Archive for May, 2010

5/23/2010 ~ Dr. Dean G. Karalis on Diabetes and Lipids

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will interview Dr.Dean G. Karalis , Clinical Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.  Listeners are invited to call in with their questions and comments. Sunday afternoon 3:00PM ~ 4:00PM (EST) New World Radio 1540 am ~ WNWR.Com, streaming live on the web at www.wnwr.com Call In: NJ: 877-667-WNWR, PA:  610-667-WNWR.  Listen on your cell phone:  215-554-6101

Dean G. Karalis, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dean Karalis, M.D. is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  He serves as attending cardiologist at Hahnemann University Hospital and works in private practice with Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia.

An expert in his field, Dr. Karalis has conducted over thirty clinical trials in cardiology, including several landmark trials in the area of cholesterol-lowering.  He has written over 100 articles, book chapters, and abstracts.  He has been a guest lecturer on a wide variety of topics related to cardiovascular health, with a focus in the areas of echocardiography, hypertension and lipid lowering.  Dr. Karalis also reviews manuscripts for several leading medical journals, including the American Journal of Cardiology, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography and the Annals of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Karalis is a member of several professional associations, including the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Society of Echocardiography, American Medical Association and the National Lipid Association.  For the last several years he has served as a board member for the Northeast Lipid Association.  Since 1987 he has served as a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and recently was awarded Diplomate status with the American Board of Clinical Lipidology.  In 2006 and 1993, he was honored as teacher of the year by Drexel University’s Department of Medicine and received a commendation for outstanding teaching of medical interns and residents in 1991-1992.

After earning his medical doctorate from Albany Medical College, Dr. Karalis completed his residency in The Cornell Hospitals; North Shore University Hospital and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.  He subsequently completed a fellowship in cardiology at the Likoff Cardiovascular Institute at Hahnemann University Hospital.

Photo Above:  Dr. Dean G. Karalis


5/18/2010 ~ Body Weight and T2D, the Inextricable Link with Dr. Donna Ryan

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will interview Dr. Donna H. Ryan.  Listener’s are invited to call in with their questions and comments.  Tuesday Evening 8:00 pm ~ 9:00 pm (EST) Cruisin 92.1 FM~WVLT, streaming live on the web at www.wvlt.com  Call In:  856-696-0092.

Donna H. Ryan, MD, FACP

Professor

Associate Executive Director

Clinical Research

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Donna H. Ryan, MD, FACP, is a Professor and Associate Executive Director for Clinical Research at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. She has been actively engaged in obesity and nutrition research for the last 20 years.

Dr. Ryan is the President-Elect of the Obesity Society, an organization of more than 2000 American scientists. She is the Co-Chair of the panel that is currently revising the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Overweight and Obesity, so-called “Obesity II.”

Dr. Ryan’s research interests include many aspects of obesity management and prevention including the following:

  • Obesity pharmacotherapy
  • Evaluation of diets of different macronutrient composition for weight loss
  • Practical or pragmatic clinical trials to evaluate primary care approaches to obesity management
  • Translational research engaging third-party payers in obesity intervention

Dr. Ryan has received funding from the Department of Defense to oversee a Military Nutrition Research project in which she collaborates with the US Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine’s Military Nutrition Division. She is Co-Primary Investigator for the NIH-funded Clinical Nutrition Research Center at Pennington and Co-Primary Investigator for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)-sponsored Look AHEAD study that addresses weight loss in persons with type 2 diabetes. Her most recent project is the submission, as Primary Investigator, of a state-wide Clinical Translational Science Award, which will encompass nine Louisiana research institutions.

Photo Above:  Dr. Donna Ryan

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May 16, 2010 ~ T2D: A Devastating Cardiovascular Disease with Dr. Robert J. Chilton

5/11/2010 ~ Type 2 Diabetes: A Devastating Cardiovascular Disease with Dr. Robert J. Chilton

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will interview Dr. Robert J. Chilton.  Listener’s are invited to call in with their questions and comments.  Tuesday Evening 8:00 pm ~ 9:00 pm (EST) Cruisin 92.1 FM~WVLT, streaming live on the web at www.wvlt.com  Call In:  856-696-0092.

Robert J. Chilton, DO, FACC, FACP

Professor of Medicine

Director, Cardiac Cath Lab

University of Texas Health Science Center

San Antonio, Texas

Robert J. Chilton, DO, FACC, FACP, is Professor of Medicine and Director of the cardiac catheterization laboratories at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians and the American Heart Association (AHA) and can provide expertise in the cardiovascular world of type 2 diabetes.

Over the past 20 years, Dr. Chilton has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and abstracts. He has also delivered presentations on cardiology and served as a web master for vascular biology and lipid internet sites and as a reviewer for Diabetes Care, American Journal of Cardiology, and other journals. Dr. Chilton has conducted research in the fields of vascular biology, electrophysiology and interventional cardiology. He has received the outstanding teacher award at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Currently, he is Chairman of the communications committee of the AHA NPAM Council and web master for the Council.

Dr. Chilton completed a medical residency at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, OK, and a Fellowship in Cardiology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. He is Board-Certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Electrophysiology and Interventional Cardiology.

