Agenda
 
9:00 - 9:30 am
Registration, Posters & Exhibits
9:30 - 9:45 am
Welcome:
Tim Garvin, President and CEO, United Way of Central Mass.
9:45 - 10:30 am
Keynote Presentation
Developments in Diabetes Research
Enrico Cagliero, MD - MGH Diabetes Center
10:30 - 10:45 am
Break, Posters & Exhibits
10:45 - 11:30 am
Keynote Presentation
Changing the Paradigm of Healthcare - Advocacy,                    
Awareness, Advancement
Ranch Kimball - President, Joslin Diabetes Center
11:30 - 12:00 pm
Question and Answer with speakers
12:00 - 12:45 pm
Lunch, Posters & Exhibits
12:45 - 1:10 pm
Executive and Standing Committee Reports
1:10 - 2:15 pm
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
1) Updates based on new guidelines through case studies
Stuart Chipkin, MD, FACE, UMass School of Public Health and
Health Sciences
2) Update on Diabetes in Legislature and how you can get involved
David Alper, DPM
3) Effectiveness/evidence of diabetes self-management
Elvira Q. Johnson, MS, RD, CDE, LDN
EQJ Associates - Medical Nutrition Therapy and Diabetes &    
Disease Management Services
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Standing Committee Meetings:
Community Mobilization
Health Care Access & Quality
Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation
3:30 pm
Meeting Adjourns
Fall Statewide Meeting
DCOM's Fall Statewide Meeting took place at the Hoagland-Pincus Center in  Shrewsbury,
MA.  We offered Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits and Continuing Educational
Units (CEU). The themes of our meeting were:

Updates on the Newest Clinical Advances. From Research to Practice
Changing the Paradigm of Healthcare...Advocacy, Awareness and Advancement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas
and policies of the Massachusetts Medical Society for Continuing Medical Education
through the Joint Sponsorship of Masspro and the Diabetes Coalition of Massachusetts.

This program meets the requirements of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in
Nursing at regulation 244CMR 5.00 for 3.1 contact hours.

Masspro designates this educational activity for a maximum of 3.1 AMA PRA Category 1
Credit(s)™.  Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their
participation in the activity. Masspro is accredited by the Massachusetts Medical Society
to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Driving Directions:
Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
222 Maple Avenue
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-8222
508-856-8687

From Route 9 West:
Westbound from Westborough Rte. 495: Proceed West past Route 140 in Shrewsbury,
continue to the second stop light. This is Oak Street; there will be a bowling alley on the
right. Turn Right on Oak Street, and proceed until you reach a stop sign. This is Maple
Avenue. The entrance to the conference center is directly across the street. The
Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center is the first building on the right.

From the Mass Pike (I-90):
Westbound from Boston: Take exit 11A to Route 495 North to Route 9 West; follow
directions above.
Eastbound from Springfield: Take Exit 10 to Route 290 East; follow directions below.

From I-290:
Eastbound from Auburn: Proceed on Route 290 East to Exit 22 - Main Street,
Shrewsbury. Take Exit 22, at end of ramp take a right onto Main Street.
Westbound from Marlborough: Proceed on Route 290 West to Exit 22 - Main Street,
Shrewsbury. Take exit 22, at end of the ramp take a left onto Main Street.

Once on Main Street, Shrewsbury:
Proceed on Main Street through the first set of lights and up the hill. Take right onto
Gage Lane (the first right after passing St. John's High School). Follow Gage Lane to the
end. Turn right onto Maple Avenue. Proceed one-half mile, turn right at the maroon sign
for UMMS Worcester Foundation Campus. The Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center is the
first building on the right.
             October 10, 2007