Inside Joslin

Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Heather Ferris, M.D., PhD first joined Joslin in 2009 when she arrived on a BIDMC/Joslin endocrinology fellowship. After completing her fellowship in 2012, she began treating adult patients in November of that year. She became interested in diabetes care while studying internal medicine during her residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. After seeing patients with diabetes who were not well managed, she knew that she could work with them to get them under better control.

Friday, February 22, 2013

On Tuesday, Dec. 18, M. Donna Younger, M.D. of the Joslin Clinic Adult Section was recognized and honored for her 50 plus year career at the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Losing Weight when you have diabetes may be only a keystroke away. One of the first innovations in the Joslin Everywhere (JE) program, the Joslin’s virtual outreach architecture, is an on-line weight management program for people with diabetes.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Eyiuche Okeke, M.D., became interested in diabetes care while watching her many relatives, including her grandmother, struggle with the disease. She is now an endocrinologist at Joslin with a focus on multicultural populations affected by diabetes.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Nov. 14 was World Diabetes Day–a time to raise awareness about diabetes of any type, in any town, suburb or city, all across the world.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

It is with great sadness that staff of Joslin Diabetes Center has learned that our friend and colleague George Eisenbarth passed away at 10 am on November 13, 2012 after a long struggle with pancreatic cancer.  Dr. Eisenbarth was a true giant in type 1 diabetes research, whose studies helped define the progressive autoimmune nature of this disease and use this knowledge to try to define new approaches to treatment and prevention of the disease.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012

Catherine Carver, M.S., A.N.P., C.D.E., Vice President for Advocacy and Planning is one of the key movers behind Joslin’s bid to bring diabetes care into the 21st century with Joslin Everywhere, a digital care and education platform in the works at Joslin Diabetes Center.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

When patients and doctors can engage in honest conversation, that’s when care is at its best. That was the take-home message of “What People Think About Diabetes, Why It Matters, and What Can Be Done,” the 6th Annual Harriet Mackay Forum (named for the first diabetes educator, who worked under Dr. Elliott P. Joslin).

Friday, September 28, 2012

Nested among the administrative offices on the fourth floor of the Joslin Diabetes Center (the Joslin) is an extraordinary room, one that houses the institutional memory, and perhaps a bit of the soul, of the Center and its founder, Elliott P. Joslin, M.D. 

Monday, August 20, 2012

Joslin Diabetes Center’s Latino Diabetes Initiative (LDI) is this year’s recipient of ALPFA’s Distinguished Community Service and Leadership Award for improving health care outcomes for Latinos and minorities in Boston.    

Monday, August 13, 2012

The American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) awarded Carole’ Mensing one of its most coveted honors, the Allene Von Son Distinguished Service Award, during its annual meeting on August 3.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

by C. Ronald Kahn, M.D., Mary K. Iacocca Professor, Harvard Medical School, Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center

On July 30, 2012 , Dr. George F. Cahill, Jr. passed away in Peterborough, New Hampshire at the age of 85.  Dr. Cahill was a world-renowned diabetes researcher who served as Joslin’s Research Director from 1962 to 1978. 

Monday, July 23, 2012

Allison Cohen, M.D., M.M.Sc., has been practicing one day a week in the Pediatric clinic as Adolescent/Adult Transition physician at Joslin Diabetes center over the past two years. Here, she talks about her experience working with this population, its triumphs and challenges.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Amy Campbell, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., C.D.E., has been awarded the 2012 Will Solimene Award for Excellence in Medical Communication for her article on probiotic and prebiotics for Diabetes Self-Management, a magazine geared for people with diabetes.

Monday, May 21, 2012

Stephan Kissler, Joslin’s new addition to the immunology team, is trying to crack the genetic code behind type 1 diabetes. And the end result could prevent the disease from happening in the first place.

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Cynthia Pasquarello, B.S.N., R.N., C.D.E., an educator in the Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Program, has seen a lot of diabetes history. She started at the Joslin Diabetes Center in 1972, surrounded by the pioneers of diabetes research and care—including Priscilla White and Alexander Marble. Today, she is being honored at Joslin’s Length of Service Ceremony for her 40 years of dedication to patients with diabetes.

Monday, May 07, 2012

Barbara Wagler was 12 years old on Feb. 10, 1936 when her mother took her to get a Valentine’s Sundae at a local ice cream shop. That sundae sent Barbara to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

Seventy-six years later, Barbara stood on stage at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston to receive her 75-Year Medal, only the 51st to ever be awarded by Joslin.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Earlier this year, the FDA placed a warning label on the class of LDL cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins.

Monday, April 09, 2012

Joslin Diabetes Center is partnering with the Y of Greater Boston to offer Joslin’s first community-based weight loss program for people with type 2 diabetes at their Waltham location. The 12-week program, starting on April 24, focuses on weight loss within the frame work of improving diabetes control and is modeled after the successes of the clinic-based Why WAIT program.

Monday, April 02, 2012

Danielle Handler, a junior at Newton North High School, is the 2012 Joslin Youth Ambassador.

“I’m excited to help Joslin Diabetes Center by reaching out to youth of all ages and raising awareness of the role that Joslin is playing in the treatment and cure of Type 1 diabetes,” said Danielle, of her new role.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) at the Joslin Diabetes Center is releasing Drag ’n Cook, an exciting new iPhone app designed to provide easy access to nutritional information for cooks and consumers. The app will be available for purchase on iTunes.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Stacey O’Donnell, R.N., C.D.E., has been a nurse educator at Joslin Diabetes Center for the last five years. She graduated from Curry College in 1996 and spent three years in the cardio thoracic and two years in the vascular intensive care units at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital before joining the staff at Joslin. Stacey also worked summers at Camp Joslin and the Clara Barton Adventure Camp, camps for children with diabetes.