Steven V. Edelman, M.D.

Dr. Edelman is the founder and director of Taking Control of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), a not-for-profit 501(c)3 diabetes education organization founded in 1995. He is committed to promoting education, motivation and self-advocacy for people living with diabetes. More...

Richard K. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N., FCCWS

In 1946, I developed diabetes. According to statistics, I should have been dead years ago. But today I am in excellent health and have outlived all but a handful of people who developed diabetes when I did. More...

Evan D. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Medical Director, Diabetes, Veritas Medicine. More...

A. Lee Dellon, M.D

A. Lee Dellon, M.D. is the founder of The Dellon Institutes for Peripheral Nerve Surgery. He is an accomplished Plastic Surgeon as well as a Professor of Plastic Surgery and Neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. He specializes in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy as well as other painful peripheral nerve disorders and has trained many surgeons worldwide in the procedures he has developed to relieve pain. More....

Fred Pescatore, MD

Fred Pescatore, MD, is a traditionally trained physician who practices nutritional medicine. He is the author of the top-selling book, Thin For Good, and the number 1 best-selling children?s health book, Feed Your Kids Well. His latest book, The Allergy and Asthma Cure will be released in February. More...

Dr. Tom Burke, Ph.D

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Leonard Lipson, M.A., Psychology

Leonard Lipson, M.A. received his Bachelors degree in Psychology from Adelphi University and his Masters in Psychology from the New School for Social Research. He received four years of post-graduate education from The American Institute for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis... More...

Melissa Diane Smith

Melissa Diane Smith is a leading nutritionist, health writer and educator who counsels clients across the country and specializes in sugar- and grain-related health conditions. She?s the author of User?s Guide to Preventing and Reversing Diabetes Naturally (Basic Health Books, 2003), ... More...

Kristina Sandstedt, MS

Kristina Sandstedt, MS received her Masters of Science degree from the University of Montana-Missoula. She is certified as an Exercise Specialist through the American College of Sports Medicine. More...

Sherri Shafer, R.D., CDE

Sherri Shafer received her BS in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of California at Berkeley. She has been a Dietitian at UCSF Medical Center since 1992. Sherri specializes in medical nutrition therapy counseling for individuals in adult and pediatric diabetes clinics, and is an Instructor for classes on diabetes self management for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. In addition she teaches 7 lectures per year in the school of medicine (to med students, residents, pharm students, and physical therapy students.)

Marilyn Porter, RD, CDE

Marilyn Porter, RD, CDE, received her dietitian?s degree from Western Michigan University, and will be getting her MS in Human Services from Capella University this summer. She is currently Diabetes Educator at Southern Michigan Diabetes Outreach Network (SODON), and develops written diabetes educational materials and resources for SODON?s ten county service area. More...

Eric S. Freedland, MD

Eric S. Freedland, MD graduated from University of Rochester School of Medicine in 1982, trained in internal medicine at Mt. Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA, and emergency medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, CA, and has held faculty positions at Harvard Medical School (1990-1991) and Boston University School of Medicine (1992-1997). Dr. Freedland has developed a nutrition-centered model of disease with a special emphasis on diabetes. A staunch advocate for prescribing lifestyle changes before drugs, Dr. Freedland has written and lectured extensively on this subject.

Paul Chous, M.A., O.D.

Dr. Paul Chous received his undergraduate education at Brown University and the University of California at Irvine, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in 1985. He received his Masters Degree in 1986 and his Doctorate of Optometry in 1991, both with highest honors from the University of California at Berkeley. More...

Timothy S. Hollingshead

Dr. Timothy S. Hollingshead, DPM is founder and president of The Hollingshead Group, a program dedicated to showing physicians and health care professionals how to go beyond the successful practice. More...Timothy S. Hollingshead, DPM, President, The Hollingshead Group Dr. Timothy S. Hollingshead, DPM is founder and president of The Hollingshead Group, a program dedicated to showing physicians and health care professionals how to go beyond the successful practice. He is Medical Director for the Northeast Colorado Diabetic Outreach program, and serves on the Advisory Board for the National Academy of Child Development. Certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Medicine, he is also a fellow of the American College of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Medicine. He is a recipient of the Arthur Weinfield Memorial Award. For more information about The Hollingshead Group visit www.drhollingshead.com

Ginger Kanzer Lewis

Ginger Kanzer Lewis has been teaching people with Diabetes for almost thirty years. She is a Registered Nurse with a Masters Degree in Education from Harvard University and Certification in both Diabetes and Continuing Education and Staff Development. More...

Beverly Price, RD, MA, RYT

Beverly Price is a Registered Dietitian, author, newspaper columnist and public speaker who made a name for herself with her unique approach to nutrition counseling. More...

Steve Pohlit, CPA, MBA

Steve Pohlit is the President of Exec Net Consulting (http://www.ExecNetConsulting.com) His career includes, more than 10 years experience as a CFO for companies ranging in size from $40 million to $1.6 billion. Steve has owned and operated a chain of drug stores and has developed a number of Internet based businesses. He is currently writing a manual titled Consulting Secrets Revealed which provides all the details of the processes and procedures he implements with his consulting clients. Steve offers an initial complimentary consultation and is available as professional speaker.

Philip A. Wood, DVM, PhD

Dr. Philip A. Wood is a basic scientist, author, lecturer, and medical school professor. He was born in Illinois and subsequently grew up in Kansas. In 1980 he received his DVM and MS degrees from Kansas State University and in 1983 received his PhD in Experimental Pathology from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). From 1983-1988 he was on the faculty in the Institute for Molecular Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. In 1989, Dr. Wood returned to UAB as an Associate Professor. He was appointed as a Professor in 1996, and served as Chairman of the UAB Department of Genomics and Pathobiology from 1996-2002. More...

Laura Plunkett., BA Psychology

Laura Plunkett has a BA in Psychology with Honors from Brown University. She has been a head teacher in a preschool intervention program, a research assistant to Dr. Aaron Beck studying anxiety disorders and depression, and had a thriving therapeutic private practice for 14 years with families, individuals and couples. She is a workshop leader and public speaker who is comfortable with large audiences and often speaks together with her mother on issues of parenting. Her avocation during Danny's illness has been doing research on the latest developments in diabetes and nutrition and corresponding with researchers and specialists in many countries. She is a member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Dr. Sheri Colberg, Ph.D., FACSM

Dr. Brian P. Jakes

Dr. Brian P. Jakes, Jr., N.D., C.N.C. is a Board Certified Doctor of Naturopathy as well as a Certified Nutritional Consultant. In his practice, in Mandeville, LA, Dr. Jakes works with physicians to treat a large number of diabetes patients. This is an excerpt from his upcoming book; "Diabetes: The Essence Of A Cure?

Charles W Martin, DDS

Charles W Martin, DDS is the author of the book: Don’t Sugarcoat it: The Story of Diabetes and Dentistry and founder of DentistryForDiabetics, a nationwide group of dentists committed to helping those with diabetes. He practices in Richmond, VA