Endocrinology

Type 2 Diabetes

Expert Perspectives in Type 2 Diabetes to Cover Key Topics in Type 2 Diabetes Treatment

expert perspectives by Marie E. McDonnell, MD; Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, FACP; Serena Cardillo, MD

Overview

Expert Perspectives delivers health care providers with insights from key thought leaders on the latest advancements and current practices in medicine, in a concise and timely format. This issue of Expert Perspectives in Type 2 Diabetes will feature selected topics in Type 2 Diabetes that we hope you will find of value in your clinical practice.

The clinicians who were surveyed selected the following experts and topics.

Community-Selected Experts:

Serena Cardillo, MD

Fellowship Program Director and Director of Education
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Physician
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Rita Rastogi Kalyani, MD, MHS, FACP

Editor in Chief, Johns Hopkins Diabetes Guides
Director, Diabetes Management Service
Johns Hopkins Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto Transplant Program
Associate Professor of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Marie E. McDonnell, MD

Chief, Diabetes Section
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Director, Diabetes Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

Community-Selected Topics:

Expert Roundtables

•   Optimizing the Type 2 Diabetes Treatment Paradigm With New Targets and Precision Treatment
•   Prevention as a Part of Type 2 Diabetes Patient Management
•   Advances in the Management of Type 2 Diabetes
•   Type 2 Diabetes: Current Treatment Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Patient Outcomes

Clinical Topic Updates

•   Metformin, Vitamin B₁₂ Status, and the Risk of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
•   Multidisciplinary Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
•   Role of Overweight and Obesity in Late Complications Associated With Type 2 Diabetes
•   Increased Cardiovascular Risks Associated With Type 2 Diabetes and Its Medications

Patient Care Perspectives

•   Individualizing the Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Making the Right Treatment Choice Among Multiple Available Options
•   Role of Chronic Overweight Therapies in Type 2 Diabetes
•   American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in Clinical Practice
•   Treatment Adherence Challenges in Type 2 Diabetes

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Marie E. McDonnell, MD

Chief, Diabetes Section
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Director, Diabetes Program
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA