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Irl Hirsch, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, University of Washington School of Medicine
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Diagnosed with diabetes at age six, Dr. Irl Hirsch brings an enormous patient empathy to his practice, letting those with diabetes know that he truly understands what they’re going through -- and what they need to do to manage their diabetes.
Citing an acute lag between research successes and the translation of those successes into patient benefits at the clinical level, Dr. Hirsch has made diabetes treatment education for practitioners his top priority. And he’s already following through on a plan to get diabetes information where it is needed most, presenting diabetes-management courses in Spokane, Bremerton, and Yakima in Washington, as well as Boise, Idaho.
Dr. Hirsch recently agreed to participate in the NIH SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study. His own research and scholarship touch both type 1 and type 2, and almost invariably focus on translating some immediate benefit to the patient.
As medical director of the University of Washington Diabetes Care Center, Dr. Hirsch strives to always balance his time among patients and students/trainees. He is considered the most enthusiastic of doctors when it comes to making hospital rounds and sharing the latest news from the diabetes research front.
Articles
Michele D. Huie
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 22, 2007
An Interview with TCOYD Medical Advisory Board Member Irl B. Hirsch, MD
“My mom was told in 1980 that we’d be curing diabetes in 5 years.
But putting cells from one organism into another organism is very
challenging,” says Dr. Irl B. Hirsch, Professor of Medicine, in
the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition at the
University of Washington. An internationally recognized diabetes
specialist, and researcher, Dr. Hirsch is a frequent author and editor
of diabetes articles and publications, and a four-time codirector for
TCOYD’s Seattle conferences. He recently gave us the opportunity
to ask him some questions about his practice, new developments, and
generally how he thinks things are going in diabetes care. I found,
after asking a single question, “Why did you go into diabetes care?”,
that Dr. Hirsch didn’t need much prompting. The “interview” that
follows serves as this issue’s look at one of TCOYD’s medical advisory
board members.
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Irl. B. Hirsch, MD
TCOYD Newsletter, Vol. 23, 2007
Understanding pro- and anti-oxidants, and their role in diabetes complications
In the past few years, much has been learned about why people
with diabetes get complications from diabetes. These complications
tend to involve tissues from the vascular system and are
broadly defined as microvascular (involving the small blood
vessels) and macrovascular (involving the larger blood vessels).
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