UCSF Diabetes Educator Extraordinaire Receives Prestigious National Award

Tuesday September 29th, 2009 - American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE), Diabetes Educator of the Year Award, Press Release, UCSF Diabetes Center

In August, UCSF’s Mary Sullivan, RN, MSN, C-ANP, CDE received the Diabetes Educator of the Year Award at the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) Annual Convention in Atlanta. This national award sponsored by LifeScan, Inc. honors a diabetes educator who has made a special contribution to the field through dedication, innovation and sensitivity in patient care. For more than 20 years, Mary has been employed by UCSF and has worked hard to improve patient care as well as staff training. As an inpatient diabetes clinical nurse specialist, she is known as a dedicated, caring healthcare professional and an innovative problem solver. Not only does she serve as an associate clinical professor in the UCSF School of Nursing, she is working on her doctoral degree in healthcare policy. Besides her work at UCSF, Mary has served as president of SFBAADE, the local chapter of the AADE, in 1987-88 and again in 2004-2005. In addition, she was SFBAADE’s Diabetes Educator of the Year in 2001 and 2007. Congratulations, Mary, on this well deserved national recognition! [ Award Story ]