Diabetes Expo:  Helping People Help Themselves

An interdisciplinary conference for healthcare providers and the general public.

When:   Thursday, October 29, 2009

Who:      Healthcare Providers: 12 to 4 pm 
             Healthcare Providers & General Public: 4 to 8:30 pm

Where:   LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility
             25777 Detroit Road Westlake, Ohio

Cost:      Healthcare Providers $40
            Cleveland Clinic Employees $25
            General Public $10

Reservations: 1.877.234.FITT (3488). Credit Cards will be accepted.

To pay by check, click the link below to print out your registration form: 
 

• Healthcare Providers: Click here.  
  
  
• General Public: Click here.
  

Breakout Sessions for Healthcare providers:

Diabetes and Stroke.  Presenter: Jim Gebel, MD, Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute at Lakewood Hospital

Diabetic Eye Conditions: Through the Eyes of Diabetes. Presenter: Ryan Deasy, MD, Cleveland Clinic Ophthalmology/Lakeland Eye

Effects of Alcohol on Diabetes Management. Presenter: Sanjit Bindra, MD endocrinologist, Lakewood Hospital Diabetes and Endocrine Center

AGENDA
HCP denotes Healthcare Professionals, GP denotes General Public
12:00—12:45	HCP Registration, Exhibits, Network
12:40—12:45	Welcome
12:45—2:15	Keynote: Empowerment: Putting the Patient at the Center          Martha M. Funnell, MS, RN, CDE & Michael A. Weiss
2:15—2:45	Break with Exhibitors HCP
2:45—3:45	Breakout Session HCP (choice of one, from above)
3:45—4:45	Breakout Session HCP (choice of one, from above)
4:00—4:30	GP Registration, Exhibits
4:50—5:50	General Session    Making Your Voice Heard: Advocacy Training              Visit from Legislators
5:50 - 6:00	Break and Exhibits
6:00—7:15	Dinner with Cooking Demonstration & Presentation
7:15—8:30	Panel Discussion
8:30—8:45	Evaluation and Adjourn

For more information, please contact:

Gina Gavlak RN, BSN, Diabetes Program Development Coordinator
Lakewood Hospital Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Phone: 216.529.5312
email: gina.gavlak@lkwh.org 

Contact hours to be awarded. Fairview, Lakewood, Lutheran Hospitals (OH-093/4-1-10) is an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Nurses Association (OBN-001-91), an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Lakewood Hospital EMS Continuing Education Program is an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Department of Public Safety (1062).

Lakewood Hospital is an approved provider of continuing education by the Ohio Counselor and Social Worker Board (RSX119013). A certificate of attendance will be provided for submission to the American Dietetic Association.