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Richard M. Bergenstal, MD
International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Richard M. Bergenstal, MD, is an endocrinologist and Executive Director of the International Diabetes Center, HealthPartners Institute. He is Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota and served as President, Science & Medicine of the American Diabetes Association in 2010. In 2007, Dr. Bergenstal was named the ADA’s Outstanding Clinician of the Year.  Dr. Bergenstal received his MD and endocrine training from the University of Chicago where he was an Assistant Professor of Medicine before joining the International Diabetes Center in 1983.

His clinical research has focused on glucose control and diabetes complications and advanced technology including CGM and automated insulin delivery systems. He has worked to standardize CGM metrics and the data display in the Ambulatory Glucose Profile (AGP) Report which is now being integrated directly into the electronic health record and organized to help guide and personalize diabetes management.