Live Well with Diabetes: Day of Discovery - Diabetes Update

Welcome to a day of learning, connection, and innovation at this year's Live Well with Diabetes conference. We’ll hear from leading experts who will share the latest research, clinical strategies, and tools to improve care and outcomes for those living with diabetes. CEU credits are pending for ANP, Pharmacy, and Dietetics.

7:55 am Welcome

8:00-8:45 Diabetes and Associated Disease: Identification and Management

Rami Mortada, MD, ECNU, FACE

Endocrine Center of Kansas, LLC

1.      Discuss how diabetes can affect other endocrine glands and their normal horm production including pituitary, thyroid and adrenal glands

2.      Identify screening for “other autoimmune diseases” associated with diabetes

8:45-9:30  CardioRenal Metabolic Disease: Identification and Management

Mohammad S. Sandid, MD, MPH, FACP, FASN

Wichita Nephrology Group

1.      Review Cardiorenal Metabolic disease including screening, prevention and treatment

2.      Discuss pharmacologic treatment strategies for CardioRenal disease

9:30-10 Break

10:00-11:30 Hot topics: Building success when using GLP1/GIP meds

10:00-10:30 Clinical Pearls for GLP1/GIP Use                

Belinda Childs, CNS, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES

Great Plains Diabetes

1.      Synthesize clinical pearls for access, titration and switching agents in the GLP/GIP classes       

10:30-11:00 Practical tools for Dietary counseling when using GLP1   

Diane Greenleaf-Kisner, RDN, LD, CDCES

Healthy Green Nutrition, LLC

1.      Review medical nutrition strategies to retain muscle mass when using GLP1/GIP medications

11:00-11:30  Preserving Healthy Muscle Mass with Weight Loss

Speaker to-be-announced

1.       Identify physical activity strategies to preserve and improve muscle mass with significant weight loss

11:30 am-12 pm Social Determinant of Health

Justin Moore, MD, FACP

Education Associate Professor, KUMC-Wichita, Department of Internal Medicine

Matt Thibault, MEd

Project Manager, Health ICT

1.      Discuss Social determinants of health affecting outcomes in diabetes

2.      Highlight strategies to minimize social determinants of health in diabetes

12:00-12:45 Exhibits and Lunch/Student abstracts

12:45-2:15  The Brave New World in Diabetes Technology-

Melanie Duran, DNP

University of New Mexico

1.      Review insulin pumps and glucose sensors on the market

2.      Analyze device selection strategies and data analysis to enhance patient success

3.      Engage participants in review of glucose sensor and insulin pump reports

2:15-3:00 Updates in Eye Disease and Diabetes

1.      Review pathophysiology and screening of eye disease in diabetes

2.      Identify pharmacotherapy strategies in treatment of eye disease in diabetes.

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15 to 4:30 Real World Case studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach     

George Elhomsy, MD, FACP, ECNU, FACE-Endocrine Center of Kansas

Jennifer Wipperman, MD, MPH-Family and Community Medicine, UKSM-Wichita

Tiffany R. Shin, PharmD, BCACP-Clinical Associate Professor-University of Kansas School of Pharmacy-Wichita

1.       Synthesize screening and treatment strategies in Stages 1, 2, and 3 (Type 1) diabetes

2.      Review treatment and intensification of therapies for Type 2 diabetes

For those needing hotel, you will find the information for hotel and book your reservation in the link below. If you have questions or need help with the link, please contact Aloft.

Book your group rate for Live Well With Diabetes- Great Plains Diabetes

Great Plains Diabetes special group hotel rate: 

Aloft Wichita, $119.00 per night

3642 Oliver, Wichita, KS 67220

Last Day to Book : Tuesday, September 23, 2025