Joslin Diabetes Center has the largest staff of Certified Diabetes Educators in the world.

Patient Care

Learning to Manage Your Diabetes

Good diabetes management starts with learning skills you can use to make good food choices, increase your physical activity in an appropriate way and monitor your blood glucose level. Joslin's expert team of Certified Diabetes Educators, including nutritionists and exercise physiology, can help you learn those skills.    Read More

Diabetes Education Programs

Joslin Clinic programs provide for a wide range of options for people with diabetes, including educational programs such as:

  • Diabetes Today—providing comprehensive education for the patient who is newly diagnosed;
  • DO IT Program—a four-day intensive educational and medical therapeutic program that provides comprehensive education and medical care;
  • Insulin Pump Program—providing an opportunity for patients to start insulin pump therapy, or for those who need to refresh their pump knowledge and/or adjust treatment.

Diabetes Weight Management Programs

Losing weight is hard—but when you have diabetes, it’s even harder.

That’s why the diabetes and weight management experts at the Joslin Diabetes Center two programs—Why WAIT? and YOU-Turn—based on extensive clinical research and designed especially for people with diabetes.

Joslin Clinic Recognitions