In this episode we talk to Dr. Robert "Bob" Eckel about living with type one diabetes for more than 70 years. After a long and remarkable career in endocrinology and cardiology, Bob is "rewired" (not retired) but he continues to stay connected to the T1D community. He's also a huge sports fan and has season tickets with the Colorado Avalanche ice hockey team, the Denver Nuggets (basketball) and the Colorado Rockies (baseball).
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Robert H Eckel, MD, FAHA, FACC, FNLA, is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, and the Division of Cardiology at the University of Colorado - Denver in Aurora, CO. He also serves as Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and the Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis in the Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Campus.
Dr. Eckel earned his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at University of Wisconsin Hospitals in Madison, and fellowship in Metabolism and Endocrinology at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle.
His translational research has incorporated data from populations, human subjects in the Clinical Translational Research Center, genetically-modified mice and tissue culture to pursue mechanistic relationships between metabolic disorders such as obesity/metabolic syndrome/diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Dr Eckel has more than 300 articles published in peer-reviewed journals including International Journal of Health Care, Diabetes, Metabolism, and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. He is past president of the American Heart Association, Obesity Society, and Association of Patient Oriented Research. Dr Eckel co-chaired the 2013 ACC/AHA Lifestyle Guideline for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and was a member of the 2013 ACC/AHA Cholesterol Guideline Committee. He is a member of the Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications Observational Safety and Monitoring Board and is on the Board for the American Diabetes Association.