Photo Above:  Dr. Robert J. Chilton

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May 11, 2010 ~ T2D: A Devastating Cardiovascular Disease with Dr. Robert J. Chilton

5/09/2010 ~ Dr. Jeffrey L. Miller, Endocrinologist from Jefferson Medical College

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will interview Dr. Jeffrey L. Miller from Jefferson Medical College.  Listeners are invited to call in with their questions and comments. Sunday afternoon 3:00PM ~ 4:00PM (EST) New World Radio 1540 am ~ WNWR.Com, streaming live on the web at www.wnwr.com Call In: NJ: 877-667-WNWR, PA:  610-667-WNWR.  Listen on your cell phone:  215-554-6101

Jeffrey Lynn Miller, MD

Jeffrey Lynn Miller, MD is Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes with the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA. Dr Miller’s current research involves the Cardiovascular Implications of Insulin Resistance Syndrome and is involved in numerous Diabetes Clinical Pharmaceutical Trials.

Dr Miller received his MB, BCh from the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1974.  He then interned at the Department of Medicine, Johannesburg General Hospital at the University and was a resident in the Department of Pathology, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, South Africa.  He then completed Internal Medicine residency followed by Endocrine fellowship at the same institution.He is boarded in both Internal Medicine and Endocrinology.

Among his society memberships are the American Association of Endocrinologists, American Diabetes Association, and the American Endocrine Society. Dr Miller was on the list of top doctors cited in Philadelphia Magazine in 1999 and top doctors for Women in the 2000 issue. He also has been cited in Who’s Who in the World, 5th edition. Dr Miller has been published extensively throughout his career in such journals as Clinical Endocrinology, American Journal of Medicine, and South African Medical Journal.

 Photo Above:  Dr. Jeffrey L. Miller

5/04/2010 ~ Diabetes Living Today® ~ No Sugar Added® Open Forum with D-Blogger Kelly Kunik

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will host their No Sugar Added®  “open forum,”  with special guest D-Blogger Kelly Kunik from Diabetesaliciousness.  Listener’s are invited to call in with their questions and comments.  Tuesday Evening 8:00 pm ~ 9:00 pm (EST) Cruisin 92.1 FM~WVLT, streaming live on the web at www.wvlt.com  Call In:  856-696-0092.

Kelly Kunik

Kelly Kunik, spreading diabetes validation through humor, ownership & advocacy~Kelly is a Diabetes Blogger, Advocate, Writer, Humorist and Expert at living life with Diabetes Consultant.  Author of the  blog, Diabetesaliciousness- which  provides her with a voice, and her readers with a Diabetesalicious perspective. A type 1 diabetic for over 30 years, Kelly comes from a family of Type 1’s, including 2 other siblings (sisters,) her father, two aunts, a cousin, and a nephew. Her unique approach of empowering patients and their families through laughter and knowledge has been called validating, informative, empowering and funny.

Kelly knows first hand the importance that knowledge; Diabetes myth busting, laughter, and exercise play in managing a chronic disease and is passionate about others becoming empowered as well.  She loves the color green, cupcakes, her nieces and nephews and any and all things having to do with the water!

She’s no fan of the Diabetes Police or being a neatnik- though she’s working on the latter!

 

Photo Above:  Kelly Kunik





5/02/2010 ~ The Shifting Landscape of T2D with Dr. Matthew Wintle, MRCP, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

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Diabetes Living Today® radio program, provides listeners with education, inspiration and motivation to live healthy and well with diabetes. Whether you have diabetes or know someone who does Diabetes Living Today® radio program offers experience, insight, education and tips to manage life with diabetes. Through interviews, including “World Class” Research Scientist, physicians and people living with diabetes, living well tips and questions from the listening audience, host Kitty Castellini and Endocrinologist Dr. Joseph J. Fallon, Jr. are there every step of the way to offer guidance, advice, and most of all, support.

This week Kitty and Dr. Fallon will interview Dr. Matthew Wintle, MRCP from Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.   Listeners are invited to call in with their questions and comments. Sunday afternoon 3:00PM ~ 4:00PM (EST) New World Radio 1540 am ~ WNWR.Com, streaming live on the web at www.wnwr.com Call In: NJ: 877-667-WNWR, PA:  610-667-WNWR.  Listen on your cell phone:  215-554-6101

Dr. Matthew Wintle, MRCP (UK)

Director, Research & Development Strategic Relations

Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Dr. Wintle graduated from University of Wales College of Medicine in 1997 and gained early clinical experience in clinical pharmacology & toxicology. Combining a career as an international rugby player with training in cardiology, respiratory, general, intensive and acute care medicine he was elected to the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2001. He joined Amylin Pharmaceuticals in 2002 providing physician oversight to all phases of Amylin’s clinical development program with responsibility for drug safety analyses and regulatory submissions. Following the FDA approval of two first-in-class diabetes therapies, BYETTA (exenatide) and SYMLIN (pramlintide) in 2005 he joined Amylin Medical Affairs as Director of Medical Programmes to support their global launch. He established Health Outcomes research at Amylin in 2005, chaired the Amylin-Lilly data analysis team and led many aspects of their late-stage research. His current responsibilities include providing strategic input to Amylin’s Research & Development programs with a lead role for their cardiometabolic research strategy and external communications with health care professionals, managed care, government, and business groups.

Photo Above:  Dr. Matthew Wintle, MRCP