Overview
Welcome to the Diabetes Connection Learning Center, PTCE’s central location for the latest education and updates on the care and management of diabetes. This platform provides pharmacists and pharmacy technicians with essential information to advance their expertise in using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology to manage diabetes. By leveraging the latest innovations in CGM, this resource will equip professionals to:
- Help people living with diabetes achieve optimal glycemic outcomes
- Explain advantages and features of CGM devices, integrated insulin delivery systems, and continuous ketone monitoring
- Minimize the burden of diabetes and diabetes-related complications
- Incorporate CGM devices and glycemic target recommendations into clinical practice
Learn about the latest advancements in CGM technology, data interpretation, and integration, all in one convenient location. Select one of the tabs below to start exploring a variety of learning tools, including educational activities with expert insights, perspectives from people living with diabetes, and pharmacist counseling videos designed to provide resources to support optimal patient care.
CHAIR & STEERING COMMITTEE

Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES
- Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
- Director, Education and Training in Diabetes Technology
- Co-Director, Endocrine Disorders in Pregnancy
- Cleveland Clinic
- Cleveland, Ohio

Susan Cornell, PharmD, CDCES, FAPhA, FADCES
- Director of Experiential Education
- Professor of Pharmacy Practice
- Midwestern University College of Pharmacy
- Downers Grove, Illinois
- Clinical Pharmacist / Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
- Bolingbrook Christian Health Center
- Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Clinical Pharmacist / Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
- Will Grundy Medical Clinic
- Joliet, Illinois
FACULTY

Amy Hess-Fischl, MS, RDN, LDN, BC-ADM, CDCES
- CDCES, Quality Coordinator
- Departments of Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology
- University of Chicago Medicine Kovler Diabetes Center
- Chicago, Illinois

Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM
- Certified Nurse Practitioner
- Henry Ford Health, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Bone Disease
- Detroit, Michigan
Robert Nichols, PharmD, BCPS
- Director of Clinical Operations
- Greenwood Pharmacy and Compounding Center
- Waterloo, Iowa
Joseph Walter, PharmD, BCPS
- Clinical Assistant Professor
- Department of Pharmacy Practice and Administration
- Rutgers, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy
- Piscataway, New Jersey
- Ambulatory Care Pharmacist
- Department of Pharmacy/Family Medicine
- JFK University Family Medicine Center
- Edison, New Jersey

Heather P. Whitley, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, FCCP
- Clinical Professor
- Auburn University Harrison College of Pharmacy
- Department of Pharmacy Practice
- Auburn, Alabama
- Clinical Pharmacy Specialist
- Baptist Health Primary Care Partners
- Montgomery Family Medicine Residency Program
- Montgomery, Alabama