Dr Edelman

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Steven V. Edelman

Dr. Edelman is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). He is Director of the Veterans' Affairs Healthcare System Diabetes Care Clinic, in San Diego, and has an extensive practice at UCSD. Dr. Edelman is Founder of TCOYD (Taking Control of Your Diabetes), a not-for-profit diabetes education organization.

Dr. Edelman earned his medical degree at the University of California at Davis, where he was validictorian. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at University of California, Los Angeles; a clinical fellowship in Diabetes and Metabolism at the Joslin Clinic, in Boston, Massachusetts; a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at The Lahey Clinic, in Burlington, Massachusetts; and a research fellowship in Diabetes and Metabolism at UCSD.

Dr. Edelman is recognized internationally as an expert in diabetes and lectures extensively throughout the United States. He is the author of 4 books and more than 200 journal articles, abstracts, monographs, and book chapters. He serves as Editor for Insulin and reviewer for 11 journals, including Diabetes, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

On June 8, 2009, Dr. Edelman was honored by the American Diabetes Association with its "Outstanding Educator in Diabetes" Award. Click here to read more about Dr. Edelman and this prestigious award.

Dr Morello

Associate Editor: Dr Candis M. Morello

Dr. Candis Morello is founding faculty and an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). She Chairs a year-long Pharmacy Practice Course and teaches in the third year therapeutics course.  She focuses her teaching on diabetes care, communication skills, and tobacco cessation, for which she has received several teaching awards from both students and colleagues. Dr. Morello earned her Pharm.D. from the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy in 1996, and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency with a Geriatrics Emphasis at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS). She is board certified as a Diabetes Educator through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

Dr. Morello is an Ambulatory Care Pharmacist Specialist who helped establish and manage diabetes clinics at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego (NMCSD).  She received a letter of commendation from the Commanding Admiral of the NMCSD for these endeavors and most recently she was awarded the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Literature Award for Innovation in Pharmacy Practice describing her diabetes clinic work. For eight years, Dr. Morello served as the Attending Pharmacist for Diabetes Night at the UCSD Student-Run Free Medical Clinic Project in downtown San Diego serving the working poor and homeless population and in the Diabetes Care Clinic at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare-System. Currently, she is developing a clinical practice for diabetes patients at the VASDHS in La Jolla.  Her practice and research have focused on diabetes care and related diseases, endocrinology, anticoagulation and clinical education.  She has authored several articles, book chapters and abstracts and serves as a reviewer for prestigious publications and texts.

For the past 12 years, Dr. Morello has held numerous leadership positions within local and state professional pharmacy associations including Board of Director, Secretary, Delegate and Chair or Faculty Liaison for various committees. In 2002, Dr. Morello was honored with the San Diego Society of Health-System Pharmacists “Pharmacist of the Year” award. In addition, in 2003 she was recognized at the California Society of Heath-System Pharmacists Practitioner Recognition Program as a practitioner fellow.

Dr. Morello is actively involved in several community outreach projects related to diabetes and preventative care. For over a decade, she has been a volunteer faculty member for the “Taking Control of Your Diabetes” not- for-profit organization and writes the “From Your Pharmacist” column for its nationally distributed newsletter.