Cincinnati Program Schedule
Saturday May 8, 2004
Northern Kentucky Convention Center
Covington, KY
7:30 am - 5:00 pm
7:30 - 4:00 pm
Registration Open
Health Fair Exhibits Open
Exhibits closed during lunch (12:15 - 1:45 pm)
8:30-10:30 pm
MORNING SESSION 1
8:30 - 8:40 pm
Welcome & Introduction
Barbara Ramlo-Halsted, MD
and Tammy DiMuzio, RD, CDE,
Cincinnati Conference Co-Directors
8:40 - 9:30 am
Diabetes is a Way of Life: Achieving
Good Control with Education,
Motivation and Self-Advocacy
Steven Edelman, M.D.,
living well with diabetes,
diabetologist,
TCOYD Founder and Director
9:30 - 10:00 am
You Can Live Successfully With Diabetes
William Polonksy PhD, CDE,
Licensed Clinical
Psychologist, author, "Diabetes Burnout"
10:00 - 11:00 am
Morning Break
Visit Health Fair Exhibits
Snack and beverages available in Health Fair
11:00 - 12:15 pm
MORNING SESSION II
11:00 - 11:25 am
Kidney Beans to Jelly Beans:
An Introduction to
Carb Counting
and The Glycemic Index
Patricia Geil, MS, RD, CDE,
Diabetes nutrition
educator and author
11:25 - 12:15 pm
Miracle of Insulin: Living with
Diabetes
Before and After
the Discovery of Insulin
Michael Bliss, PhD,
Renowned medical historian,
Author of "The Discovery of Insulin"
12:15 - 1:45 pm
BANQUET LUNCHEON
Sit-down banquet lunch
Special Guest Speaker
Della Reese, living well with diabetes
"Stronger than Diabetes:
How I Was Touched By An Angel"
AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
The afternoon sessions are color-coded to identify
their appropriateness for adult (red), pediatric
(blue) or for all participants (black). During the
afternoon, you are welcome to visit as many
sessions and activities as your time allows.
2:00 - 4:15 pm
Visit Health Fair Exhibits
Beverages will be available in the
Health Fair
throughout the afternoon
MEET THE EXPERTS
Lectures, Questions & Answers,
Panel Discussions, Demonstrations
2:00 - 2:55 pm
WORKSHOPS I
1. Kidney Beans to Jelly Beans:
The Full Scoop on Carb Counting
and the Glycemic Index
(Adult and Peds)
Patricia Geil, MS, RD, CDE,
Diabetes Nutrition
Educator and author
2. Reaching Personal Exercise Goals
(Adult and Peds)
Michael Heile, MD,
Family Medicine Physician
in private practice,
and Bill King, Animas
Corporation,
both living well with diabetes and
avid runners
3. Advanced Skills and
Techniques
for Insulin
Pumpers (Adult and Peds)
Nancy Morwessel, MSN, RN, CNP, CDE,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
4. Connecting to Diabetes
Resources (Adult and Peds)
Jeff Hitchcock,
Founder and Editor of
"Children With Diabetes" website
5. Preconceptual Planning
for a Healthy Baby (Adult)
Oormila Kovilam, MD,
Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Obstetrician, UC College of Medicine
6. Things Are Looking Up
for Menšs Health (Adult)
Emmet OšNeal, MD,
urologist in private
practice at Midwest Urology
7. Strategies to Avoid Stroke
and Neuropathy (Adult)
Brett Kissela, MD,
neurologist, UC College
of Medicine
3:00 - 3:30 pm
Afternoon Break
Visit Health Fair Exhibits
Beverages available in Health Fair throughout the afternoon
3:30 - 4:25 pm
WORKSHOPS II
8. Overcoming Diabetes
Burnout (Adult and Peds)
William Polonsky, PhD, CDE,
Licensed clinical psychologist
9. Diabetes Clinical Trials: What Are
They and What's Going on in
Cincinnati? (Adult and Peds)
Robert Cohen, MD,
diabetologist, UC College
of Medicine,
and a panel of local
investigators
10. Spring Tune-Up for Families
Living with Diabetes: Q&A with
Pediatric Diabetes Expert (Peds)
David Repaske, MD, pediatric diabetologist,
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
11. Taking Care of Business:
Diabetes and Women's
Health (Adult)
Lisa Larkin, MD,
Internist in private practice
12. Should You Try the Atkins
Diet? (Adult)
Bonnie Brehm, RD,
Registered Dietitian,
UC College of Nursing
13. Intensifying Your Insulin Therapy:
A Flexible Approach (Adult)
Mercedes Falciglia, MD
Diabetologist,
VA Medical Center
14. Doctor, Do I Really Need to
Take All These Pills to Control
My Diabetes? (Adult)
Yancey Holmes, MD,
diabetologist in private
practice at Northern Kentucky Center for
Diabetes and Hormone Disorders
2:00 - 4:15 pm
HANDS-ON SESSIONS
This is your opportunity to sit down one-on-one
with local specialists to get your feet
examined, to talk about your diabetes, and
to get answers to your individual questions.
