Diabetes Treatment

Adult diabetes

Board-certified endocrinologists

Derick Adams, DO 
Kamyar Asadipooya, MD
Demetrios T. Herodotou, MD
Philip Kern, MD 
James Flueck, MD
Kristen R. Stakelin, MD
Lisa Tannock, MD

Nurse Practitioners Specifically Trained in Diabetes Management

Brian Fields, APRN
Rachel S. McNeil, APRN
CoadyLynn M. Ostrowski, APRN

Physician assistant specifically trained in diabetes management

Chlodys Johnstone, PA

Physician fellows in endocrinology

Laura Adams, MD
Matt Hager, MD
Katherine Kendjorsky, DO
Archana Narla, MD

Pediatric diabetes

Board-certified endocrinologists

W. Jackson Smith, MD  
John Fowlkes, MD (Chief, Director of Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center) 
Kathryn Thrailkill, MD 
Alba Morales Pozzo, MD 
Eva Kalaitzoglou, MD

Nurse practitioners specifically trained in diabetes management

Debra Howard, APRN, CDE
Leslie Scott, PhD, APRN, CDE

Diabetes education and management

Jennifer Cherolis, BSN, RN, CDE, MLDE
Shana Cunningham, MSN, RN, MLDE, BC-ADM, CDE
Andrea E. Francis, MS, RD, LD
Nancy E. Garth, RN, BSN, LDE, CLNC, CPPN
Angela Hepner, Med, RD, LD, MLDE, CDE, CDTC
Beth Holden, RN, MSN, CDE
Jessica McMaine, RN, BSN
Sheri Setser- Legg, MS, RD, LD, CDE
Janet Gilligan, MSEd, RD, LD, CDE

Megan Sleiman, CMA (AAMA), referral patient services coordinator
Megan Sleiman received her undergraduate degree from Eastern Kentucky University in 2008. She has been a Certified Medical Assistant for more than seven years and has worked in Endocrinology and Diabetes here at UK since 2016.

Diabetes education is available to all patients treated for diabetes through the UK Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. The focus of the program is personal goal setting and the development of strategies to help you achieve your goals.

The Barnstable Brown Diabetes Education Program is managed by certified diabetes educators. Patients are enrolled in the education program through their scheduled appointments at the Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center.

For more information please contact Beth Holden, RN, MSN, CDE, or Sheri Legg, MS, RD, CDE, at 859-257-1693.

A variety of topics and management options are covered; including but not limited to:

• Nutritional management: Individualized eating programs tailored to your lifestyle, habits and medications
  • Intensive carbohydrate counting
  • Generalized healthy eating principles
• Blood glucose monitoring: Instruction in the use of the appropriate device for each person's needs and abilities
  • Record keeping techniques
  • Data analysis to assist with medical plan
• Medication administration: Development of medication plans to effectively meet blood glucose goals
  • Incorporation of the newest technologies: pills, injections, pens, pumps and sensors
• Exercise planning: Integration of exercise into your lifestyle to impact diabetes control
• Complication prevention and management 
• Traveling guidelines 
• Sick day management 

Family confronts diabetes with help from UK

A natural instinct for a mother is to protect her children by keeping them healthy and safe. But what do you do when your spouse and not just one, but both of your children are diagnosed with a chronic illness like diabetes, all within a relatively short amount of time? That’s the challenge Lisa Middleton, her husband and two young children faced. Read the Middleton family's story »

Innovative insulin pump gives diabetes patient more freedom

In July 2017, Richmond, Ky. native Lisa Conley became the first Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center patient to wear the Medtronic 670G Closed Loop Hybrid insulin pump. Her experience using the 670G has created a knowledge base for patients and providers. Read Lisa's story »