Silicon Valley, CA - Taking Control of Your Diabetes Conference & Health Fair

Santa Clara Convention Center
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Online registration is now closed. Please register on-site the morning of the event. Registration opens at 7:30 a.m.
Click here for "Making The Connection" CME/CEU program.
Click here for a PDF of the Silicon Valley TCOYD Conference brochure.
Pre-Registered Exhibitors - Click here for Exhibitor Kit



7:30 a.m.
On Site Registration
Visit Health Fair Exhibits

8:30-10:05 a.m.
MORNING SESSION I

8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
Conference Co-Directors
Patrick Kearns, MD; Craig Wargon, DPM; Marc Jaffe, MD; and Tyler Aguinaldo, MD

8:40 a.m.
The Future in Diabetes Treatment is Here and Now!
Steven V. Edelman, MD, Living well with Diabetes, Diabetologist, TCOYD Founder and Director

9:30 a.m.
Stand Up and Stretch

9:35 a.m.
The Personal Side of Diabetes: Psychological Secrets to Effective Self-Management
William Polonsky, PhD, CDE, Clinical Psychologist, Founder, Behavioral Diabetes Institute

10:05 - 11:05 a.m.
Morning Break
Visit Health Fair Exhibits
Cheese, apples and beverages are available

10:05 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Keens Program
See schedule details below in "afternoon programs"
Keens meet to pick up questions for scavenger hunt. The hunt takes place in the Health Fair throughout the day.

MORNING SESSION II
11:05 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

11:05 a.m.
Food for Thought: Nutrition for Successful Diabetes Management
Ruth Spirakis, MS, RD, CDE, Dietician, Private Practice and Palo Alto Medical Foundation

11:30 a.m.
Foot Notes: What You Need to Know to Keep Your Feet Healthy
Craig Wargon, DPM, Podiatrist, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Conference Co-Director

11:55 a.m.
The Law and How it Affects Your Diabetes Care
Kriss Halpern, JD, Diabetes Attorney, Santa Monica, Living well with diabetes

LUNCHEON
12:20 - 1:50 p.m.

1:00 p.m.
Special Guest Speaker Doug Burns, Mr. Universe
Living well with diabetes. "The Diabetes Antidote"

AFTERNOON PROGRAMS
Lectures, Q&A, Panel Discussions, Demos. During the afternoon you are welcome to visit as many sessions and activities as your time allows.

1:50 - 4:25 p.m.
Visit Health Fair Exhibits
Beverages will be available in the Health Fair throughout the afternoon.

MEET THE EXPERTS WORKSHOPS 1-6 Choose one.
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Choose one.

1. The Personal Side of Diabetes: An Interactive Hour of Q&A with Our Psych Expert
William Polonsky, PhD, CDE, Clinical Psychologist, Founder, Behavioral Diabetes Institute

2. The Latest On Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Bruce Buckingham, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Stanford and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

3. Alternative Treatments: Are They Effective for Diabetes Control?
Harley Goldberg, DO, Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Kaiser Permanente

4. The ABC's of Diabetes: Controlling Your A1c, Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Levels
Marc Jaffe, MD, Endocrinologist, Kaiser Permanente

5. Are Your Tired of Being Tired? The Latest On Sleep Apnea
Aaron Morse, MD, Pulmonolgist, Santa Cruz, and Todd Dray, MD, Otolaryngology, Kaiser Permanente

6. Preventing Obesity: It Starts with Our Kids
Dan Delgado, MD, and Norma Molina, RD, Pediatric Healthy Lifestyle Center, Santa Clara

3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Break
Visit Health Fair Exhibits

WORKSHOPS 7-12 Choose one.
3:30 - 4:25 p.m.

7. Getting to Insulin Sooner: The Truths and Myths About Insulin Use and Type 2 Diabetes
Tyler Aguinaldo, MD, Endocrinologist, Valley Medical, Conference Co-Director
Supported by a grant from Sanofi-Aventis

8. Goal Setting and Action Planning for Effective Self-Management
Kate Lorig, RN, DrPH, Director, Patient Education Research Center, Stanford

9. High Carb, Low Carb, No Carb! What's Best?
Tracy McLaughlin, MD, Endocrinologist, Stanford

10. Q&A with our Legal Eagle
Kriss Halpern, JD, Diabetes Attorney, Santa Monica, Living well with diabetes

11. A Session for Kaiser Members: Navigating Through the System to Receive the Services You Need
Harley Goldberg, DO, Todd Dray, MD, Conference Co-Directors: Marc Jaffe, MD, and Craig Wargon, DPM

12. Blogging: Learn What the Online Diabetes Community is All About
Amy Tenderich, Founder, www.diabetesmine.com, Living well with diabetes

PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE
2:00 - 4:15 p.m.

A. Walking with Bill and Toning Up with Resistance Band Training
Walk your way to better blood sugars using a pedometer to measure your progress and learn how to tone up using resistance bands. Bill King, Avid runner, diabetes advocate, living well with diabetes; supported by Animas Corporation

B. Dance For Health
Alex Dziekanowski, BA, PTA and Elaine Baylis-Dziekanowski, RN, Founders and Executive Directors of Dance 4 Health; Charlotte Jorgensen, worldwide champion dancer, coach and choreographer.

