Diabetes Education
Meet with our diabetes educator for education and counseling on:
- Meal planning, weight control, and carbohydrate counting
- Medication and insulin management (if appropriate)
- Importance of physical activity
- Self-monitoring of blood glucose
- Management of high and low blood sugar
- Insulin pump therapy
- Stress management, risk reduction, and problem solving
- Prevention and early detection of diabetes complications and emergencies
- Staying healthy during pregnancy if you have gestational diabetes
Provider
Endocrinology
Your primary care provider may recommend you see an endocrinologist to treat:
- Cancer affecting glands in the endocrine system
- Fertility issues (trouble getting or staying pregnant)
- Symptoms of menopause
- Nutrition and metabolic disorders (including diabetes, phenylketonuria (PKU), Gaucher disease)
- Metabolic bone disorders that affect bone strength (including osteoporosis)
- Thyroid gland diseases (including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, goiter, and thyroid nodules)
Provider
Podiatry
Our podiatrist specializes in the following:
- Ankle surgery
- Diabetic foot care
- Foot surgery
- Joint replacement of the foot
- Limb salvage
- Reconstructive ankle surgery
- Reconstructive foot surgery
- Wound care