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Healthcare Professional Sessions – Friday, November 1, 2024

The Wichita State Metroplex, 5015 E. 29th St. N.

Part education, part update, part hands-on-problem solving, Live Well With Diabetes annual day of professional education is your opportunity to join together with others working to help patients manage diabetes.

Internationally known diabetes thought leaders share their research, observations, and best practices, and seek input from area healthcare providers in attendance.

Agenda

7:30 AM

Conference Check-In

8 AM

Juggling the Balls: 
Glucose, Cardiovascular, Obesity


Rami Mortada, MD, ECNU, FACE – Endocrinologist with Endocrine Center of Kansas;  Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM, Nurse Practitioner with Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI; Debbie Hinnen, APN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FAAN, FADCES, Advanced Practice Nurse and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist University of Colorado Health, Colorado Springs, CO;

9:30 AM

Diabetes Meds:  A Deeper Dive

Bradley J. Newell, PharmD, BCACP, BCGP, BC-ADM, FASCP Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Wichita KS

10:30 AM

Morning Break / Exhibits – Product Theater

11 AM

Practical Tips for Nutritional Advise for People with Diabetes

Elizabeth Wilson, RDN, LD, CDCES – Registered Dietitian/Diabetes Educator, Great Plains Diabetes, Wichita, KS

12 PM

Lunch Break / Exhibits – Abstracts Availalble

1 PM

The Tough Problems: Gastroparesis and Liver NAFLD

Kyle Rowe, MD – Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Assistant Program Director – Gastroenterology, KU Wichita Gastroenterology-The University of Kansas, Wichita, KS

2 PM

Technology Today: A Game Changer

Davida Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM – Nurse Practitioner with Henry Ford Medical Center, Detroit, MI

3 PM

Afternoon Break – Product Theater

3:30 PM

In the Know: Hot Topics

Use of AI in the Diabetes Clinic
Jennifer Sebes, DNP, NP-C – Nurse Practitioner with Great Plains Diabetes, Wichita, KS, WSU Faculty, Associate Teaching Professor, Wichita KS

Increasing Diabetes Education Participation
Susan Ashida-Anderson, RD, LD, CDCES, University of Kansas Medical School – Wichita KS, Clinical Dietitian/Diabetes Educator

Innovative Diabetes Education
Patricia Corning BSN, CDCES, Great Plains Diabetes, Wichita, KS, Condition Manager – Premise Health Plane Healthy Wellness Center and Pharmacy, Wichita KS

5 PM

Conference Adjourn

Check out videos from past Live Well With Diabetes participants listed below.

Notes from Past Great Plains Diabetes-Sponsored Professional Sessions

November 5, 2021

A Day of Discovery 2021

Wichita State Metroplex

December 19, 2020

A Day of Diabetes Discovery 2020

Honoring the legacy of Drs. Richard and Diana Guthrie.

Now available for viewing:

White Paper

“Outcomes matter”

“Reducing Blood Glucose Levels to Improve Patient Health and Well Being” prepared by Great Plains Diabetes, Wichita, Kansas

Check out our white paper.