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With a referral base of approximately 7 million, the pediatric diabetes clinical program provides care for over 1800 children with diabetes in Indiana and neighboring states.

The diabetes team includes of 12 active faculty members, 4 clinical fellows, 6 diabetes clinical nurse practitioners, 1 diabetes nurse education specialist, one full-time insulin pump therapy specialist, 5 diabetes research nurses, 1 diabetes research technician, 3 diabetes clinical nursing technicians, 3 dietitians, and 2 social workers. Each team member is committed to providing the state of the art clinical care, including the latest therapeutic alternatives and opportunities, to children of the state and neighboring counties with diabetes.

Children newly diagnosed with diabetes are hospitalized at Riley Hospital or Clarian North Medical Center for initial management and an intensive 3-day program for patient and family education. The team also provides support services to Methodist, Wishard, and University hospitals to assist in the management of children with diabetes.

Over 100 patients are seen each week in outpatient clinics at the Riley Outpatient Center, the Clarian North Medical Office Building, the Saint Francis South Campus, St. Joseph's Medical Center in South Bend, and at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. In the year 2005, 184 children with type 1 diabetes were diagnosed and treated at Riley and an additional 83 children previously diagnosed with diabetes were referred to our program.
The team has developed and implemented innovative diabetes education programs, including ongoing training of regional school personnel. Community outreach efforts include the staffing of the American Diabetes Association's John Warvel Diabetes Summer Camp and coordinating the training of the camp's medical staff. Faculty currently serve on the Boards of the Indiana chapters of the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundations and they have contributed to national and international efforts to improve the care of children with diabetes. Team members routinely present educational material at regional continuing medical education programs for primary physicians and diabetes family support groups across the state.

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For more information please call us at (317) 274-3889 or fax us at (317) 274-3882.