Managing T2D and CVD in Older Adults

Older adults with diabetes have higher rates of premature death, functional disability, and coexisting illnesses, such as hypertension, coronary heart disease, and stroke, than those without diabetes. Hear from experts Darren K. McGuire, M.D., M.H.Sc., Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern, and Director of the Parkland Hospital and Health System Outpatient Cardiology clinics, Medha Munshi, MD, Director of the Joslin Geriatric Diabetes Program, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and staff geriatrician at the Beth Israel Lahey Health in Boston, Neil Skolnik, MD, Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University and Associate Director of the Family Medicine Residency Program at Abington Jefferson Health and Tracey Taveira, Pharm.D., CDOE, Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at Brown University with a clinical and Research Appointment with the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center as they discuss the management of T2D and CVD in Aged Populations.