Diabetes Education: Referral Directory

Physician Contacts

Bryan A. Dickson , M.D.

Key Contacts

Procedures performed or problems diagnosed and treated:

The diabetes education program includes the following classes:

• Continuum of care
• Survival Skills - Available seven days a week, focusing on essential diabetes management skills for children and their parents
• Diabetes 101 - Intensive diabetes management class for newly diagnosed children and their families
• Jump Start - Diabetes management class for patients new to our practice, but not newly diagnosed
• Kid Fit - Diabetes management class for patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Insulin pump management
• Intensive insulin management
• Classes in Spanish available
• Parent support group

Information for referral sources:

Please provide the following when calling to schedule a patient for a diagnostic evaluation:

• Patient name and date of birth
• Probable diagnosis
• Insurance/referral information
• Physician clinical findings or symptoms which caused the patient to visit physician

Why Children's Medical Center?

• Children's Medical Center has ten diabetes educators on staff (eight are certified diabetes educators) who are specially trained to work with pediatric patients.
• The largest endocrinology center in North Texas is located at Children's.
• Our employees and the medical staff use a team approach to diabetes management, drawing on the expertise of the multidisciplinary staff at Children's and UT Southwestern.
• The Children's Diabetes Education Program has been recognized by the American Diabetes Association for its high-quality diabetes self-management program by receiving the American Diabetes Association Education Recognition Certificate.
• The only pediatric diabetes program in the nation to receive disease-specific certification by The Joint Commission.

Related Listings:

• Clinical Nutrition
• Diabetes
• Endocrinology