The 57th Annual Symposium on Diabetes for Healthcare Professionals

Activity description: Participants will enhance their knowledge and competence in contemporary diabetes care through exposure to evidence-based clinical updates, emerging technologies, and person-centered care strategies. Educational content will focus on key topics including the 2026 Standards of Care related to overweight and obesity management, the expanding role of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in diabetes management beyond traditional blood glucose monitoring, and the application of cultural curiosity and humility to improve communication and outcomes for people living with diabetes.

Target audience: This activity is designed for individuals or groups of diabetes care and education specialists including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and other health care providers interested in staying up to date on current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related conditions.

Early Registration Rates: July 10th - October 10th
Members: $125
Non-Members: $150
Retired: $75
Student (No CE): $75

Standard Registration Rates: October 11th - November 2nd
Members: $175
Non-Members: $175
Retired: $175
Student (No CE): $175

TPC River Highlands
1 Golf Club Road
Cromwell, CT 06416

7:30 - 8:00am - Breakfast / Vendors

8:00 - 8:15am - Welcome
Anita Leila Bruno, MS, RD, BC-ADM, CDCES, Planning Committee Chair

8:15 - 9:15am - Concepcion Bulo, MS, RD, CDCES, Clinical Diabetes Specialist, Sequel Med Tech
Listening Differently: The Role of Cultural Curiosity and Humility in Transforming Diabetes Care

9:15 - 10:15am - Katelyn O’Brien PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BC-ADM, 2026 ADCES Diabetes Care and Education Specialist of the Year, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Boston Medical Center
Going Beyond the Prick and Stick: Ways to Optimize Diabetes Care Beyond Finger Sticks and MDI

10:15 - 10:45am - Break / Vendors / Book Signing with Beverly Dyck Thomassian

10:45 am - 12:15pm - Beverly Dyck Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM, President and Founder, Diabetes Education Services
Healing Through Connection: The Power of Shared Stories

12:15 - 1:15pm - Lunch / Vendors / Book Signing with Beverly Dyck Thomassian

1:15 – 1:45pm - Vendors / Book Signing – extra time with the vendors / technology review / book signing

1:45 - 3:00pm - Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, MFOMA, Dipl. ABOM, Founder and Chief Medical Officer Knownwell
NEW 2026 ADA Standards of Care in Overweight and Obesity

3:00 – 4:00pm - Are You My Type: AID Speed Dating Panel: Moderator: Maribeth Allison, RN, CDCES, Tandem: Juhi Gupta MS, RD, CDCES, Omnipod: Katherine Marti, PharmD, BCPS, Medtronic: Tess Nuzzolo, RD, CDCES, NDPP lifestyle coach, Twiist: Kelly Hamann, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES, iLet: Lavina Milone, RD, CDCES

4:00 – 4:30pm - Wrap-Up, Awards, Announcements and Evaluation

Requirements for successful completion: For successful completion, participants are required to attend The 57th Annual Symposium on Diabetes for Healthcare Professionals and complete and submit the program evaluation at the conclusion of the educational event. Your Statement of Credit will be issued upon submission of the evaluation form. Pharmacists must provide their date of birth (MMDD) and NABP ePID to receive credit. Pharmacist learners who fail to provide this information will not receive credit for this activity. Please check your NABP profile within 45 days of this activity to make sure your credits were uploaded. Per the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board, nurse practitioners are eligible to claim continuing education contact hours from ANCC.

Disclosure and Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships: 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 requires ADCES to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to ensure educational content is balanced, evidence-based, and free from bias. Disclosure information is provided to help learners recognize any relevant financial relationships and make their own informed judgments about the content. If you perceive any bias during the activity, please report it through the evaluation form.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among education activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Speakers
Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Concepcion Bulo, MS, RD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Katelyn O’Brien, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BC-ADM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Angela Fitch, MD, FACP, MFOMA, DIPL. ABOM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Juhi Gupta, MS, RD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Katerine Marti, PharmD, BCPS – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Tess Nuzzolo, RD, CDCES, NDPP – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Lauren Kelly Hamann, MSN, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Lavine Milone, RD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Meribeth Alison, RN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Planners
Karen McAvoy, MSN, RN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Fei Wang, MSc, Pharm.D., BCPS, FASHP, NCTTP – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Laurel Brandon, MSN, APRN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Carolyn Gundell MS, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
LaurieAnn Scher, MS, RD, CDCES, FADCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Juhi Gupta, MS, RD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Katerine Marti, PharmD, BCPS – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Peer Reviewers
Eileen Ward, PharmD, BCACP, TTS – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Sydney Flippo, MS, RDN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Christine Zaveson, RN, MSN, PHN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education The Universal Activity Number is JA4008258-0000-26-024-L01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 5.75 contact hour(s). This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.

American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this live activity for a maximum of 5.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 5.75 ANCC contact hours.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 5.75 contact hours. RNs must retain this document for 4 years after the activity concludes.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 5.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR): CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 5.75 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEUs) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR prefession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietietics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5.75 general continuing education credits.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists: To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (http://www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Other Health Professionals: It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.

Successful Completion
To receive a Statement of Credit, you must participate in all identified components of the activity and complete an evaluation.