C. Generations: Fitness for Kids and Adults
Dan McClure, Founder and Director, Generations Community Wellness Centers

HANDS-ON SESSIONS
2:00 - 4:25 p.m. This is your opportunity to sit down one-on-one with the experts to talk about your diabetes, nutrition, physical fitness, medications and to get your feet examined by a foot specialist.

A. Fitness Consultations
Chair: Lynn Sheredy, RN, Kaiser Permanente; and a faculty of fitness experts from the community to help you design a program that works for you.

B. Foot Screening
Chair: Craig Wargon, DPM, Podiatrist, Kaiser Permanente, Conference Co-Director; and a faculty of podiatrists from the community.

C. Ask A Specialist
Chair: Tyler Aguinaldo, MD, Valley Medical Center, Conference Co-Director; and a faculty of physicians, diabetes educators, dietitians and pharmacists from the community.

KEENS PROGRAM
Kids & Teens 8-18 Years and Their Parents
2:00-4:25 p.m.

2:00 p.m.
The Best Me
A Healthy Eating and Active Living Theater Performance
Educational Theater Program provided by Kaiser Permanente

3:00 p.m.
Game World
Diabetes Games to increase kids knowledge of foods and activities that lead to good health and good diabetes control, provided by the Diabetes Society of Santa Clara County

3:25 p.m.
Panel Discussion for Parents Raising Kids with Diabetes
Chair: Bruce Buckingham, MD, Pediatric Endocrinologist, Stanford and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center; Panel: Stanford and Kaiser Permanente Pediatric Endocrinology teams.

4:15 p.m.
Prizes Awarded for Diabetes Scavenger Hunt
Keens gather answers to a set of diabetes questions from the Health Fair exhibitors throughout the day. When all their questions are answered, their names are entered into a drawing for iPods, iTunes cards and other cool prizes awarded at the end of the day. Chaired by Patrick Kearns, MD

CLOSING SESSION
4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Diabetes Crossfire: Panel Discussion with Q &A from the Audience on the Latest and Greatest in Diabetes Treatment
Panel: Patrick Kearns, MD, Craig Wargon, DPM, Marc Jaffe, MD, and Tyler Aguinaldo, MD

Wrap-up and Adjourn

Attention Medical Professionals Seeking CME and CEU's
CME & CEU's for medical professionals will be available through a separate course being held concurrently with this patient program. The 2nd Annual "Cutting Edge Strategies for Diabetes Care: Making the Connection" featuring new and updated information, will offer 6.0 hours of credit. This unique and innovative course will integrate with the patient program for a portion of the day and meet in separate sessions for the remainder. If you are interested in CME/CEU credit, do not register for the TCOYD patient program. Call (800) 998-2693 or visit www.tcoydcme.org.

TCOYD Conference & Health Fair Registration

Online registration is now closed. Please register at the conference on Saturday morning beginning at 7:30 a.m.

Early Registration Fee
Postmarked on or before September 7, 2007: $35 one person or $30 per person when two or more register together.
Late registration Fee
Postmarked on or after September 8, 2007: $40 one person, or $35 per person when two or more register together.
No refunds after September 8th.

Onsite Registration
$40 per person. Onsite registration begins at 7:30 a.m. on September 15 at the convention center.

If you have special needs please call 800-998-2693.

Location
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA
Phone: 408-748-7000

Parking: There is ample free parking surrounding the convention center. When you register, a postcard will be mailed with additional information.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call the TCOYD office (800) 998-2693 or
(858) 755-5683 ~ Fax (858) 755-6854
If you have special needs, please call TCOYD.

Steven V. Edelman, MD
Diabetologist Founder and Director, Taking Control of Your Diabetes Professor of Medicine UCSD School of Medicine VA Medical Center, San Diego


Patrick Kearns, MD

Patrick Kearns, MD
Dr. Pat Kearns is a practicing physician in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Nutrition at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. He serves as the Director of Chronic Care Management and the Acting Director of the Diabetes Metabolism Clinic.


Craig Wargon, DPM
Dr. Craig Wargon is a practicing physician in Podiatric Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics at the Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center. He is also the Medical Director of The Technology Group, a regional department of The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG).

Marc G. Jaffe, MD
Dr. Jaffe is the Clinical Leader of the Kaiser Northern California Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Program and Sub-Chief of Endocrinology at Kaiser Permanente South San Francisco Hospital. He is a Staff Physician for The Permanente Medical Group.

Tyler Aguinaldo, MD
Dr. Aquinaldo is the Director of the Diabetes Center and Associate Chief of the Department of Endocrinology at the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, California. He is also a Clinical Instructor at the Stanford Hospital and Clinics.



Doug Burns, Mr. Universe
Doug Burns was 7-years old when he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. His accomplishments since then are nothing short of amazing. He became a record setting strength athlete, with American records in several weightlifting categories; a championship drug free physique competitor, with the Natural Mr. USA and Natural Mr. Universe among his bodybuilding titles; and a respected personal fitness trainer, whose clients include Olympic athletes and professional football players. Having studied pathology at the University of Southern Mississippi, Doug has become an authority on using regular exercise and sustained physical fitness to prevent the onset of Type 2 diabetes and to limit the health issues usually associated with Type 1 and Type 2. The father of 3 children, Doug serves as a board member of the American Diabetes Association and is the director of diabetes and obesity education for a medical research institute.