Asian Clinic
Diabetes affects Asian Americans disproportionately. About 10 percent of all Asian Americans have diabetes, and many more have pre-diabetes and do not know it. Asian Americans living in the U.S. are faced with unique challenges when choosing a mix of western and traditional Asian diets. Recognizing this, we provide culturally appropriate care tailored to patients with Asian ancestry, with a particular focus on diet therapy.
Clinical Services
The Joslin Asian Clinic provides one-on-one appointments with clinicians and a dietitian who are culturally sensitive to the Asian population. We offer diabetes care through a team of three endocrinologists, an ophthalmologist, an optometrist, a registered dietitian and a care ambassador. The care ambassador serves as a coordinator of care here at the Asian Clinic. Our care providers speak Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and Hindi.
The Joslin Asian Clinic is a joint effort between Joslin Clinic and the Asian American Diabetes Initiative, designed to enhance the quality of life and health outcomes for Asian Americans living with diabetes through research, education, outreach and improved diabetes treatment outcomes.
Our mission is to build trust, knowledge and self-management skills.
Education
Education is another extension of our patient care. We have developed culturally appropriate educational materials that include:
Staying Healthy with Diabetes: an English-Chinese guide on diabetes care for the Chinese American community available for purchase. Visit our Web store to order.
Our dynamic and interactive bilingual Web site for patients, healthcare providers and the community. The Web site has a special feature called the Virtual Wok. You can drag ingredients into the wok and it will provide nutrition information.
Clinic Hours
Joslin Asian Clinic is in the Joslin Clinic at One Joslin Place 2nd Floor Boston, MA 02215. Hours are Thursdays 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. Please ask the front desk to page Alice Liu at arrival.
For an appointment or more information, please call Alice Liu at 617-732-2606 or e-mail aadi@joslin.harvard.edu.
Asian American Diabetes Initiative at Joslin
