Harvard Diabetes Update 2025

• Target Audience: endocrinologists, primary care physicians
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The Harvard Medical School Diabetes Update

Diabetes Update will be held online this year, using live streaming, electronic Q&A, and other remote learning technologies.

EDUCATION to MEET THE CHALLENGES of DIABETES CARE

At a time when our diabetes knowledge and treatment options have advanced so much, why do clinical outcomes remain suboptimal, with so many patients unable to achieve good control of their disease?

The answer is rooted in four challenges:

Keeping pace with rapidly advancing clinical options for diabetes care:

Therapies

Technologies

Lifestyle medicine interventions

Designing comprehensive therapeutic interventions based on frequent diabetes-associated diseases and complications

Accounting for a patient’s unique biological, psychological, social, financial, educational, and cultural factors

Overcoming structural health care barriers that require clinical strategies to fit within a particular mold

This course is designed to equip clinicians to meet these challenges, providing practical, evidence-based approaches to optimize care for your patients.

STRATEGIES, UPDATES, and BEST PRACTICES for STATE-OF-THE-ART DIABETES CARE

This program affords you the opportunity to learn from leaders in the field of diabetes who are distinguished for their outstanding teaching, knowledge, and innovations in clinical care.

Participants can rely on this program for comprehensive education to ensure state-of-the-art treatment. Coverage includes:

Designing more effective treatment plans

Current anti-diabetes medications and how to use them

Diagnosis of different types of diabetes

Utilization of recent technology advances in diabetes care

Optimizing care for people with obesity

Assessing and treating cardiovascular and renal complications

Guiding patients on physical activity and medical nutrition

Management of hypertension and dyslipidemia

Addressing low engagement in therapy

NEW DATA and PRACTICE GUIDELINES for DIABETES CARE

The newest data on the identification of different types of diabetes

The latest scientific information on how to reduce cardiovascular and renal disease risk in patients with type 2 diabetes

New guidelines and practice recommendations for nutrition and physical activity coupled with instruction to incorporate them into your current approaches to diabetes care

Criteria to navigate the controversial data related to some anti-diabetes medications

Medical vs. surgical management of obesity

New technologies in diabetes care: updates and implications for day-to-day care

Research breakthroughs

Tips and tricks for navigating barriers within health care systems

ASSESSMENT and TREATMENT of COMPLICATIONS from DIABETES

The 2025 program provides education to assess and treat:

Cardiovascular Disease

Congestive Heart Failure

Renal Disease

Metabolic-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

OPTIMIZING HEALTH OUTCOMES for DIVERSE PATIENT POPULATIONS

This program also provides comprehensive guidance to account for biological, psychological, emotional, social, financial, and cultural factors that impact the development and progression of diabetes.

Coverage includes:

Racial and ethnic minorities

The elderly

People with obesity

Patients at high cardiovascular risk

Individuals with low engagement in therapy

Patients at low socio-economic levels

Subjects with low health literacy/education

Individuals with depression/emotional distress

Patients with metabolic liver disease

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Tuesday, April 29, 2025

9:00am to 9:15am

Welcome and Introduction

Course Directors

Identifying Various Types of Diabetes in Clinical Practice

9:15am to 9:40am

Is It Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, or Something Else?

Miriam Udler, MD, PhD

9:40am to 10:05am

The Connection Between Diabetes Phenotypes and Social Determinants of Health

Jacqueline Seiglie, MD

10:05am to 10:45am

Panel Discussion and Practical Recommendations

Miriam Udler, MD, PhD and Jacqueline Seiglie, MD

10:45am to 11:00am

Break

Medical Nutrition Management in Diabetes and Obesity

11:00am to 11:25am

Does When You Eat Matter? Intermittent Fasting, Circadian Rhythms, and Food Order

Courtney Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA, MS

11:25am to 11:50am

Current Dietary Recommendations in Diabetes and Obesity

Laura Andromalos, MS, RD, RN, CSOWM, CDCES

11:50am to 12:30pm

Panel Discussion and Practical Recommendations

Courtney Peterson, PhD, MSc, MA, MS and Laura Andromalos, MS, RD, RN, CSOWM, CDCES

12:30pm to 1:20pm

Break

Prescribing Exercise to Patients with Diabetes

1:20pm to 1:45pm

Exercise Recommendations in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

Edward M. Phillips, MD

1:45pm to 2:10pm

A Practical Exercise Session Demonstration

Jacqueline I. Shahar, MEd, RCEP, CDCES

2:10pm to 2:50pm

Panel Discussion and Practical Recommendations

Edward M. Phillips, MD and Jacqueline I. Shahar, MEd, RCEP, CDCES

2:50pm to 3:00pm

Break

Special Lecture

3:00pm to 3:45pm

Improving Diabetes Care by Addressing Patient, Health Care Professional, and Health Care System Factors

