CHARLENE FREEMAN, RN, CDE, CPT

Charlene Freeman has more than 30 years of experience with diabetes patient management, diabetes program development, patient and educator training, development of clinical protocols, and marketing of materials, and has served as an independent diabetes consultant. She has developed and directed clinic-based diabetes education programs that have received American Diabetes Association (ADA) recognition and state accreditation, meeting the national standards for diabetes self-management education. Charlene's expertise includes insulin pump therapy and multiple daily injection therapies.



Charlene has presented over 1,300 diabetes educational workshops to professionals, patients, and the public - both internationally and nationally. She has been a co-chair of workshops at the I.D.F. (International Diabetes Federation) at Kobe, Japan and is past President of Health Care and Education of the national organization of the ADA and is past President of the Iowa Affiliate of the ADA.