HOUSTON — In this video exclusive, Endocrine Today Diabetes in Real Life columnist Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE, FAADE, talks with the current president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Karen Kemmis, PT, DPT, RN, MS, GCS, CDE, CEEAA, FAADE, and Kellie Antinori-Lent, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, BC-ADM, CDE, AADE president-elect, about the organization’s new designation of diabetes educators as “diabetes care and education specialists.”
Kemmis and Antinori-Lent describe implications for credentialing and competencies. A name change for the organization itself is
Anupam Ghose, a physician by training, was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in 2017. After the diagnosis of T2DM, he followed a low carbohydrate high fat diet and reversed his T2DM within a year. Now he has one main goal in life. Yes, it is to make people understand that the conventional method of treating T2DM is not beneficial. The best way to reverse and fight T2DM is through diet and lifestyle modification. He decided to help people suffering from T2DM in their new journey by offering consultations and working together with them in order to achieve a T2DM free life.
