Special guest:  American Diabetes Association Ambassador-

Anthony Wilson has long known about a heart condition that caused his heart to race, but the EMS professional was unaware of his type 2 diabetes until the day he nearly died. An Emergency Medical Technician for more than 33 years and current operations manager of an ambulance service, Anthony has always had a passion for helping others. As a national ambassador for Know Diabetes by Heart, Anthony adds his voice to the landmark collaboration between American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association to educate people like him about the link between type 2 diabetes and heart disease and stroke.  His professional experiences in EMS and personal experience with a diabetes crisis make Anthony well-aware of the dual threats of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Helping one person get tested for diabetes or encouraging one person living with type 2 to take care of their cardiovascular health is his goal.

 

Special Guest: Stephanie Chung, M.B.B.S., Clinical researcher from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the NIH. Dr. Chung is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Children's National Health System.  She is a Pediatric Endocrinologist – Faculty, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center/ Eunice Kennedy Shriver Fellowship Training Program NICHD, NIH.  The Institute;'s overall goal is to minimize the burden of diabetes health disparities across the lifespan through improving diabetes prevention and management. By elucidating the complex association of biological, social and environmental factors to the pathogenesis of cardiometabolic diseases, we will evaluate current paradigms and promote the development of novel screening and therapeutic strategies.