Faculty Disclosures
In accordance with Joint Accreditation criteria and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies for the past 24 months.
Joint Accreditation/ACCME also requires that ADCES mitigate any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. The disclosure information is intended to identify any ineligible relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during an activity, please report it on the evaluation.
Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity planners and faculty are as follows:
SpeakersSandra Arevalo, MPH, RDN, CDN, CDCES, , FADA: No financial relationships to disclose
Lorena Drago, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES: DiabetesSisters: Speakers' Bureau (Ongoing); Haas Avocado: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing); Lifescan Diabetes Institute: Consultant / Advisory Board (Ongoing)
Diana Mesa, RD, LDN, CDCES: Walgreens Health: Employment (Ongoing)
PlannersJodi Lavin-Tompkins, MSN, RN, BC-ADM, CDCES - Stock: Gilead Sciences, Regeneron Pharma (relationship has ended)
Barbara Kocurek, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, FADCES - No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Magon Saunders, DHSc, MS, RDN, LD - No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Bau Tran, PA-C, PharmD, FCCP - No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Sean Oser, MD – Consultant: Cecelia Health, Content Development: Abbott
Anna Sabino, MSW, CDCES - No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Chelsea Hawkins, CDCES, MCHES, RDN - No financial relationships or conflicts of interest
Disclosure and Mitigation of Relevant Conflicts of Interest
All identified relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated.
The approval of this educational offering by the ADCES does not imply endorsement of specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.