Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute
Supporting Medical Education
The Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute is committed to improving health through world-class patient care, research and education to prevent or successfully manage diabetes, obesity and related disorders. This portion of the Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute website is dedicated to helping medical providers find educational resources they can use to help their patients better manage their diabetes and be more successful with weight management. The educational calendar lists upcoming medical education events, including seminars and conferences. The education materials link provides information about additional medical education offerings and patient education and care materials.
- If you are a patient looking for clinical care, click here, to be directed to the portion of the Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute website specifically designed for you.
- If you are looking for more general information about the Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute and our community outreach activities, click here.
Penn State offers a variety of regular seminars and periodic conferences. For a list of upcoming educational offerings, click here.
Penn State Hershey Diabetes Institute offers a variety of patient-friendly materials to help educate your patients about diabetes including
- Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to Penn State College of Medicine scientists, who have shown how surgery restores some properties of nerve cells that tell people their stomachs are full.More...
- Penn State College of Medicine awarded $1 million AMA grant Penn State College of Medicine has been awarded a prestigious $1 million grant by the American Medical Association as part of a program aimed at transforming the way the physicians of tomorrow are trained.More...
- Penn State Hershey entrepreneurs win first 'startup boot camp' awards Dr. Joseph Sassani, ophthalmologist at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and professor of ophthalmology and pathology at Penn State College of Medicine, is the winner of The TechCelerator@Hershey’s inaugural Eight Week Boot Camp program for promising entrepreneurs.More...
- Collaborative Hershey and University Park medical service trip This spring brought the first collaborative spring break service trip for University Park undergraduates and Hershey medical students and physicians.More...