CLINICAL - Difficult Diabetes Cases: Management Forum
Track
:
CLINICAL
Program Code:
CMF16-1
Date:
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time:
2:45 PM to 3:30 PM
EST
SPEAKER
(S):
ER Seaquist, MD, Univ of Minnesota Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
CD Saudek, MD, Johns Hopkins Univ Med Sch Disclosure: Advisory Group Member, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Inc; Committee Member, Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Christopher D. Saudek, M.D.
Dr. Saudek graduated from Harvard College and Cornell University Medical College, training in internal medicine in metabolism at Harvard Medical School. He served on the faculty at Cornell before joining the faculty of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he is currently the Hugh P. McCormick Family Professor of Medicine, Director of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center.
At Johns Hopkins, Dr. Saudek teaches students at all levels. He sees patients regularly, and lectures on various aspects of diabetes. With a nurse educator and behaviorist, he authored The Johns Hopkins Guide to Diabetes: for Today and Tomorrow. His research interests have included the early description of hemoglobin A1c as an index of blood glucose control, development of the implantable insulin pump, and a Principal Investigator of the federally funded Diabetes Prevention Program. He has been Program Director of the Hopkins General Clinical Research Center, is Principal Investigator of a Training Grant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Hopkins, and has been continuously funded by the NIH for over 35 years.
Dr. Saudek is active in professional organizations. He was designated the American Diabetes Association’s Outstanding Clinician in 1991, and was President of the ADA in 2001-2. He has been on various national boards, and has served on editorial boards. In his spare time, he is enthusiastic about sailing, clarinet and family (not necessarily in that order).