About the website
The
DiabetesMonitor
was founded
May 3, 1995, by
William W. Quick, MD, FACP, FACE,
who was at the time in the private practice of endocrinology. In 1998, when he relocated from private practice, the responsibilities for the
DiabetesMonitor
were transferred to his wife,
Stephanie Schwartz, RN, MPH, CDE.
In 1999, ownership of the website was transferred to
children with DIABETES.
In November, 2003, Steph and Bill started a new website,
ADiabetesWebsite.
In August, 2004, ownership of the
DiabetesMonitor
website was transferred back to Steph and Bill, and the two websites integrated (see the press release,
ADiabetesWebsite acquires DiabetesMonitor website).
At the present time, this website is primarily
personally funded, with assistance from sales generated
though banner and other advertising, and
links to
Ads by Google
and
Amazon.
for further information.
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The Editors
Stephanie Schwartz, RN, MPH, CDE - Executive Director
Steph
has been a specialist in diabetes care and education for many years, and has been active on the Board of the local Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, as well as with the American Diabetes Association, and with diabetes summer camp. Her Master's degree in Public Health is in the area of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
She has been Certified as a Diabetes Educator since 1986 by the
National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
She has been an officer and member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and has been a member of the Committee on Education Program Recognition of the American Diabetes Association.
Steph also is a certified pump trainer for Animas and for Deltec.
Her CV is
available
at this website.
Steph can be reached via e-mail at ssq@swq.com
William Quick, MD, FACP, FACE - Medical Director
Dr. Quick is the Executive Medical Director for the Americas for Endocrinology
in a research organization,
i3 Research, working
with
endocrinology and metabolic disorders.
He previously was in private practice at the Midwest Diabetes Care Center in Independence, Missouri. He has been a specialist in diabetes care and endocrinology for over 30 years.
Bill, as he prefers to be called, is a nationally-known expert in diabetes education, and is a past president of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. He is a Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, and also a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Endocrinology and Diabetes Care.
His CV is
available as a Word document
at this website.
Bill can be reached via e-mail at wwq@swq.com
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Contributors
Listed alphabetically. (We would welcome the participation of other health professionals and other people interested in diabetes care and diabetes education!)
Mark Abbott
Mark is a Computer Manager for a Fortune 50 company in the Midwest. In 1999 Mark was identified as pre-diabetic, and was diagnosed with
Type 2 Diabetes in 2000. Mark controlled his diabetes with oral medications until late 2005, and
he began using Byetta in January 2006. Mark's job and his work with the Spina Bifida Association (a children's disability
organization) often require extended travel, which drove his need to find an easy and secure method for traveling with Byetta. Mark's
Traveling with Byetta Guidelines is a summary of practical experience and computerized testing with remote sensors.
Laura Murphy Baillie
Laura has had Type 1 diabetes for 27 years, and lives in Boston. She has
eldercare experience in independent living,
assisted living and as a long term care ombudsman.
Laura can be reached via e-mail at laurajb00@yahoo.com
Larry Ballonoff, MD
Dr. Ballonoff is an endocrinologist with the Colorado Permanente Medical Group in Denver, Colorado. He was also one of the volunteer physicians answering questions for the users of Colorado HealthSite in the area of diabetes. Dr. Ballonoff is a board-certified physician who has been involved in the treatment of diabetes for many years.
Suzanne Belyea, DPM, CPed
Dr. Belyea is the medical director of
Foot.com, "The world's most comprehensive foot health website."
Belyea is a proponent of conservative treatment modalities for common foot problems. She regularly leads seminars and workshops on footcare for diverse gatherings of healthcare professionals, including orthotists, prosthetists, physical therapists, pedorthists, and many others.
Belyea is one of a select group of practitioners who have combined a degree of Podiatric Medicine with Board Certification in Pedorthics. A graduate of Pennsylvania College of Podiatric Medicine, she is also a market manager at APEX Foot Health Industries, Inc.
Gordon Cameron, MD
Dr. Cameron is a specialist in joint and muscle pain who works in private practice in Edinburgh and Glasgow in
Scotland. Previously he was a member of the medical team for a Scottish Premier League football club.
He offers assessment and treatment of problems in the spine, the joints and muscles - but from
a non-surgical perspective.
He graduated from Edinburgh University Medical School in
1985 and holds the Diploma in Musculoskeletal Medicine and Fellowship of the Society of Orthopaedic Medicine.
He is a member of the British Institute of Musculoskeletal Medicine and a Companion Fellow of the British Orthopaedic Association.
He is the author of several books and a great many
articles on various topics related to joint pain.
His websites are
Cameron Medical Limited
and
It's a Joint Enterprise.
William Dubois
William is a 42-year-old Type 1 diabetic. He's been on a CoZmo pump since January of 2005, achieving very good control until the fall of 2005 when his sugars got out of control with "weird spikes and unexplained crashes." He developed impaired hypoglycemia awareness, and one day when he went from 241 to 35 in four hours without a whisper of a symptom he decided to purchase the recently approved Medtronic Guardian RT continuous glucose monitoring system. For a day-to-day chronicle of his life wearing a Guardian, visit his Blog at
http://www.lifeafterdx.blogspot.com/.
