Thank you for Attending
The Fifth Annual Diabetes Symposium of Wisconsin
Please use the links below to acces the evaluations in order to receive your CME Certificates.
All evaluations must be submitted within 3 weeks of the symposium.
CME Credit will not be awarded for evaluations submitted after June 11th, 2012.
The Italian Community Center, Milwaukee, WI
May 17-18, 2012
Program Information
This is a two day program with the specific purpose of increasing education and knowledge of all aspects of endocrine clinical practice and research. This symposium consists of medical lectures given by healthcare professionals on topics related to Diabetes Updates. This course is designed for primary care physicians, adult & pediatric endocrinologists, nurses, nurse practitioners, dieticians, physician assistants, fellows, residents, and medical students.
Program Objectives
This conference is designed to:
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Improve diabetes care by identifying and expounding evidence-based advances in management.
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Outline the areas that are at the outer limits of current knowledge and define our limitations.
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Improve Management and knowledge of drugs and therapy, using well-controlled trial data.
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Gain further knowledge about the scientific knowledge of the pathophysiological processes involved in diabetes
Designation of Credit
The Medical College of Wisconsin is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education to physicians. The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity a maximum of 14.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 14.5 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals.
This live activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 14.25 prescribed credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim on the the credit commensurate with the excent of their participation in the activity.
AMA/AAFP Equivalency:
AAFP Prescribed credit is accepted by the American Medical Association as equivalent to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. When applying for the AMA PRA, Prescribed credit earned must be reported as Prescribed, not as Category 1.
Featured Speakers:
E. Dale Abel, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry and Human Genetics
Chief-Division of Endocrinology Metabolism and Diabetes
Investigator: Program in Molecular Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT
Matthew Corcoran, MD, CDE
ACSM Exercise Specialist, Diabetes Training Camp, LLC Founder, CEO/President
Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate, Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Michael S. Freemark, MD
Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Lenox Baker Children's Hospital, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Om P. Ganda, MD
Specialist in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition
Senior Physician in the Section on Adult Diabetes at Joslin
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Joslin Diabetes Center and Joslin Clinic, Boston, MA
Jay D. Horton, MD
Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes
Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases
UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Steven Magill, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine
Community Memorial Medical Commons, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
Antoinette Moran, MD
Professor and Division Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Maria E. Ryan, DDS, PhD
Professor of Oral Biology and Pathology, Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and External Affairs
Director, Clinical Research, Medical Staff University Hospital Practice Limited to Periodontics
Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, NY
David Sacks, MB, ChB, FRCPath
Senior Investigator and Chief of Clinical Chemistry
National Industry of Health, Bethesda, MD
Desmond A. Schatz, MD
Professor and Associate Chairman of Pediatrics, Medical Director, Diabetes Center
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL
JoAnn Sperl-Hillen, MD
Senior Investigator, Medical Director, HealthPartners Diabetes Education Program
Medical Director, HealthPartners Riverside Clinic Research Department
HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD, CDE
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago,IL
Douglas W. Zochodne, MD, FRCPC
Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences; Director, Neuromuscular Clinic (Adult) for the Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; Director of Clinical Neurophysiology (Adult EMG) for Alberta Health Services; Scientist, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Diabetes Symposium Planning Committee
Chair: Shailendra Patel, MD, PhD, Professor, Endocrinology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Staff Attending, Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Committee Members:
Ramin Alemzadeh, MD, FAAP, Professor of Pediatrics, Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
Department of Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago
Nancy Havas, MD, Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
Beth Wilke, Division of Endocrinology, Medical College of Wisconsin
Penny Kasprzak, Associate Director, American Diabetes Association
Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding the symposium, please contact Beth Wilke at 414-955-6722 or via email at bwilke@mcw.edu.