2024 Rhode Island World Diabetes Day Event

Join healthcare professionals and colleagues from across the state for a FREE in-person morning full of helpful, informative, eye-opening, and inspirational presentations, discussions, and question-and-answer sessions. Attendees will be eligible for CME/CE credits for participating. Light refreshments will be available.

For more information, visit: www.riwdd.org.

Event schedule:

7:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. - Exhibit Hall

7:15 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. - Registration/Continental Breakfast/Networking/Exhibits

8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.– Kickoff of Rhode Island World Diabetes Day 2024

8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. – Keynote, provided in partnership with Sanofi

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Managing Diabetes Complications: Perspectives from the experts on your team - A panel discussion led by Roberto Ortiz, MD

10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. – Break

10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Psychosocial Factors in Diabetes - Amanda S. Phillips, Ph.D.

11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. – Inconvenience or Barrier in a First World Country: Balancing diabetes and societal well-being - Amanda Cheatom RN, NCM, CDOE

11:45 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. - Grace Diaz Blue Light Award Presentation by Representative Grace Diaz

11:55 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. - Closing Remarks

Host or Publisher Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH)