Diabetes Myths and Truths

Gerald Bernstein, Director, Diabetes Management Program, Friedman Diabetes Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center. Vice President, Medical Affairs, Generex Biotechnology

Betty Brackenridge, MS, RD, CDE, Director of Professional Training, Diabetes Management & Training Centers, Phoenix, Arizona, Co-author of Diabetes Myths, Misconceptions and Big Fat Lies!

Robert M. Eber, DDS, MS, Diplomate, American Board of Periodontology, Clinical Professor and Associate Chair, Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan

Megrette Fletcher, MEd, RD, CDE, LD, Executive Director, The Center for Mindful Eating

Martha Funnell, Clinical Nurse Specialist, CDE and Adjunct Lecturer in the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and Research Investigator, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School. Co-author of The Art of Empowerment: Stories and Strategies For Diabetes Educators and The Little Diabetes Book You Need to Read

Lois Jovanovič, MD, CEO and Chief Scientific Officer at The Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Adjunct Professor of Bimolecular Science and Engineering at The University of California-Santa Barbara, and Clinical Professor of Medicine at The University of Southern California-Keck School of Medicine

Francine Ratner Kaufman, MD, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Communications at Keck School of Medicine and the Annenberg School of Communications of the University of Southern California, and Head of the Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Past President of the American Diabetes Association and author of Diabesity: The Obesity-Diabetes Epidemic That Threatens America—And What We Must Do to Stop It

Maudene Nelson, CDE and RD at the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University

Ben Ortolaza, American Diabetes Association Specialist, Quality Assurance

William Polonsky, PhD, CDE, Psychologist and Associate Clinical Professor in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. Founder and CEO of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. Author of Diabetes Burnout and co-author of The Secrets of Living and Loving with Diabetes

Wendy Satin-Rapaport, Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Social Worker, adjunct faculty of the University of Miami Medical School, Diabetes Research Institute, author of When Diabetes Hits Home

Birgitta I. Rice, MS, RPh, CHES, researcher, clinician, and educator at the Epidemiology Clinical Research Center, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Jean Betschart Roemer, MSN, MN, CPNP, CDE, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Janis Roszler, RD, CDE, LD/N, 2008–2009 Diabetes Educator of the Year (AADE). Host of dTalk Radio on dLife.com, author of Diabetes on Your Own Terms, co-author of Sex & Diabetes, and columnist of “Dear Janis” in Diabetes Positive! magazine

Betsy Rustad-Snell, BS, RN, CDE, CPT

Lynda Schultz Sardeson, MSA, RN, CDE, Diabetes Nurse Specialist, Elkhart General Hospital, Elkhart, IN. Past President of the Northern Indiana Association of Diabetes Educators

Joe Solowiejczyk, RN, MSW, CDE, Manager, Diabetes Counseling and Training, Global Strategic Affairs, LifeScan, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company

Kathy Spain, RN, BSN, CDE, CPT, Member of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s research Lay Review Committee and author of Kids, Insulin Pumps and You...A Parent’s Guide to Insulin Pump Therapy for Kids; The Diabetes Answerbook; and The Diabetes Explorer Series

Richard S. Surwit, PhD, ABPP, FAClinP, Professor, Chief, Division of Medical Psychology and Vice Chairman for Research Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center. Author of The Mind-Body Diabetes Revolution

Susan Weiner, RD, MS, CDE, CDN, Contributing Medical Producer for dLife: For your diabetes Life!

Delaine M. Wright, MS, RCEP, CDE, ACSM and Director of Fit4D.com