traveling, and precautions when purchasing medications in another country.

Dana Schaeffer-Cherashore, RPH, is a community pharmacist who practices in the Philadelphia area. She earned her pharmacy degree from the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy in Brooklyn, NY, and completed her pharmacy internship at the Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC. Dana promotes the community pharmacy as a setting that can add value to a person’s diabetes care.

The Master Chat Series is an annual collaboration between TuDiabetes and Teacher’s College Columbia University’s Master of Science in Diabetes Education and Management program. This 36-credit inter-professional master’s program is offered to clinicians who are currently in or interested in the diabetes field. As part of a course requirement, students present ‘Master Chats’ on a variety of topics they have chosen based on discussions taking place in the TuDiabetes community. Master Chats include a short presentation followed by a Q and A, and are an opportunity not only for TuDiabetes members to learn from students in this program, but also to give feedback to them in an effort to help them be the best care-givers they can be!

Type 2 Series: Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes with Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali

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Joanne Duncan-Carnesciali is an experienced health, wellness and fitness professional. She is a doctoral candidate studying health education in the Health & Behavior Studies Department of Teachers College, Columbia University. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of a diabetes self-management program delivered using avatar-based technology. In addition to being an independent diabetes educator, she is currently an adjunct associate professor at the Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education teaching the Practice of Medicine 2 to third year medical students. She has earned a masters degree in Diabetes Education and Management from Teachers College, Columbia University, a masters degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from California University of Pennsylvania and is a certified diabetes educator, certified health education specialist, a certified health coach through Wellcoaches, and an American College of Sports Medicine Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist.

This live-streamed interview focuses on Exercise and Type 2 Diabetes, specifically the following:

1. The importance of having a health screening before engaging in exercise
2. Importance of understanding one’s risk(s)
3. Avoiding a hypoglycemic event
4. Acute and chronic adaptations to exercise
5. Exercise recommendations
6. HbA1c – What exactly is it?

Episode 15: The Who, Why, and How of Diabetes Hands Foundation

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The staff of Diabetes Hands Foundation describe how they each came to call the non-profit their home, why they love the programs the organization runs, and how your support makes it all possible.

Featuring Corinna Cornejo, Emily Coles, Sarah Edwards, and Melissa Lee

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T2 Series: Ansley Dalbo presents “Diabetes What to Know”

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Ansley Dalbo has worked in the diabetes industry for the thirteen years, including eleven years consulting with Walmart Pharmacy while building and sustaining their private label brand, ReliOn (www.ReliOn.com).  Currently, she primarily works with diabetes companies on new product launches into the retail pharmacy space, as well as brand enhancement and expansion.
Two years ago, she and her husband began developing a website where newly diagnosed type 2 patients and their families could learn the basics about diabetes through an easy-to-use video-based email program– www.DiabetesWhatToKnow.com.  Ansley graduated from Harvard University with a degree in English, and she lives in Atlanta. She’s an avid vegetarian cook, loves playing softball and following the Baltimore Orioles.

T2 Series: addressing shame and blame, with Susan Guzman

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Have you ever felt blamed for your diabetes? Embarrassed to tell people you have diabetes? Do you feel that on some level having diabetes is your fault?  In this live-streamed conversation we’ll discuss the shame and blame that so many people with type 2 diabetes feel, and what we can do to combat it. Join us!

Susan Guzman, PhD is a clinical psychologist specializing in diabetes. Her clinical and research focus areas include overcoming emotional challenges that interfere with management, family issues, and promoting attitudes that support living well with diabetes, from diagnosis throughout life. Dr. Guzman integrates empathy, acceptance and practical guidance to help people better utilize their strengths in living life with diabetes.

In 2003, Dr. Guzman co-founded the Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI), the first non-profit organization devoted to the emotional and behavioral aspects of living with diabetes. At BDI, she has served as the Director of Clinical/Educational Services developing and leading programs for people with diabetes and their families. She developed and led many of BDI’s clinical programs, including “Defeating the Depression/Diabetes Connection” (an intensive, multi-week series), the “Just for Parent’s Program” and “Living Well with Complications” workshop. She also held programs for women with type 1 diabetes, spouses/partners, men with diabetes, and other specialized psycho-educational programs for those with diabetes.

Dr. Guzman received her PhD in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in health psychology from the California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego in 1998. She specialized in diabetes following the completion of her post-doctoral fellowship at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego where she served as the psychological liaison to Scripps Health’s Diabetes Advisory Committee.

T2 Series: Live interview with Journalist and Author Gary Taubes

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Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the non-profit Nutrition Science Initiative . He is the author of Why We Get Fat and What to Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories (The Diet Delusion in the UK). Taubes is the recipient of a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, and has won numerous other awards for his journalism. These include the International Health Reporting Award from the Pan American Health Organization and the National Association of Science Writers Science in Society Journalism Award, which he won in 1996, 1999 and 2001. (He is the only print journalist to win this award three times.)

See more of Gary Taubes’ writing at GaryTaubes.com

Episode 13: Nutrition Science

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This week Mike and Corinna talk about Nutrition Science and talk about Gary Taubes’ perspective on the topic. Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist. He is probably best known for his two books Why We Get Fat and What We Can Do About It and Good Calories, Bad Calories.

He can be found on the net at: garytaubes.com

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Episode 12: Health Coaching with Fit2Me

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This week Corinna and Mike talk about the Fit2Me diet and lifestyle coaching program. Fit2Me is a free program created by and run by AstraZeneca. It is the only diabetes diet and lifestyle support program to offer the guidance and encouragement of “digital coaches” who help users through the process and celebrating successes along the way.

We also interview registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator Susan LaRue. Susan works for AstraZeneca, where she brings a deep knowledge of clinical, behavioral, patient, and healthcare professional perspectives to the development of tools to manage diabetes.

Fit2Me focuses on four key areas of diabetes management – food, activity, support team and treatment support.

Food – Fit2Me has a database of more than 10,000 diabetes-friendly recipes, based on criteria from the American Diabetes Association. After providing their likes and dislikes when it comes to cuisine and ingredients, individuals receive their own customized recipe selections allowing them to pick a single meal or create a weekly meal plan.
Activity – Fit2Me has a database of more than 500 physical activities and focused exercises, most of which have videos with step-by-step instructions. Users can customize a personal activity program based on their activity level and preferences, with exercises covering lifestyle, cardio, strength and flexibility.
Support Team – Fit2Me offers each user a digital coach, whose responses to questions help plan and celebrate successes. The program offers users the opportunity to select from a number of digital coaches to ensure they’re paired with the one that is best-suited to motivate them.
Treatment Support – Fit2Me offers treatment and appointment reminders, blood sugar trackers, and a personalized treatment kit that includes information about type 2 diabetes and treatment options from AstraZeneca that they can discuss with their doctor.

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Episode 10: Dealing With Diabetes Burnout

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Diabetes burnout is real. This week Corinna and Mike discuss their experiences with burnout and we play an interview we did with Author Ginger Vieira. Ginger wrote the book Dealing With Diabetes Burnout: How to recharge and get back on track when you feel frustrated and overwhelmed living with diabetes. Her book is an inspiring and empowering guide to managing the daily work and pressure of diabetes management.

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Episode 7: Physical Activity & Diabetes

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This week we tackle an old topic that we can always say more about: Physical Activity and Diabetes. Corinna and Mike attempt to talk about more than just a “go exercise” command because they both know they need to add physical activity to their lives. But what’s stopping them?

We play an interview we did through a collaboration with American Diabetes Association and the National Diabetes Program. Dr. Ronny A. Bell, PhD, Dr. Magon M. Saunders, PhD and Dr. Elizabeth Ortiz de Valdez, MD talk about physical activity and the mental benefits people with diabetes receive.

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Episode 3: Adventure

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This week we talk about ADVENTURE and we play an interview we did with Erin Spineto who is the founder of the Sea Peptide Academy and the authro of Islands and Insulin: A Diabetic Sailor’s Memoir.

After talking about our own commitments to start adventure, Corinna and Mike play the interview with Spineto who talks about the step-by-step guide that she’s launching that will help people choose, plan and execute an adventure and will hopefully also alleviate the stress that comes with diabetes.

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