EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

 The mission of the Education Department is to provide patients with comprehensive information and quality instruction about medication, diet, nutrition, and exercise for their individual diabetes self-management; to empower patients with the knowledge and the ability to understand their diabetes, to avoid chronic or acute complications and to achieve and optimum health status.

 The Education Department provides a variety of programs and services for our patients:

·         Glucometer training

·         Insulin therapy training

·         ADA-recognized Diabetes Self-care Management Education program

·         Carbohydrate counting classes

·         One-on-one  individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy

·         Weight management services to include HMR products and individualized plans

·         Insulin pump therapy training, follow-up, and management

·         Personal and professional Continuous Glucose Monitoring system training

 

                                                                        The Education Staff includes:

Marsha Martin Lewis MPH, RD, CDE, LD- Director, Education Department

Leah Jones Patterson LPN, CPT- Administrative Coordinator

Amy Nix LPN, CPT- Insulin Pump Coordinator

Jo Ann Peebles RN- Nurse Educator

Elizabeth Jones RN- Nurse Educator