Our Advisory Board

One of CanAm Care's most valued resources is our Advisory Board, a network of recognized and respected leaders in diabetes care from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. With their diversity in health and diabetes fields and extensive knowledge, they provide feedback and input to guide CanAm Care as we go forward in our mission to respond to patient needs, provide the most up-to-date products, and deliver value and quality at all times.

CanAm Care Advisory Board Members - 2011

• Andi Lane Clark, PharmD
• Sheri Colberg, PhD, FACSM
• Suzanne Ghiloni, BSN, RN, CDE
• Mary Nametka, MSN, RN,CWS, CWCN, FACCWS, FNP-BC
• Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
• Donna Tomky, MSN, RN, ANP-C, CDE
• Hope Warshaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM

Andi Lane Clark Pharmacist, educator and mentor to other pharmacists, Andi Lane Clark, PharmD, specializes in delivering educational programs on important health-related topics that help pharmacists better serve their patients. She is currently the Manager of Field Clinical Services, South Division, for the Rite Aid Corporation where she recruits trains and coordinates pharmacists, including Diabetes Care Specialists. Both the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) have recognized her diabetes self-management programs. She is a member of the American Pharmacists Association and the Greater Atlanta Association of Diabetes Educators.

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Sheri Colberg An expert on exercise and diabetes, Dr. Sheri R. Colberg is an exercise physiologist and professor of exercise science at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, and adjunct professor of internal medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School. She brings to her work the expertise of more than 20 years as a diabetes professional and over 40 years of personal experience as a person with type 1 diabetes. A prolific researcher and author, she has written over 200 articles, book chapters, and books on exercise and diabetes, as well as a biweekly column for DiabetesInControl.com. Dr. Colberg serves on the advisory boards of Diabetes Health magazine and dLife, is the executive director of the Lifelong Exercise Institute, and is a member of the Board of Directors of DESA (Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association).

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Suzanne Ghiloni, RN, BSN, CDE, has been a diabetes educator at the Joslin Clinic for over 25 years specializing in pregnancy and pump therapy. Ms. Ghiloni is the lead educator at the Joslin Clinic/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Diabetes and Pregnancy Program. She has been a co-investigator on several studies in the areas of continuous glucose monitoring and diabetes and pregnancy. Ms. Ghiloni has published articles in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics and Diabetes Forecast. She is a sought after speaker on cutting edge diabetes topics and author of the Joslin publication "Staying Healthy with Diabetes: Planning and Managing a Pregnancy".

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Mary Nametka has over 35 years of experience in family and community nursing, with almost 20 of those years dedicated to wound care treatment, consultation and education. She is an Advanced Practice board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Certified Wound Care Specialist. She is currently the Wound Care Program Coordinator at the Seattle Veteran's Administration. Ms. Nametka has published numerous professional articles and is on the editorial board of Today's Wound Clinic, a leading wound care journal. She has helped develop practice guidelines for the field and is founder and committee chair for the recently organized National Section of AMSUS (Association of Military Surgeons of the U.S.) dedicated to promotion of evidence based wound and skin care for all federal healthcare providers.

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Gary Scheiner A diabetes educator, speaker and writer, Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE, leads Integrated Diabetes Services, a private diabetes education and management practice he founded in 1995 near Philadelphia, PA. Gary and his staff specialize in lifestyle intervention and intensive blood glucose control for children and adults, providing consultations locally and throughout the world via phone and internet. He also heads Type-1 University, an online school of higher learning for insulin users. Trained at Joslin Diabetes Center, Gary's done extensive volunteer work for the ADA, JDRF, and DESA (Diabetes Exercise & Sports Association). He is well known for his insulin-users guidebook, Think Like a Pancreas, and has written four books and dozens of articles on diabetes management. He has also received several awards for his teaching tools and techniques, and speaks regularly at regional, national and international conferences on diabetes, fitness and motivation. He has had Type 1 diabetes for over 25 years and has used an insulin pump since 1994, and a continuous glucose monitor since 2006. He trains insulin users on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors.

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Donna Tomky is a Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner, Diabetes Educator, and Informatics Specialist in the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes for ABQ Health Partners in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She brings to her work more than 25 years of experience in diabetes education and clinical management and has lived successfully with type 1 diabetes for over 35 years. She is currently President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Ms. Tomky has co-led delegations of diabetes educators to China for the "People to People Ambassador Program."

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Hope Warshaw, nationally recognized dietitian and diabetes educator, applies more than 30 years of experience and expertise to her work as an author and freelance writer, diabetes educator and consultant, and media spokesperson. Ms. Warshaw has authored numerous books and consumer articles. She is the author of several bestselling books published by American Diabetes Association including: Real Life Guide to Diabetes, Diabetes Meal Planning Made Easy and Guide to Healthy Restaurant Eating. She is a contributing editor for Diabetic Living, Better Homes & Garden's diabetes magazine. She's had publications in Diabetes Care, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, The Diabetes Educator and others.

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