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Gary Scheiner

About Gary Scheiner

An award-winning Certified Diabetes Educator, Masters-level Exercise Physiologist and person with type-1 diabetes since 1985, Gary Scheiner has dedicated his professional life to improving the lives of people with insulin-dependent diabetes. He was named 2014 Diabetes Educator of the year by the American Association of Diabetes Educators. Gary has authored six books: You Can Control Diabetes (1997), Think Like A Pancreas (2004, 2012, 2020), The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting (2007), Get Control of Your Blood Sugar (2009), Until There’s A Cure (2012), Practical CGM (2015) and Diabetes-How To Help (2018), as well as dozens of published articles related to diabetes education for consumer and trade magazines and diabetes websites. He speaks at local, national and international conferences on a multitude of topics in diabetes care. Gary is certified to train on all models of insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors and hybrid closed loop systems, and has personally used every system that is currently on the market.

OmniPod Gears Up to (Almost) Close the Loop

After years (and years) of waiting, Insulet is finally on the cusp of launching OmniPod 5 – a system that combines the OmniPod disposable patch pump with a Dexcom G6 CGM and an algorithm that automatically raises and lowers basal insulin delivery. 

By |2021-10-13T16:00:15-04:00March 22nd, 2021|Categories: Thinking Like A Pancreas Blog|12 Comments

Blood Glucose Testing and How To Get Over The Fear Of Pricking Your Finger

I believe that obtaining an adequate blood sample with minimal discomfort is more about technique than it is about the equipment.

By |2021-10-13T16:02:31-04:00August 6th, 2020|Categories: Thinking Like A Pancreas Blog|5 Comments

In-Depth Review of Tandem t:slim with Control IQ

Pros & Cons of the Tandem t:slim with Control IQ Tandem t:slim with Control IQ: "Smahtah" than the average pump By Gary Scheiner MS, CDCES I’m a big [...]

In-Depth Review of Senseonics Eversense CGM And It’s Pros/Cons

I first learned about the Eversense implanted continuous glucose sensor while attending the American Association of Diabetes Educators annual conference.

By |2021-10-13T16:05:26-04:00October 24th, 2019|Categories: Thinking Like A Pancreas Blog|Tags: , , |22 Comments
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