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Richard Bergenstal MD
International Diabetes Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rich is an endocrinologist and Executive Director of the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet in Minneapolis. In 2010 he was the ADA’s, President, Medicine & Science. In 2007, he was ADA’s Outstanding Physician Clinician. Dr. Bergenstal was Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago, before joining the IDC in 1983. He currently serves as a principal investigator for three NIH trials: the DCCT, GRADE and an NIKKD grant to study the next generation of automated insulin delivery devices. His recent focus has been on standardizing CGM metrics and display and the studying effective strategies to implement CGM and hybrid closed loop therapy in clinical practice. He teaches on new diabetes technologies and team care across the US and globally.