| | |    About Us OUR MISSION The Banting and Best Diabetes Centre (BBDC) was established in 1978 as an Extra-Departmental Unit of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto with the primary objective of advancing diabetes research, education, and patient care. The Centre offers several studentships, fellowships, and other support for qualified individuals involved in diabetes research at the University of Toronto. In addition, the Centre hosts educational events for researchers as well as diabetes health care professionals. DIABETES CARE AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE The Approach to the Management of Diabetes Mellitus is developed by the Diabetes Care and Education Committee of the BBDC. One of this committee’s mandates is to develop and publish standards for the care of people with diabetes managed by health care providers based in Toronto area hospitals, and to communicate these standards to health care practitioners nationally. The committee members (at the time the 6th edition was published in 2005) are: CHAIR: Jacqueline James, MD, MEd, FRCPC Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism* Henry Halapy, RPh Diabetes Pharmacist, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Marianne Beckstead, RN, MN, CDE Clinical Nurse Specialist in Diabetes, University Health Network (Toronto General Hospital) Carolyn Lawton, RN, MScN, CDE Nurse Practitioner Diabetes, Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto Gillian Booth, MD, MSc, FRCPC Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism* Heather Munro, RN, BScN, CDE Diabetes Nurse Clinician, Scarborough Hospital (General Division), Toronto Jennifer Buccino, RD, CDE Clinical Dietitian Hospital For Sick Children, Toronto Kusiel Perlman, MD, FRCPC Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism* Margaret De Melo, RD, CDE, BSc Clinical Dietitian, University Health Network (Toronto Western Hospital)     * University of Toronto OUR WEBSITE: Visit the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre’s main website www.bbdc.org for information about our educational events, programs, members, and much more.