TCOYD Conference & Health Fair - Honolulu, HI
May 5, 2018
Cutting Edge Treatments
Expert Speakers
Interactive health Fair
Inspiring Education
Complimentary Lunch
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A life changing CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
For Type 1s, Type 2s & Those Who Care
When:
Saturday, May 5, 2018
7:30am – Registration & Health Fair Open
9:00am – 5:00pm – Conference
Where:
Hawaii Convention Center
1801 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
How Much:
$30 per person. $25 per person when two or more are registering together.
After May 1, 2018: $45 per person
Parking: $10 at the Hawaii Convention Center
Want to attend but can’t afford the registration fee? Contact our office at 800.998.2693 and ask about our Registration Assistance Program.
Menu:
Mid-morning snack: apple and string cheese
Lunch: Paprika roasted chicken; tomato, arugula, and roasted eggplant quinoa; almond panna cotta with mango and fresh berries (vegetarian and gluten-free options are available – just ask your server).
Beverages: Water, iced tea and sugar-free lemonade
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CONFERENCE HAS ENDED – BUT YOU YOU CAN STILL ATTEND! JUST SHOW UP ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT!
SO, WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?
The most cutting-edge information
for individuals with
TYPE 1 & TYPE 2 DIABETES
& THEIR LOVED ONES
- EXPERT Speakers
- Important HEALTH SCREENINGS
- LEADING Diabetes Doctors, Specialists & Researchers
- Interactive & Innovative HEALTH FAIR
- One-on-One “ASK AN EXPERT” Sit Downs
- Delicious & Healthy LUNCH Included
HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
FOR EVERYONE:
Expert Speakers & Informative Presentations/Workshops – A rare opportunity to get educated by the nations leading experts in diabetes care and mangement.
Important Health Screenings – A variety of complimentary health screenings available in the TCOYD Health Fair, including foot, eye, dental, blood pressure & more.
Ask A Specialist – Sit down with a diabetes specialist & get your questions answered. Doctors, diabetes educators, dietitians, nurses, pharmacists & more!
Exhibitor Booths – Interact & engage with state-of-the-art device companies, innovative pharmaceuticals, local support programs & healthy lifestyle options.
Fun Fitness – Tai Chair, Dancing for Exercise and Hulasize. Learn fun ways to be active without the gym!
A Delicious & Healthy Lunch – Sit and connect with other’s who have type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS JUST FOR TYPE 1s
Tips for Type 1s: Given by Real World Type 1s
Stem Cells and Diabetes: What the Future Has in Store
Make Love, Not War! Help for Type 3s (the Loved Ones of Type 1s)
CGM: The Greatest Advancement Since the Discovery of Insulin
Inhalable and Other Newer Insulins
Diabetes is About to Get Easier: The Artificial Pancreas is Almost Here!
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS JUST FOR TYPE 2s
Tips for Type 2s from Real World Type 2s
Hulasize – Dance Your Way to Better Health
Lighten Up Your Plate with Chef Lewis: Rainbow Salad Demo
Supporting Your Loved Ones with Type 2
We’re Loving These Diabetes Meds…Stable Blood Sugars, Weight Loss and Healthier Hearts
A Panel of Certified Diabetes Educators to Help You Rule Your Diabetes
Bite Me! Healthy, Yummy Food Choices to Sink You Teeth Into
“My Doctor Doesn’t Get It! My Patients Don’t Listen!” Patients vs. Providers
Creating Healthy Habits: Positive Behavior Therapy
Happy Feet!
I always learn something new that I can take home and use. This conference gives me the encouragement that I need so I can do well with my diabetes.
– Conference Participant 2017
Meet People Like YOU!
Share your own experience & learn from others!
Be Part of Something BIG
We literally fill the room with people ready to take control of their diabetes!
You Ask, We ANSWER!
Get one-one-one time with diabetes educators and specialists.
Location
Speakers & Faculty
*extra-relatable faculty (they’re living with type 1)
HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS
*Steven V. Edelman, MD
TCOYD Founder & Director
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.
*Laurie Tom, MD
Endocrinologist, Private Practice; Volunteer of the American Diabetes Association
Dr. Tom is a renowned Oahu endocrinologist who treats and cares for people living with diabetes. She has been instrumental in ensuring that TCOYD comes back year after year to host these life-changing conferences. Other than TCOYD’s home-base of San Diego, Honolulu is the only other city that TCOYD returns to annually. We can thank Dr. Tom for this!
Viola Genadio
Health Management Operations Department, HMSA; Coordinating Body Chair of the American Association of Diabetes Educators
Viola has been educating and helping the Hawaiian diabetes community since 1990. As Co-Director, Viola has been responsible for recruiting local diabetes experts. We thank Viola for creating such a wonderful community of helping hands who come together each year at TCOYD to help YOU control your diabetes.
Dennis Chun
AKA Sergeant Duke Lukela of Hawaii Five-O, is a Hawaii-born actor who has appeared on countless TV shows. His parents and grandparents lived with diabetes and he will share is personal connection to this disease.
Frank De Lima
Frank De Lima is one of Hawaii’s most popular and beloved comedians. For more than 30 years, this award-winning comic has been entertaining local residents and tourists alike with his zany parodies, outrageous sense of humor, and spontaneous creativity. Frank’s specialty is translating issues – such as current events, fads, attitudes, and people – into fresh musical parodies.
ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS & ACTIVITIES
*Steven V. Edelman, MD, Endocrinologist, Founder & Director TCOYD, Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, VA Medical Center San Diego
*Jeremy Pettus, MD Endocrinologist, Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine
Laurie Tom, MD Endocrinologist, Private Practice; Volunteer of the American Diabetes Association, formerly serving on their National Board of Directors and Past-President of the Hawaii Leadership Board
Viola Genadio, APRN, CDE, BC-ADM Health Management Operations Department, HMSA; Coordinating Body Chair of the American Association of Diabetes Educators, Hawaii Network; Member of the American Diabetes Association Hawaii Leadership Board
Aukahi Austin, PhD, Executive Director, I Ola Lahui Rural Hawai’i Behavioral Health
Ian Blumer, MD, FRCPC, Endocrinologist, Charles H. Best Centre, University of Toronto
*Bo Irvine, Stand-Up Comedian, Inspirational Speaker, Risk Management Specialist
Kevin Kam, RPh, CDE, Founder & Director, inControl Diabetes Self-Management Education Program
Melissa Magwire, RN, CDE, Endocrine Clinic Supervisor, Shawnee Mission Endocrinology and Diabetes, Kansas
Robin Miyamoto, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist, Departments of Native Hawaiian Health, Family Medicine and Community Health
Alan Parsa, MD, Medical Director, Diabetes Management and Education Center, Queen’s Medical Center, West Oahu
William Polonsky, PhD, CDE, Clinical Psychologist; Founder and CEO, Behavioral Diabetes Institute
Alice Toguchi-Matsuo, RD, MPH, CDE, Clinical Dietitian, Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific
Craig Wargon, DPM, Podiatrist, Medical Director of Technology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group Northern California
ENDOCRINOLOGISTS
Michael Borneman, MD, Endocrinologist, Private Practice
Emily Chan, MD, Endocrinologist, Private Practice
Sophia Hazel Hox, DO, Chief of Endocrinology, VA Medical Center Honolulu
John Melish, MD, Endocrinologist, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Werner Schroffner, MD, Endocrinologist, John A Burns School of Medicine
Lisa Wong, MD, Endocrinologist, John A Burns School of Medicine
ROVING EDUCATORS
Hope Cooper-Oliver, MSN, MPH, APRN, CDE, Patient Education Coordinator, Tripler Army Medical Center
August Espinal, MSNW, RD, CDE, Dietitian, HSMA
Naomi Fukuda, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDE, Program Coordinator, Diabetes Management and Education Center, Queen’s Medical Center, West Oahu
Deliah Galase, RN, BSN, CDE, Team Lead, Health Management Operations Department, HMSA
Gail Hashi, RN, CDE, Diabetes Educator, Tripler Army Medical Center
Kourtney Inoue, RD, MS, CDE, Dietitian, Kaiser Permanente
Alyson Kusatsu, APRN, CDE, BC-ADM, Clinical Care Operations Manager, Health Management Operations, HMSA
Patricia Liang-Tong, MSCP, RD, LD, CDE, Director of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Waimanalo Health Center
Camlyn Masuda, PharmD, CDE, BCAP, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pharmacy Practice, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Lisa Morita, MPH, RD, CDE, Dietitian, HMSA
David Q Pham, PharmD, BCPS, CDE, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences
Nancy Lynn Olson, FNP-C, CDE, BC-ADM, Nurse Practitioner, Kaiser Permanente
Hiromi Saito, RPh, BCACP, CDE, AAHIVP, Clinical Pharmacist, Makahiki Clinic
Aileen Schroffner, RN, CDE, Registered Nurse, Community Volunteer
Jelena Skopinceva, BS, MS, Nutritionist, Medicare Provider, Hawaii Family Physicians
Anna Sliva, BSN, RN, CDE, Registered Nurse, Kaiser Permanente
FOOT SCREENING
Attilio Avino, DPM, Podiatrist, Foot & Ankle Institute
Linda Ho, DPM, Podiatrist, Private Practice
Craig Wargon, DPM, Podiatrist, Medical Director of Technology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Group Northern California
DENTAL SCREENING
Wilfred Miyasaki, DMD, Dentist, A Downtown Dental Group
EYE EDUCATION
Mark Tafoya, MD, Ophthalmologist, Pacific Retina Care, LLC
Theresa Alejado, MSN, RN, CDE, Diabetes Advocate, Hula Instructor,
Retired Diabetes Program Supervisor, Kaiser Permenante
May Del Rosario, Fitness Specialist, Starfitness
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Conference Participant Shares His Story
Hear from someone with diabetes explain why HE keeps coming back to TCOYD conferences.
Hear What Diabetes Experts Have to Say About TCOYD
Don’t just take our word for it – hear what the experts have to say!
Hear From a Doctor Living with Diabetes
Endocrinologist Dr. Jeremy Pettus, MD has been living with type 1 since age 15. Hear what he has to say about the TCOYD Conference & Health Fair.
Conference Registration Assistance Program:
Would you like to attend this conference but need financial assistance to cover the registration fee? Contact the TCOYD office at 800.998.2693 to learn more about our Registration Assistance Program and how we can help those in need.
Cancelation Refund Policy
Need to cancel? Email us at cancel@tcoyd.org
To receive a full refund, cancelations must be received no later than Wednesday, April 25, 2018.