Amisha Wallia, MD, MS
Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dr. Amisha Wallia is a clinical trials expert and health services researcher, specializing in creating chronic care solutions for those with diabetes mellitus and on high-risk medications. She has collaborated across disciplines (engineering, product design), and utilized novel methods (user-center design, pragmatic trial methodologies) to help front line clinicians innovate new care solutions to improve diabetes care. In addition, she serves as an expert in patient safety and quality improvement as it relates to diabetes care in the hospital and transitional care setting. She has spent several years researching care management paradigms in DM populations on multiple DM medications and/or insulin and has added to the conversation about the unmet needs in chronic care management today. She currently serves as Illinois American Diabetes Association President, and Co-Editor for the Inpatient Section of Current Diabetes Reports. She hopes to continue to utilize feedback directly from the community and from providers to help improve the quality and safety of healthcare.