Do you have diabetes, or does diabetes have you?

 On this episode we talk to Dr. Eden Miller, an osteopathic board certified family practitioner, and CEO of Diabetes and Obesity care, a medical practice in Bend, Oregon.

Liz met Eden at the ADA meeting in San Diego and appreciated her style and humor! She also learned that Eden has spoken extensively in the field of diabetes to healthcare providers and patients alike, drawing on her life experience with Type One Diabetes, which she developed in medical school.

During our conversation, we learn about Eden's diabetes journey, why she chose osteopathic medicine, what she wishes more providers knew about living with diabetes and her hopes for women leaders in the diabetes space.

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Dr. Eden Miller, an Osteopathic board-certified Family Practitioner, received her medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997.  Returning to the Northwest, she completed her residency in Family Practice at East Moreland Hospital in Portland, Oregon.  Recently completing her certification in Obesity management, she is the founder of Diabetes Nation a nonprofit organization, and CEO of Diabetes and Obesity Care LLC where she practices with her husband Dr. Kevin Miller in Bend.

Dr. Miller has cultivated a special interest in diabetes, after contracting type-1 diabetes while in medical school. Out of that personal experience, her practice has extended into a subspecialty in diabetes care.   An impassioned speaker, Dr. Miller has given over 1250 lectures in the field of Diabetes to health care providers and patients alike, on subjects such as Diabetes Management, CGM Technology, Insulin Pump Therapy, Obesity and Metabolism intervention, Clinical Research, and Healthcare Policy. Her adage for care is that she “only succeeds as a provider if she turns patients into experts on their own disease”.  

Dr. Miller believes that a “physiologic patient individualized approach to diabetes intervention is crucial to success. She feels if our nation is to triumph over the ravages of diabetes, a collaborative effort; unhindered by fear of personal scrutiny, and barriers for effective treatment need to be removed”.  

For her, Diabetes and Obesity Care provides the foundational model to impact the people that represent this disease and begin the process of restoring hope back to their lives.  

Resources on this Episode:

Diabetes and Obesity Care
Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia