Diabetes Day by Day
Diabetes Day by Day is a podcast intended for people with diabetes and their caregivers. In each episode, Neil Skolnik, MD, and Sara Wettergreen, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, will discuss the everyday challenges of living with diabetes and will offer practical advice for overcoming those challenges. Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen and their invited guests as they share their experience and knowledge on how to "live your best life with diabetes."
Do you have a specific question for Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen? If so, please leave a message at (703) 755-7288, along with your first name and city location. Please note that a recording of your message may be used in a future episode of Diabetes Day by Day.
Diabetes Day by Day is a podcast of the American Diabetes Association.
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Most Recent Episodes
March 13, 2023
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guests: Marina Chaparro, RDN, CDE, MPH and Sean Oser, MD, MPH as they take a deeper dive into the experience of people living with type 1 diabetes. In some ways, the experience of living with diabetes is similar for those with either type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes, but in some ways they are quite different. In this episode learn tips from our guests who are not only experts in the field of diabetes, but also live with type 1 diabetes themselves. Share your diabetes story with us by leaving a message at (703) 755-7288. You might be featured on a future Diabetes Day by Day episode.
February 17, 2023
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guests: Darren McGuire, MD, MHSc and Mikhail Kosiborod, MD, FACC, FAHA as they discuss the connection between diabetes and heart disease. Learn about the resources available to keep your heart healthy! Do you live with diabetes? If so, please consider sharing your story with us by leaving a message at (703) 755-7288. You might be featured on a future Diabetes Day by Day episode.
January 12, 2023
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guests: Robert Gabbay, MD, PhD (Chief Scientific and Medical Officer at the American Diabetes Association) and William Polonsky, PhD, CDCES (President, Behavioral Diabetes Institute). Learn the best approaches and some productive hints about how to move forward into the New Year and take what we’ve learned from last year and move forward. Do you live with diabetes? If so, please consider sharing your story with us by leaving a message at (703) 755-7288. You might be featured on a future Diabetes Day by Day episode.
December 19, 2022
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guests: Sarah Hormachea, MS, RD, CDCES, BC-ADM (Diabetes Educator at The University of Colorado Hospital) and Aaron M. Sutton LCSW, BCD, CAADC (Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and the Behavioral Health Faculty at the Family Medicine Residency program at Abington Jefferson Health). Learn the best strategies for managing your diabetes during the holidays and start planning ahead so you can reduce your stress levels!
November 17, 2022
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen as they discuss changes in technology, changes in how we now personalize the care of people with diabetes, and available resources through the American Diabetes Association®. #ADM2022 #DiabetesHitsDifferent
October 27, 2022
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guests: Dawn Noe, RDN, LD, CDCES (Dawn Noe Nutrition and Consulting); Dr. Laura Hieronymous, DNP, MSEd, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES (VP, Health Care Programs at the ADA); Viola Holmes, RD, CDCES (Associate Director of Nutrition at the ADA), Dr. Fatima Qureshi, MD (Pakistan), OD (LaHaye Total Eye Care); Aaron M. Sutton LCSW, BCD, CAADC (Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and the Behavioral Health Faculty at the Family Medicine Residency program at Abington Jefferson Health); and Jordan Burkey (54 year-old PWD, husband to PWD). Learn from some of the individuals who make up the diabetes support village. Diabetes is a team effort and nobody should face it alone!
September 14, 2022
Episode Notes
Join Drs. Skolnik and Wettergreen with special guest, Julian Brittano as they discuss the challenges that a diabetes diagnosis presents and how to overcome them! Julian lives with #T2D and is a Greenleaf actor, artist, activist, author, writer, producer, and entrepreneur who doesn't let his diabetes stand in the way of anything!
About the Hosts
Dr. Neil Skolnik, MD, is a family physician, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, and associate director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Abington Jefferson Health. He has written and edited 5 books on topics in primary care, overseen the development of over 25 medical textbooks, and published more than 400 articles, columns, poems, essays, webinars, and podcasts. Dr. Skolnik has served on advisory committees for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the American Diabetes Association and lectures nationally on a range of topics, with a special interest in diabetes, asthma, COPD, exercise in medicine, coronary disease risk factor management, and the medical humanities.
Dr. Sara Wettergreen, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, is an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. She is a clinical pharmacy specialist at UCHealth Lone Tree Primary Care, where her activities focus on diabetes management and cardiovascular risk reduction. Dr. Wettergreen’s research interests include diabetes and diabetes-related technology, as she seeks to increase access to and utilization of diabetes-related technology.
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