Program areas at Joslin Diabetes Center
Patient care: the Joslin Diabetes Center (jdc), in conjunction 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 has treated thousands of patients over its 100+ year history. Patients are seen in the Joslin clinic for services that include endocrinology, ophthalmology, nephrology, psychosocial services, nutrition, exercise physiology and others. In addition, Joslin has a professional education program which educates physicians worldwide on Joslin treatment methods for patients with Diabetes.
Research: Joslin engages in research related to better understanding 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 diabetesmillions of people with Diabetes throughout the world benefit directly from basic and clinical research conducted at the Center. Approximately 300 researchers employed at the Joslin Diabetes Center are working on various aspects of Diabetes, searching for ways to prevent and treat Diabetes in all its forms and ultimately find a cure for the disease.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.