Joslin Diabetes Center

Team Profiles

The pioneering Joslin team approach to care emphasizes the collaboration of many skilled professionals to ensure the best result for adults and children with diabetes. Care emphasizes preventing or managing the multiple effects of the disease.

Team members work with patients, families and private physicians to develop a personal plan of treatment to meet a patient's unique needs.

The Joslin Center's Interdisciplinary Team

Director

Thomas W. Donner, M.D.,
Associate Professor of Medicine; Director, Joslin Diabetes Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology
M.D.: University of Virginia School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland School of Medicine/Baltimore's V.A. Medical Center, Internal Medicine (Chief Resident)
Fellowship: University of Maryland School of Medicine/Baltimore's V.A.
Areas of Special Interest: Metabolic effects of D-Tagatose, a D-hexose, new treatments for Type 2 diabetes, prevention of post-transplantation osteoporosis. Investigator for EDIC study, "Epidemiology of Diabetes Intervention and Complications."

Endocrinology

Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D.
John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine; Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition; Director, Program in Genetics and Genomic Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism
M.D.: Harvard School of Medicine
Residency: Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Medical and Senior Staff Fellow: Diabetes Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Previous Academic Appointment: Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; and member of the graduate faculty in Molecular and Cellular Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Areas of Special Interest: Genetics of Type 2 diabetes, including insulin resistance and Obesity

Mona M. Sabra, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine; Medical Director, Joslin Diabetes Center at Maryland General Hospital
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
M.D.: American University of Beirut
Residency: Good Samaritan Hospital
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical Center, Endocrinology
Areas of Special Interest: Diabetes, thyroid disese, thyroid cancer

Kristi D. Silver, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine; Associate Medical Director, Joslin Diabetes Center
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
M.D.: University of Maryland School of Medicine
Residency: University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Endocrinology
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Special Interest: Pancreatic growth factors; pancreatic growth and development; Type 1 diabetes

Nanette Steinle, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Endocrinology
M.D.: Medical College of Ohio
Residency: University of Maryland Medical System, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Maryland Medical System, Endocrinology, Diabetes
Areas of Special Interest: Nutrition, genetics of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, eating behavior

Elizabeth A. Streeten, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Endocrinology
M.D.: Albany Medical College
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Medicine
Fellowship: NIDDK, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
Areas of Special Interest: Insulin pump therapy, management of Type 2 diabetes

Pediatric Endocrinology

Debra R. Counts, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Head, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
M.D.: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Pediatrics
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of St. Louis, Pediatric Endocrinology; Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH
Areas of Special Interest: Principal investigator for epidemiology of diabetes complications and intervention trial, diabetes prevention trial

Ophthalmology

Michaela Mathews, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Special Interests: Ischemic Retinal and Optic Nerve Disease, Lipoprotein (a)
Medical Degree: University of Vienna, Austria
Residency: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson, New Jersey
Fellowship: Neuro-Ophthalmology, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

Pharmacy

Charmaine D. Rochester, Pharm.D., B.C.P.S., C.D.M., C.D.E.
Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, School of Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy: Howard University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacy Practice Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Primary Care Pharmacy Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Psychiatry

Julie A. Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry
Department: Greenebaum Cancer Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, Psychiatry
Special Interests: Psychosocial Oncology; Pretransplant Evaluation; Medical Crisis Counseling; Coping/Adjustment to Chronic and Terminal Illness; Grief Therapy
Medical Degree: Wayne State University
Residency: Geisinger Medical Center, Clinical Psychology
Fellowship: University of Maryland, Psychosocial Oncology, Medical Crisis Counseling

Nurse Practitioner

Malinda Duke, C.P.N.P.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology
Nursing Degree: Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Maryland; Master of Science in Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Post Masters Ceritification, Johns Hopkins University
Areas of Special Interest: Adolescents with Diabetes

Michelle Ghabranious R.N., M.N., N.P.
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Degree: Loretto Heights College BSN, MN Physiological Nursing, University of Washington, George Washington University Post Graduate Nurse Practitioner Certificate, University of Arizona Post Graduate Certificate Pulmonary Nursing
Special interests: Health Disparities, Global Health, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

Jane Kapustin, Ph.D., C.R.N.P., BC-ADM, FAANP
Associate Professor
Nurse Practitioner at Joslin Diabetes Center
Assistant Dean for Master's Studies at University of Maryland, School of Nursing
Education: BSN in Nursing, Towson University, MS in Nursing, University of MD, Baltimore, PhD in Health Policy, UMBC, BC-ANP, BC-ADM (Adult NP, Advanced Diabetes Management)
Special interests: type 2 diabetes in younger adults, PCOS, Gestational Diabetes, chronic disease management

Cathy Krichten, C.R.N.P., C.D.E.
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Diabetes Nurse Educator
Nursing Degree: B.S.N., University of Maryland, M.S., Nursing, University of Maryland
N.P., JHH
Special interests: Young Adults with diabetes, Insulin pump therapy, Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Jill Lawrence, C.R.N.P.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Degree: M.S.N., University of Maryland
Board certification: Pediatric Nursing Certification Board
Special interests: Infants and toddlers with diabetes, continuous glucose monitors and cardiovascular disease in children with diabetes

Jennifer C. Sumbilla, R.N., M.S.N., C.R.N.P.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Diabetes Educator
Board Certification: PCNB Certified for Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing
Education: University of Maryland College Park - Bachelor of Science in Biology & Psychology
University of Maryland School of Nursing Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Masters Degree in Advanced Practice Pediatric Nursing
Areas of special interest: Pediatric diabetes, insulin pump management

Diabetes Educator Coordinators

Catherine Brown M.S., R.D., C.D.E.

Manager

Catherine DiBlasi, R.D., R.N., B.S.N., C.D.E.

Additional members of the Joslin team include exercise physiologists, physical therapists, social workers and nurse practitioners.

This page was last updated on: September 3, 2009.

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