A. Ask the Experts - Adult Issues
Diabetes Educators Co-Chairs:
Betty Claydon,
RD, LD, MEd, CDE
and Mary Angela Lamb,
RN, BSN, CDE
and a staff of educators
Physicians Chair:
Robert Cohen, MD,
and a staff of diabetologists
B. Ask the Experts - Pediatric Issues
Diabetes Educators Chair:
Ivy Sheehan, RD,
CDE,
and a staff of educators
Nurse Practitioners Chair:
Katherine Newland,
RN, MSN, CNP, CDE,
and a staff of nurse
practitioners
Physicians Chair: Dr. David Repaske, MD,
and a staff of diabetologists
Social Workers Chair:
Lisa Campbell,
MSW, LSW,
and a staff of social workers
C. Put Your Best Foot Forward:
Diabetes Foot Care
Gregory Worley, Podiatrist
Northern Kentucky Foot Specialists
4:30 - 5:00 pm
CLOSING SESSION
Exciting New Developments on
the Horizon for Treating Diabetes
Steven V. Edelman, MD
Wrap-Up and Adjourn
Cincinnati TCOYD Co-Directors:
Barbara Ramlo-Halsted,
MD
and Tammy DiMuzio, RN, MS, CDE
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Steven V. Edelman, M.D.
Diabetologist Founder and DirectorTaking Control of Your Diabetes Professor of Medicine UCSD School of Medicine VA Medical Center, San Diego
Barbara Ramlo-Halstead, MD
is a board certified
endocrinologist at the
University of Cincinnati
School of Medicine, as
well as Drs. Ester and
George Gross Medical Director of The
Diabetes Center at UC. Dr. Ramlo-Halsted
serves as the Associate Director of their
Endocrinology Clinical Trials Unit. She is an
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Tammy Dimuzio,
RN, MS, CDE
Registered Nurse and
Certified Diabetes
Educator, Ms. DiMuzio
serves as the Diabetes
Education Nurse Specialist
at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical
Center. She is a member of the American
Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE),
an officer of DECA, their local chapter, and
she sits on the Board of Directors of the
Cincinnati area American Diabetes
Association.
Della Reese
SPECIAL GUEST
SPEAKER
Della Reese began
singing in church in
her hometown of
Detroit, Michigan
when she was six
years old. This early
introduction to the
world of gospel set
the stage for Dellašs music legacy that
has spanned five decades. Della is
perhaps best known for her work on the
CBS network hit ŗTouched By An Angel,˛
for which she has received an Emmy
Award nomination as well as five
consecutive NAACP Image Awards for
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Television
Drama Series.
Several years ago, Della was diagnosed
with type 2 diabetes. After working with
her health- care team, she has learned to
be stronger than diabetes by eating right,
staying active and taking medication
every day. She is now publicly revealing
her personal story with type 2 diabetes
with the hope
of educating
and motivating
others with the
disease.
SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER
Michael Bliss, PhD
Dr Bliss holds the elite rank of University Prfessor at the University of Toronto. He has written numerous prize-winning books on Canadian and medical history, iincluding "The Discovery of Insulin". For many years he has been in coonstant demand as a lecturer and speaker in North America and Europe.
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