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ForwardECHO-Chicago: Complex Diabetes
February 6, 2026 to May 22, 2026
Advance Your Approach to Complex Diabetes Care!
Caring for patients with diabetes is increasingly complex, especially when medical, social, and behavioral challenges intersect. This practical, case-based series is designed specifically for community-based primary care clinicians who want real-world strategies they can apply immediately.
Through focused, evidence-based sessions, you’ll gain the tools, confidence, and clinical insight to implement and sustain patient-centered diabetes management in everyday practice. Learn how to navigate medically and socially complex cases, overcome common barriers to care, and deliver more coordinated, effective treatment that improves outcomes where it matters most.
Walk away with actionable skills, proven approaches, and solutions you can use the very next day. Join us to strengthen your practice and make a lasting difference for patients living with diabetes.
Target Audience
This activity is designed for community-based primary care clinicians and other healthcare professionals interested in providing care to patients with diabetes.
Learning Objectives
After this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the pathophysiology of hyperglycemia across major organ systems in type 1, type 2, and atypical diabetes.
- Identify atypical and non-classical presentations of diabetes, including mixed phenotypes.
- Explain the principles of culturally responsive nutrition counseling using real-world food examples and community resources.
- Apply current glucose monitoring technologies, including continuous glucose monitoring, to routine diabetes care.
- Implement evidence-based non-insulin pharmacologic therapies for type 2 diabetes.
- Initiate insulin therapy for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
- Integrate behavioral health strategies into diabetes management.
- Adapt diabetes management strategies for patients in resource-limited settings
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| Date | Topic |
|---|---|
| February 6 | Introduction to ECHO-Chicago and Complex Diabetes Celeste Thomas, MD; Cody Chan, PharmD, MBA; Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES; Taylor Mossing, LCSW; and Leen Kannout, PhD |
| February 13 | It’s Not Just an Insulin Problem Celeste Thomas, MD |
| February 20 | Atypical Diabetes Celeste Thomas, MD |
| February 27 | Real-World Food Recommendations Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES; and Taylor Mossing, LCSW |
| March 6 | Current Trends in Glucose Monitoring Celeste Thomas, MD; and Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES |
| March 13 | Diabetes and Behavioral Health Monica Peek, MD; and Leen Kannout, PhD |
| March 20 | Medication Management for Type 2 Diabetes: Non-Insulin Therapies – Part 1 Celeste Thomas, MD; and Cody Chan, PharmD, MBA |
| March 27 | Medication Management for Type 2 Diabetes: Non-Insulin Therapies – Part 2 Celeste Thomas, MD; and Cody Chan, PharmD, MBA |
| April 3 | Initiating Insulin Therapy for Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Celeste Thomas, MD; and Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES |
| April 10 | Initiating Insulin Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Celeste Thomas, MD |
| April 17 | Pumps, Insulin Pens, and Smart Pens Celeste Thomas, MD; and Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES |
| April 24 | Diabetes Management for Resource-Limited Settings Taylor Mossing, LCSW; and Cody Chan, PharmD, MBA |
| May 1 | Hypoglycemia Management and Sick Day Management Elizabeth Murphy, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES |
| May 8 | Cardiovascular Disease Management TBD |
| May 15 | Saving Toes, Feet, and Ankles TBD |
| May 22 | Pre-Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes TBD |
The agenda is subject to change.
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact ECHO-Chicago via email.
The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, the University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO COURSE DIRECTOR
Celeste Thomas, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Endocrine Director
Metabolic and Fatty Liver Clinic
Associate Professor of Medicine
Endocrine Director
Metabolic and Fatty Liver Clinic
Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires everyone who is in a position to control the content of an educational activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest before the start of the activity.
Additionally, the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires Authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at first mention and where appropriate in the content.
Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
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