Being Cool with Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes
Expand your expertise in supporting kids with type 1 diabetes and their families and review new type 1 diabetes research updates! Dr. Drury-Brown encourages every patient and their family to live their lives to the fullest. She is Medical Director of the Pediatric Specialty Clinic and a Pediatric Endocrinologist for Providence Health & Services at St. Vincent. She has volunteered at diabetes camps in Oregon or North Carolina every summer since 2005. She also serves on our local JDRF board, actively advocating for patients with type 1 diabetes. She has expertise and tools to share with you!
After attending Dr. Drury-Brown's session, you will be able to:
1. Describe the natural history of type 1 diabetes.
2. Describe the clinical features associated with type 1 diabetes.
3. Plan the appropriate management of type 1 diabetes to effectively achieve good control.
4. Identify technology tools for use in the pediatric population.
5. List new research updates with type 1 diabetes.
More about Marcie...she is originally from the Pacific Northwest and is grateful to have settled here with her young family. She went to medical school at Loma Linda University and completed her pediatric residency and pediatric endocrinology fellowship at OHSU. She then spent 7 years in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and on the Piedmont Triad JDRF board before moving back to the Pacific Northwest. During her leisure time, you will find Marcie knitting, exploring the outdoors, cheering for the Portland Thorns, going to the theatre, challenging friends to ping pong, and spending time with her family.