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Physicians Tessa G. Lebinger, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since November 1995) Kenneth J. Robertson, MBChB MRCP FRCPCH (UK) (Consultant Paediatrician and Diabetologist, member since April 1996) Bill Jones, MD (Specialist in the management of diabetes during pregnancy, member since April 1997) Marco Songini, MD (Italy) (Pediatric, adolescent, and adult endocrinologist and diabetologist, member since April 1997) Larry Deeb, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since July 1998) John Schulga, MBChB MRCGP MRCP FRCPCH (UK) (Consultant Paediatrician in childhood and adolescent diabetes and endocrinology, member since July 1999) Stuart Brink, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since October 1999) Matthew Brown, MD (Pediatrician and a Pediatric Diabetologist, member since January 2000) Jim Lane, MD (Adult Endocrinologist, member since November 2000) David Schwartz, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since May 2001) Andrea Scaramuzza, MD (Italy) (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since October 2003) Fran Kaufman, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist, member since August 2006) Linda DiMeglio, MD (Pediatric Endocrinologist)
Nurses Barb Schreiner, RN, MPH, CDE (Diabetes Nurse Specialist, member since July 2002) Jane Seley, RN, GNP, MPH, MSN, CDE, CHES (Diabetes Nurse Practitioner, member since August 2002) Linda Mackowiak, RN, MS, FNP, CDE (Diabetes Nurse Specialist)
Psychologists Jill Weissberg-Benchell, PhD (Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, member since January 2000)
Dietitians James Michael Schurig, MS, RD, LD, CDE (Dietitian, member since December 2000)
Exercise Physiologists Rick Philbin, M.Ed., A.T.C., C.S.C.S (Sports Medicine, member since July 2004)
Researchers Lois Schmidt Finney, RD, MPH, CDE (DPT-1 Research Coordinator, member since July 1998) Heather Speer, MPH, CCRC, CDE (Clinical Diabetes Research and Education Coordinator, member since July 1998)
Social Workers Debbie Butler, CDE, MSW, LICSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker, member since October 2004)
Last Updated: Mon Dec 29 20:27:38 2008
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