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About Us Is Really About You
We know you have choices in considering continuing education. We also know that trust, confidence and credibility are key issues in choosing a diabetes educator.
Our President:
Beverly Dyck Thomassian, RN, BC-ADM, MPH, CDE Author, Nurse, Educator and Clinician, has specialized in diabetes management for the past eighteen years. She has been awarded board certification in Advanced Diabetes Management; is Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF; and has been published in the American Journal of Nursing, NurseWeek, Progress for Cardiovascular Nursing, Stanford Nurse and the Japanese Journal of Nursing.
Credibility:
- Assistant Clinical Professor in Department of Physiological Nursing, UCSF
- A diabetes educator in the outpatient and inpatient setting for over 18 years
- Taken the CDE exam 4 times (every 5 years over 18 years) and has passed with flying colors each time
- Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)
- Celebrating 10 years as President and Founder of Diabetes Educational Services
Associations
- Member of the American Diabetes Association since 1993
- Past President-Elect Santa Clara Chapter of American Diabetes Association
- Member of the American Association for Diabetes Educators since 1992
- Member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Board Member of "Just One Person", a non-profit organization that educates and empowers girls in Kenya.
Honors and Awards
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Achieved American Diabetes Association Recognition for Diabetes Program
- Art of Caring Award from Stanford University Hospital
- Recipient of Performance Recognition Award for enhancing nursing and health education collaboration
- We Get Results Award from CIGNA HealthCare
- Inductee in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Achieved American Diabetes Association Recognition for Diabetes Program
- Art of Caring Award from Stanford University Hospital
- Recipient of Performance Recognition Award for enhancing nursing and health education collaboration
- "We Get Results" Award from CIGNA HealthCare
- Inductee in Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
- Achieved American Diabetes Association Recognition for Diabetes Program
- Art of Caring Award from Stanford University Hospital
- Recipient of Performance Recognition Award for enhancing nursing and health education collaboration
Publications
- Cardiac Nursing Textbook – Lippincott – Authored Chapter, “ Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes” to be published in 2009.
- Diabetes Detectives - Finding the Uncommon Conditions, NurseWeek 2008
- American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) - AARP Guide to Living with Diabetes (editorial board member) 2007
- Type 2 Diabetes in Children: Unexpected Epidemic. NurseWeek, 3/ 2004
- Insulin, From Injected to Inhaled: Past, Present and Future. NurseWeek, 3/ 2002
- Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease, Getting to the Heart of the Matter. NurseWeek, February, 1999
- Diabetes Update, Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, September, 1998
- Creative Strategies for Improving Diabetes Care, Stanford Nurse, January 1998
- Development of an Inpatient Diabetes Care Program, Japanese Journal of Nursing, Jan 1998
- The Paper Crane, American Journal of Nursing May 1989.
Past or Present Membership in Professional Organizations
- current Golden Empire Chapter of American Association of Diabetes Educators
- American Association of Diabetes Educators
- Santa Clara Chapter of American Association of Diabetes Educators
- American Diabetes Association
- Flying Samaritans Medical Team - providing medical care to rural populations in Mexico
- Berhorst Foundation for Rural Health Care Projects in Guatemala
- Society of Public Health Education
- Hesperian Foundation for Rural Health Promotion in Mexico
- American Public Health Association
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