A. Enrique Caballero, MD

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

9:00am to 9:10am

Welcome, Recap, and Introduction to Day 2

Course Directors

Obesity Management in the Patient with Diabetes

9:10am to 9:40am

Health Implications of Overweight and Obesity: A Focus on Sleep Disorders

Peminda Cabandugama, MD, DABOM

9:40am to 10:10am

Lifestyle Modification in Obesity: Does It Work?

Julia Lloyd, MPH, RD, CDCES

10:10am to 10:50am

Pharmacological Management: What Intervention and When?

W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc

10:50am to 11:05am

Break

11:05am to 11:35am

Surgical Management of Obesity: An Update

Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MBA, MPH

11:35am to 12:15pm

Panel Discussion and Practical Recommendations

W. Scott Butsch, MD, MSc, Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MBA, MPH, and Julia Lloyd, MPH, RD, CDCES

12:15pm to 1:05pm

Break

Management of Traditional CV Risk Factors in Diabetes

1:05pm to 1:45pm

Dyslipidemia Management in the Patient with Diabetes

Om P. Ganda, MD

1:45pm to 2:30pm

Hypertension Management in the Patient with Diabetes

Naomi D. Fisher, MD

2:30pm to 3:00pm

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Om P. Ganda, MD and Naomi D. Fisher, MD

Special Lecture

3:00pm to 3:45pm

Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD): A 2025 Vision

Kenneth Cusi, MD

Thursday, May 1, 2025

9:00am to 9:10am

Welcome, Recap, and Introduction to Day 3

Course Directors

Cardiovascular Disease in the Patient with Diabetes

9:10am to 9:40am

Coronary Artery Disease: Evaluation and Management

Jorge Plutzky, MD

9:40am to 10:10am

Heart Failure in the Patient with Diabetes: An Update

Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA

10:10am to 10:45am

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Jorge Plutzky, MD and Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA

10:45am to 11:00am

Break

Renal Disease in the Patient with Diabetes

11:00am to 11:25am

Evaluation of Chronic Kidney Disease

Katherine R. Tuttle, MD

11:25am to 11:50am

Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease

Janani Rangaswami, MD, FACP, FCRS, FAHA

11:50am to 12:30pm

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Katherine R. Tuttle, MD and Janani Rangaswami, MD, FACP, FCRS, FAHA

12:30pm to 1:20pm

Break

Technology Advances in Diabetes Care

1:20pm to 1:50pm

Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A 2025 Vision

Devin Steenkamp, MD

1:50pm to 2:20pm

Insulin Pumps, Closing the Loop: Where Do We Stand?

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, FCCP

2:20pm to 2:50pm

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Devin Steenkamp, MD and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES, FCCP

2:50pm to 3:00pm

Break

Special Lecture

3:00pm to 3:45pm

Artificial Intelligence in Diabetes Care: Fact or Fiction?

James Flory, MD

Friday, May 2, 2025

9:00am to 9:10am

Welcome, Recap, and Introduction to Day 4

Course Directors

Pharmacological Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Traditional Medications

9:10am to 9:50am

Traditional Medications (Biguanides, SUs, TZDs, Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitors)

Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MPH

9:50am to 10:30am

Insulin Therapy in the Patient with Diabetes

Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, CDCES, FACE, MACP

10:30am to 11:10am

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MPH and Guillermo E. Umpierrez, MD, CDCES, FACE, MACP

11:10am to 11:20am

Break

Special Lecture

11:20am to 12:00pm

Lack of Adherence to Therapy and Clinical Inertia: How to Overcome Them

Anne Peters, MD

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Break

Pharmacological Management of Type 2 Diabetes: Newer Medications

1:00pm to 1:35pm

SGLT-2 Inhibitors: An Update

Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD

1:35pm to 2:10pm

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: An Update

Lee-Shing Chang, MD

2:10pm to 2:45pm

Mineralocorticoid Receptor Antagonists: Role in Diabetes Care

Romela Petrosyan, MD

2:45pm to 3:30pm

Q and A and Practical Recommendations

Silvio E. Inzucchi, MD, Lee-Shing Chang, MD, and Romela Petrosyan, MD

3:30pm to 3:40pm

Closing Remarks

Course Directors