Diabetes Education Program

Helping Patients with Diabetes Live a Long and Healthy Life

Diabetes is a complex disease that requires daily self-management - making healthy food choices, staying physically active, monitoring your blood sugar and taking medications as prescribed. Mount Sinai South Nassau Diabetes Education Program care team can help problem solve, reduce risks for complications and cope with lifestyle changes.

Our Outpatient Diabetes Services Include:

• A comprehensive Education Program including individual and group classes
• Instructors who are Certified Diabetes Educators
• Medical and Nutrition education provided to meet patients’ individual needs
• Fingerstick blood glucose monitoring education
• Insulin pump education
• Continuous glucose sensor education and services
• Convenient parking
• Day and evening appointments available

Supportive Services to Complete your Diabetes Care Needs

Comprehensive Wound Care Center

• Providing treatment and interventions to assist in healing diabetic wounds and ulcers
• Specially trained podiatrists, physicians, and certified wound care nurses
• State-of-the-art equipment and treatment modalities

FREE Diabetes Support Group Meetings

• For those with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and their families (In Events Calendar search Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes for future dates)
• Led by Certified Diabetes Educators
• Providing a forum for support and education
• No appointment necessary
• For schedule of meetings call the Diabetes Education Center at (516) 497-7500
  

Specialty Physicians available on Staff

• Mount Sinai South Nassau is proud to offer a professional panel of physicians specializing in all areas of Diabetes
• Call the Diabetes Education Center for a referral to any of the following specialists for your diabetes care needs:
  
  • Endocrinologist
  • Podiatrist
  • Cardiologist
  • Vascular surgeon
  • Weight-Loss surgeons

Diabetes and Pregnancy Program
The Mount Sinai South Nassau Diabetes and Pregnancy Program offers a comprehensive program for women who have any type of diabetes, from preconception to post-partum care. The program provides integrated obstetric and endocrine care by a team of high risk OBGYN Physicians, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists, and nurses for women with gestational diabetes or either type 1 or type 2 diabetes.

The program allows pregnant moms access to advanced technology, such as insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring devices, in order to provide the ultimate level of care and management. All patients have access to a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist and will receive one-on-one nutritional counseling.

The program also includes access to state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment to ensure optimal health for both mother and baby throughout the entire pregnancy. For more information about the Mount Sinai South Nassau Diabetes and Pregnancy Program, please call 516-632-4636.

• Access to specially trained high risk OBGYN Physicians
  
• Access to Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists
• Individual nutrition counseling
  
• Access to state-of-the-art diagnostic equipment
  
• Integrated care from outpatient to inpatient labor and delivery
  

Mount Sinai South Nassau Diabetes Education Program

2277 Grand Avenue, 2nd Floor
Parent/Child Education Classroom
Baldwin, NY 11510
(516) 497-7500
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