The DFM offers an annual patient-education meeting for health professionals, patients and their families. Past Super Conferences have featured nationally renowned diabetes experts, including former U.S. Surgeon General Rear Admiral Kenneth Moritsugu, MD, MPH, and Nicole Johnson, Miss America 1999. The meetings featured everything from diabetes vendors, cooking demonstrations, the latest news on diabetes research and a session on insulin-pump therapy to a daylong session of activities for children with diabetes.
Schedule of Events - March 3, 2018
BOTH TRACKS RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY
8:00 – 9:00 Registration Breakfast/ Visit Exhibits
TRACK 1: PARENTS WITH KIDS WITH DIABETES
9:00 – 9:45 Ages and Stages, Teens and Tweens - What Parents need to Know - Elaine Moreland Apperson, MD - Pediatric Endocrinologist, Greenville, SC
9:45–10:30 Making Sense of Sensor Data - Autumn Douglas, RD, CDE, Vigilant Health
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK / Visit Exhibits
11:00 – 11:30 Preventing Hypoglycemia and the Diabetes Rollercoaster - Della Matheson, RN, CDE, University of Miami TrialNet
11:30 – Noon Q and A with our presenters
TRACK 2: ADULTS WITH TYPE 1 and TYPE 2
9:00 – 9:15 Introduction and Welcome - Marshall Ramsey
9:15 – 9:45 Staying Young at Heart - James Warnock, MD - Cardiologist, Baptist Health
9:45 - 10:30 Get off the Blood Glucose Roller Coaster! - Lillian Lien, MD, Division Director-Endocrinology, UMMC
10:30 – 11:00 BREAK / Visit Exhibits
11:00 – 11:45 No More Carb Confusion! - Autumn Douglas, RD, CDE, Vigilant Health
11:45 – Noon Q and A with our presenters
12:15 – 1:30 LUNCH Speaker- Research update: Diabetes in the 21st Century -Della Matheson, RN, CDE, University of Miami TrialNet
Super Conference 2018 will be at the Jackson Marriott located at 200 E Amite St, Jackson, MS 39201. Our theme for 2018 is DiabetaPalooza! Click on this link to register.
Who Should Attend: adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, spouses and other family members of people with diabetes, parents and grandparents of children with diabetes, kids 15-17 with diabetes and their siblings or friends, healthcare professionals who work with kids and adults with diabetes, Church Health Ministers - anyone who cares for someone with diabetes!
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Register Online or call our office at 601-957-7878 to register today! Early Bird pricing is now available until February 23rd!!
