Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES, is a diabetes-cardiometabolic key-opinion-leader and consultant. Janice previously served in various clinical leadership roles at Medtronic, Welldoc, and Johnson & Johnson. Janice spent years in clinical practice as a dietitian/CDCES first at Carilion Health System in Roanoke, Va, then later, at  the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD. Janice has authored and edited multiple peer-reviewed publications, has developed numerous continuing education programs and presentations in the areas of diabetes nutrition, smart insulin delivery, glucose monitoring, digital health, and practice transformation. Janice is past Chair of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Diabetes Practice Group and is serving on the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Board of Directors 2024-2027. Her passion is developing business-savvy solutions that leverage technology to transform healthcare.   

Janice lives with her husband in Maryland where they enjoy boating on the Chesapeake Bay, taking walks, growing and cooking with herbs, baking bread, reading lots of books, and writing.   

Mansur Shomali, MD, CM, is a physician, researcher, educator, and best-selling author who has cared for thousands of people with diabetes and obesity for over 25 years. He received his undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He studied medicine at McGill University in Montreal. After completing a residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland, he specialized in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.   

Currently, Dr. Shomali serves as Chief Medical Officer at Welldoc, a health technology company, where he helps design novel digital technologies to help people with diabetes and other chronic health conditions. He actively takes care of patients at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, where he helped establish the Diabetes Center in 2002 and the Endocrinology Fellowship Program in 2009; in addition, he serves as Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.   

Disclosures:  
Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, CDCES, FADCES, faculty for this educational event, is a consultant and speaker for Nestle Nutrition. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated. 
 
Mansur Shomali, MD, CM, faculty for this educational event, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

The planners for this educational activity have no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose. 

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