Joslin Clinic

A mission to cure diabetesthe Joslin diabetes center (jdc), with its affiliate the Joslin Clinic, provides world class leading edge patient care in the specialty area of diabetes and caring for patients through a relentless team of clinicians, skilled health educators, and access to pioneering diabetes research. Joslin's mission is not only to provide outstanding patient care, but also to bring best practices to the larger medical community. Joslin is affiliated with harvard medical school and offers a rich educational environment involving courses, lectures, fellowship opportunities and cme courses. Jdc also provides infrastructure, management and support services to its affiliate, the Joslin Clinic. Joslin also engages in research related to better understanding the diabetes, how to treat it and how to help patients manage and live healthier lives with the disease. Joslin diabetes research center is one of only 16 nih-designated diabetes research centers in the united states. Joslin's research team is world-renowned and passionate about improving the lives of people with diabetes.during the period covered by this filing, jdc had 100,426 patient encounters and 66,184 outpatient visits including, 29,705 adult diabetes visits, 2,225 behavioral health visits, 15,378 ophthalmology visits at beetham eye institute, 9871 diabetes education visits, 7,426 pediatric visits, 1,579 nephrology visits. Additionally, jdc performed 270 eye surgeries.