Karen LaVine, RN, CDE
Karen graduated from nursing school in 1976. She obtained diabetes educator certification in 1998 and worked as a home care nurse for 20 years. For the last 4 years she has been working for a disease management company.
Donna Mandelkern
Donna worked the majority of her professional career as a school speech/language pathologist for Capital Region BOCES. In 1980 she was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and shortly thereafter got the T-2 diagnosis. In 2000, she underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost 91 pounds. Now in retirement, Donna enjoys gardening, computer surfing, exercising on treadmills and quiet contemplation.
Betty McGreevey RN, MN, CNS, CLNC
Betty is an Advanced Practice Nurse, more specifically, a Clinical Nurse Specialist trained at the Masters level in Adult Health Medicine. She first became involved with diabetes in 1974 when as part of an Education Instructor position she suddenly found herself teaching diabetic classes. She started a Mother's Group when she got complaints there was nothing for children and one of those moms went on to be instrumental in founding the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. She is Certified in Gerontology and presently embarking on a new career after 30 years of clinical nursing as a Legal Nurse Consultant.
DeWayne McCulley
DeWayne is an engineer who works for a Fortune 500 systems
company in Upstate NY. In 2002 his life took a drastic turn
when he was stricken with a diabetic coma and a blood glucose level of 1337.
DeWayne used his engineering and biochemistry background to
wean himself off the insulin
and other drugs to lower his average glucose level and his
hemoglobin A1C back to the normal ranges.
He credits his recovery to God, his doctors and nurses,
his mother, his daughter, a set of unexplained
accidents (blessings) and his undying thirst for
knowledge - all guiding him through his recovery.
DeWayne has written a book that explains his wellness
strategy
with medical references from more than 250
clinical studies.
His hope is that his wellness strategy
(at
www.DeathToDiabetes.com) and book (Death to Diabetes
- The 6 Stages of Type 2 Diabetes Control & Reversal) will help
people the way he was helped -- by people
he would never have met if it weren't for his experience with diabetes.
DeWayne can be reached via his website's Contact Us page
David Mendosa
David is a freelance journalist and consultant specializing in diabetes. After earning a B.A. with honors from the
University of California, Riverside, and an M.A. from Claremont Graduate University, he became a Foreign Service officer. He worked 11 years in Washington and four years in Africa for the U.S. foreign aid program. Subsequently, he became a journalist, initially specializing in writing about small business. However, when he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in February 1994, he began to write entirely about that condition. His articles and columns have appeared in many of the major diabetes magazines and websites. He is currently a contributor to "Diabetes Wellness News." His own website, David Mendosa's Diabetes Directory,
http://www.mendosa.com/diabetes.htm, was one of the first and is now one of the largest with that focus. Every month he also publishes an online newsletter called "Diabetes Update." He is a co-author of
What Makes My Blood Sugar Go Up…And Down?
(New York: Marlowe & Co., August 2003).
David can be reached via e-mail at mendosa@mendosa.com
John Neale
John was the author of a diabetes website,
John Neale's diabetes guide.
John Ngijseh, Msc BPharm
John is a registered pharmacist based within the London locality and has been
involved in a wide range of work to help people with diabetes. From reviewing
people with diabetic medication in care and nursing homes to screening people
and assessing their risk of developing diabetes. John has a number of years
of practical pharmacy experience especially with glucose meters and related
diagnostic products. This experience has been used to write a number of
articles for
www.Glucosemeters4u.com which he has a strong ties with. The
articles often focus on learning about different aspects of diabetes and practical
tips with glucose meters and related diabetic equipment.
Barbara Quinn
Barbara is a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Tom Seabourne, PhD
Tom Seabourne holds a Ph.D in exercise science.
The American Council on Exercise (ACE) voted Tom as one of the top three educators of the year in 2005. Tom is a two-time All-American in taekwondo and was inducted into the Taekwondo Hall of Fame in 2006. He won the bicycle Race Across America (RAAM) Open West and was a top ten finisher in the 1990 RAAM. Tom has been featured as the Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Month, Men's Fitness Magazine's Sportsman of the Month, Men's Exercise Magazine's Mr. Fitness, and Physical Magazine's In The Spotlight.
Tom and his wife Danese live in Texas with their five children.
His website is www.tomseabourne.com.
Amy Tenderich
Amy is a relatively new Type 1 diabetic
based in San Francisco, CA. Diagnosed in May 2003,
she gets good control so far with a Novolog pen and
Lantus injections at night. She's a part-time
freelance writer for the technology industry and
full-time mom. She writes an unusual Web log about
diabetes at
www.diabetesmine.com.
Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE
Hope is a nationally recognized author and expert on the subjects of healthy eating and diabetes. As a dietitian and diabetes educator, she has counseled people with diabetes for more than 20 years.
1:15 PM 11/6/2004She is the author or coauthor of several diabetes books, including
Complete Guide to Carb Counting,
The Diabetes Food and Nutrition Bible : A Complete Guide to Planning, Shopping, Cooking, and Eating,
and the
Guide to Healthy Restaurant Eating
Her website is
www.hopewarshaw.com.
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Diabetes Panel of Experts
Listed alphabetically.
(We would welcome the participation of other health professionals.)
Susan L. Barlow, RD CDE
Susan is no stranger to diabetes, having lived with
type 1 diabetes
for more than 30 years and having built her career on diabetes education. Trained as a Registered Dietitian at Case Western Reserve University, Sue was one of those educators to take the first certification exam in 1986 to become a
Certified Diabetes Educator
(C.D.E.). Sue has always been active locally and nationally in several diabetes organizations. In 1994-95, she served as the President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
She has published and presented extensively to both professional and lay audiences on various topics related to diabetes. In August of 1995,
Sue co-authored her first book titled
In Control: A Guide for Teens with Diabetes.
As a media representative for the American Dietetic Association for five years, Sue specialized in news related to diabetes. In Cleveland, Sue had her own radio spot on nutrition tips for nearly 5 years with WWWE-1100AM, the top news/weather/sports station. In September of 1996, she accepted a marketing position in the Diabetes Care Division of Roche Diagnostics, with oversight on diabetes education materials and serving as the main liaison to diabetes organizations for the company. As of March 2001, Sue has been employed as a Diabetes Clinical Liaison in the Medical Affairs Department of Amylin Pharmaceuticals, based in San Diego
Gordon Cameron, MD
See above
Christine Carlson, MS, RD, BC-ADM, CDE
Christine is Nutrition Director of
GlucoMenu (a meal planning service for people with diabetes). Christine is a Registered Dietitian
(RD) and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE). As a RD and CDE, Christine
is most interested in diabetes education and lifestyle changes (diet and exercise) particularly among those with Type 2 and Pre-Diabetes. When
she isn't working on meal plans Christine enjoys exercising outdoors and testing new food products in the kitchen.
Christine can be reached via GlucoMenu's
Contact Us form.
David Holtzman, Esq.
David has worked with the diabetes community concerning third-party reimbursement and coverage for self-management educaion, equipment and supplies by health insurers, health plans and Medicare for over a decade. He began his career as a staff counsel in the New York State Assembly. There he developed
groundbreaking legislation
for health insurance coverage of diabetes self-managment education, equipment and supplies which served as the national model for over 40 other states.
He is a graduate of the State University of New York and the Western New England College, School of Law. David is a member of the bar in the states of New York and Illinois.
Bill Jones, MD
Dr. Jones is an Ob/Gyn specializing in high risk pregnancies, with a particular interest in helping pregnant women who have diabetes.
Dr. Jones was on faculty at the University of Colorado from 1991 to
2000. In 2000 he joined a large high risk obstetrical practice in Denver
where he continues to manage women with diabetes in addition to all the
other problems that affect some pregnancies. Otherwise he is occupied by
the challenges of raising two teenage sons.
Kenneth J. Robertson, MD
Dr. Robertson is a pediatric endocrinologist in
practice in
Scotland.
Tessa G. Lebinger, MD
Dr. Lebinger is a pediatric endocrinologist in
private practice in
Weschester County,
New York.
Betty McGreevey RN, MN, CNS, CLNC
See above
David Mendosa
See above
Rebecca A Price MD
Dr. Price is a physician
who runs a website about diabetes in cats:
felinediabetes.com
William Quick, MD, FACP, FACE
See above
I. David Schwartz, MD
Dr. Schwartz is a pediatric endocrinologist and is currently the
Director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Professor of
Pediatrics at the University of South Carolina, where he has been for the
last 4 years. Prior to that, he was at the University of Missouri-Kansas
City and the Children's Mercy Hospital there for 10 years. Dr. Schwartz
has published on many aspects of pediatric endocrine care and has
been a national speaker at the American Academy of Pediatrics on
topics ranging from growth disorders, pubertal disorders, and diabetes
mellitus.
Dr. Schwartz worked with the Editors of this website previously, and
despite having similar interests (and a similar name to the Executive
Director of the
DiabetesMonitor), there is no relation, other than a large
mutual respect!
Stephanie Schwartz, RN, MPH, CDE
See above
R. Dennis Street, RPh, MA
Dennis is currently practicing community pharmacy in St. Charles, MO. Prior to this he had
worked in home infusion therapy serving in several positions in management and as a clinical pharmacist. He recently completed
work on a pharmacy web site, RxPatient (at
www.rxpatient.com). Dennis is interested in diabetes education and patient medication management.
Frank Varon, DDS
Dr. Varon is a dentist in Omaha, Nebraska. He has had an interest in diabetes
for many years.
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Other resources
The US Government
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Food and Drug Administration
National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
(at the
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK))
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (at the
National Institutes of Health)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (at the
National Institutes of Health)
…and other US government agencies.
Other agencies and organizations (listed in alphabetical order)
Alaska Area Diabetes Program
American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
Divers Alert Network
Diabetes New Zealand
Diabetes Prevention and Control Program of the Rhode Island Department of Health
New Zealand Land Transport Safety Authority
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