About: Steve Edelman, MD
Profile:
Dr. Edelman is the founder and director of Taking Control Of Your Diabetes (TCOYD), a professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System of San Diego. He is also the director of the Diabetes Care Clinic at the VA Medical Center. Dr. Edelman, who has type 1 diabetes himself, has written more than 200 articles, five books, and has won numerous awards for teaching and humanitarianism. He has been chosen by the medical students at UCSD as the ‘teacher of the year’ numerous times. Among his many honors, Dr. Edelman has received the ‘Diabetes Educator Of The Year’ award by the American Diabetes Association, the ‘Distinction in Endocrinology’ award by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, and named ‘Top 1% of U.S. Endocrinologists’ by US News and World Report.
Posts by Steve Edelman, MD:
- A Dose of Dr. E: Evidence-Based Hope (March 13, 2019 - A Dose of Dr. E, Diabetes Management, Diabetes Research, Type 1, Type 2, Video)
- A Dose of Dr. E: You Have to Use Protection…for Your Heart! (February 14, 2019 - A Dose of Dr. E, Heart Disease, Video)
- Evaluating Type 2 Meds, Part 5: SGLT-2 (Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter 2) Inhibitors (February 14, 2019 - Medications, SGLT-2 Inhibitors, Type 2)
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Evaluating Type 2 Medications, Part 4:
DPP-4 Inhibitors or Incretin Enhancers (January 18, 2019 - DPP-4 Inhibitors, Incretin Enhancers, Medications, Type 2)
- Why the A1c Sucks (and Why Time in Range is More Important) (January 18, 2019 - A1c, Time in Range, Type 1)
- A Dose of Dr. E: Why the A1c Sucks (And Why Time in Range Is More Important) (January 18, 2019 - A Dose of Dr. E, A1c, Video)
- Driving with Diabetes is a Privilege (January 18, 2019 - CGM, Diabetes Management, Driving, Hypoglycemia)
- Evaluating Type 2 Medications: Insulin Sensitizers (December 14, 2018 - Insulin Sensitizers, Medications, Type 2)
- Evaluating Type 2 Medications – Metformin (November 15, 2018 - Medications, Type 2)
- A Dose of Dr. E: Planes, Trains & Diabetes (November 8, 2018 - A Dose of Dr. E, Travel, Video)