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Presentation Title: Prevention of Diabetes and Its Complications
Dr. King will review ways to identify Chinese patients at risk for developing diabetes and present new data on the role of diet, cultural aspects of the management of diabetes, and preventing secondary complications of diabetes.
Time: Saturday Morning
Purpose:
To improve on clinical competence and performance in the primary prevention of type II diabetes in Chinese patients and the prevention of complications in Chinese patients with type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome
Objectives:
- Examine the primary and secondary prevention of diabetes
- Identify patients at risk for developing diabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Manage the complications of diabetes and metabolic syndromes
- Examine cultural barriers to diabetes control
- Educate patients and their families on culturally friendly ways of managing diabetes, such as lifestyle and dietary factors
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief Scientific Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
Bio:
George L. King, M.D., is the Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of the Section on Vascular Cell Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center, as well as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
He received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine. After his residency at the University of Washington Affiliated Hospitals in Seattle, he completed training as both a Research and a Clinical Associate at the National Institutes of Health. He came to Joslin and Harvard Medical School in 1981.
Dr. King’s work focuses on finding the causes of diabetic complications, exploring insulin actions on blood vessels, discovering VEGF as a main cause of diabetic retinopathy and other new treatments for diabetic complications, and understanding the reasons for the high rate of diabetes in Asian Americans. For these studies, Dr. King has published over 250 articles and reviews. Dr. King has received numerous awards including the Donald Silver Excellence in Research Award from the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the Cogan Award from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, the Stadie Memorial Award and Lectureship from the Philadelphia Affiliate of the American Diabetes Association, the Alcon Award for Vision Research, and the Annual Award for Excellence in Research from the Japan Society of Diabetic Complications.
Dr. King was bestowed Honorary Professor and Director of the Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetology at Fu Dan University, Shanghai, China; Honorary Professorship of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China in 2007; and an Honorary Professorship at Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China in 2007. In 2005, Dr. King received the 32nd Annual Person of the Year Award from the Chinese Hospital Board of Trustees and Medical Staff. In 2007, Dr. King was appointed a 3-year term to the Massachusetts Senate as a Member of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Citizens of Asian Descent. In 2013, he became a member of the National Board of Directors for the American Diabetes Association for a 3 year term.
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