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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Jean Betschart Roemer,
MSN, MN, CPNP, CDE
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner,
Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Laura Hieronymus, DNP, MSEd, RN,
MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE, FAADE
Associate Director, Education & Quality
Services, UK HealthCare, Barnstable
Brown Diabetes Center, University of
Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Nancy Cooper, RD, CDE
International Diabetes Center,
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert S. Dinsmoor
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
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Pamela Allweiss, MD, MPH
CDC Division of Diabetes Translation
Amy P. Campbell, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Boston, Massachusetts
David E. Goldstein, MD
Professor Emeritus, University of Missouri
Health Science Center, Columbia, Missouri
Virginia Peragallo-Dittko,
APRN, BC-ADM, MA, CDE
Executive Director, Diabetes and Obesity
Institute, Winthrop-University Hospital,
Mineola, New York
Jeff Plumer, Vice Chair
JDRF International Board of Directors
William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDE
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MD, FACP, FACE, ECNU
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College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky
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New York Eye and Ear Infirmary,
New York, New York
Sheri Setser-Legg,
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UK HealthCare Barnstable Brown
Diabetes Center, University of Kentucky,
Lexington, Kentucky
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Long Branch, New Jersey
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Mount Sinai St. Luke’s Weight
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Stephen Z. Wolner, DDS
New York, New York
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1947-
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