I can’t believe it’s nearly February before I finally sat down to wish everyone a Happy New Year. It seems like my Mom was right: the older you get the faster the time flies.
One of my greatest sources of pride is our ability to offer investigative new products and services to our patients. Many of my patients who can’t afford their medications or endocrine services appreciate having access to our medical studies. These studies not only offer early access to exciting new products but they often also get standard of care therapy for free!
Last year at this time I announced a major expansion in our business by hiring Damea Alexander, LPN as the lead research coordinator. In his first year with us he added an unprecedented SEVEN new studies. Proving to be an excellent leader he was promoted to Director of Research here at Endocrinology Associates. Damea has a love of learning and teaching as much as I do so he also embarked on formally creating a new internship/mentorship program for undergraduates interested in pursuing degrees in medicine and the sciences. We hired our first intern, Sam after working with us for 6 months and we’ve just enrolled a new intern for the next semester.
Our most exciting study to date has to be the investigational new product by GRIFOLS. In animal studies this product was shown to reverse Type 1 Diabetes when given in the beginning of the diagnosis. There is only one site per state and we are *IT* for the state of Ohio. We’ve already treated 2 patients with new onset Type 1 and are about to screen 2 more. At this rate, we’ll be the largest enrolling site in the country!
I can’t think of a better way to usher in my 15th year of private practice than helping to find a cure for Type 1 Diabetes.
Stay tuned for more on this and our other research topics. If you or a loved one you know would like more information on our research projects, feel free to fill out the “Participate in Research” form on our website.
Dr Christofides