Dave McCulloch, MD, Q4: What Is the Best A1c?

Dr. McCulloch explains why he is not in favor of pushing patients towards lowering their A1c, in light of the results of the ACCORD study. He says that although lowering A1c has become a sort of mantra over the last few years, and it might even be a good idea for some patients, it is definitely not a good idea for others.

More videos with Dr. McCulloch:

Dave McCulloch, MD, FRCP, Introduction
Dave McCulloch, MD, Q2: The Most Important Innovations in Diabetes Healthcare Delivery
Dave McCulloch, MD, Q3: How Often Should Patients Check Their BG Levels?
Dave McCulloch, MD, Q5: How to Motivate Patients to Change Behavior
Dave McCulloch, MD, Q6: What Is So Great about SMA’s?

Dave McCulloch, MD, Q7: What Can the American Healthcare System Learn from the NHS?

Dr. David K. McCulloch obtained his medical education at Edinburgh University, Scotland with additional postgraduate training at the University of Nottingham, England, and University of Washington, Seattle. He has worked in the field of clinical diabetes innovation for over thirty years and has over 80 publications on a wide variety of diabetes-related topics.

A Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington, Dr. McCulloch works as a diabetologist, leading clinical improvement efforts in diabetes with an energetic team at Group Health. The comprehensive and integrated approach which has been implemented at Group Health has resulted in improved health outcomes, increased patient satisfaction, decreased utilization of services and reduced costs.

Dr. McCulloch has also chaired national and statewide diabetes and cardiovascular disease collaboratives with a wide variety of health care organizations. In addition, Dr. McCulloch is the author of The Diabetes Answer Book: Practical Answers to More than 300 Top Questions.