Diabetes
A JAMA Theme Issue Media Briefing
The National Press Club
Washington, D.C.
10 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Moderator: Catherine D. DeAngelis, M.D., M.P.H., Editor-in-Chief, JAMA, Chicago
Bio | Audio
10:15 - 10:45 a.m.
Cardiac Outcomes After Screening for Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
Frans J. Th. Wackers, M.D., Ph.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.
Bio | Slides | Audio
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
Hypoglycemic Episodes and Risk of Dementia in Older Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Rachel A. Whitmer, Ph.D., Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.
Bio | Slides | Audio
11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
C-Peptide Levels and Insulin Independence Following Stem Cell Transplantation in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Richard K. Burt, M.D., Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago
Bio | Slides | Audio
11:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Human Pancreatic Islets and Diabetes Research
John S. Kaddis, B.S., City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, Calif.
Bio | Slides | Audio
