Board-Certified IT Referral Specialization 
Dr. Zaar
JUNE 1, 2025
Diabetologist: A doctor who specializes in diabetes (sometimes used interchangeably with endocrinologists). Certified Diabetes Educators (CDE): While not doctors, they play a key role in diabetes education and lifestyle support. Certification shows they’ve completed specialized training and passed rigorous exams.
Physicians Alliance of Connecticut
MARCH 28, 2025
Your Connecticut-based primary care doctor is a good place to start, as they understand your health history and can refer you to a trusted hormone doctor that specializes in your condition. Board-certification is another important credential. When comparing doctors, you may want to consider the school and residency they attended.
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Physicians Alliance of Connecticut
MARCH 5, 2025
Endocrinologists are doctors who specialize in diagnosing and treating endocrine system disorders. Then, they complete two to three years of specialized training in endocrinology, which prepares them to treat a wide range of conditions. At PACT Endocrinology, a referral isn’t required. What is an Endocrinologist?
GeriPal
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Summary Transcript Summary Coaching is in. During the later stages of the pandemic, it seemed every other person, and particularly the junior faculty in our Division, were either being coached, in training to coach, or coaching others. When I was a junior faculty, coaching wasn’t a thing. We address: What is coaching? This is Eric Widera.
GeriPal
JUNE 5, 2025
Despite these substantial needs, specialized palliative care beyond hospice is rare in nursing homes. How to think about primary and specialized palliative care in this setting. The obstacles hindering referrals to palliative care services. Many also suffer from distressing symptoms like pain. Alex 02:09 Well, oops. No problem.
GeriPal
MARCH 20, 2025
Eric 00:13 And Alex, who do you have with us today? Alex 00:14 We have a very full house today. Hope Wechkin brought this topic to us. Thank you, Hope, for bringing a topic to us. We love it when our guests suggest things. Hope is a palliative care doc and hospice medical director at Evergreen Health up near Seattle, Washington. Take it over.
GeriPal
JULY 20, 2023
Before we do, I think, Joe, you have a song request for Alex. Joe: I do. I would like to hear Space Oddity and it’s because I can’t imagine being more lonely and isolated than being in a tin can orbiting around the earth by myself and just how comforting it is even to hear that scratchy little voice from ground control. Joe: Right.
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