Speakers

Simon Fisher, Chlodys Johnstone, Mary Lacy, Kristina Naseman, Aurelia Radulescu

Simon Fisher, MD, PhD

Director, Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Simon Fisher currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Vice-Chair for Research and Professor in the Department of Medicine and is the Director of the Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine.

Dr. Fisher is a distinguished physician scientist and served as principal investigator on JDRF and NIH-funded grants. His research investigates the pathophysiology and treatment of diabetes, insulin action, tissue specific cross-talk, complications of diabetes, and hormonal counterregulation. He is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of diabetes scientists and has been
a mentor to over 70 undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate trainees.

As a board-certified academic endocrinologist, he instructs medical students, residents, and fellows how to treat patients with diabetes and prevent complications associated with diabetes. Dr. Fisher is a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and is named in Best Doctors in
America.

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Chlodys Johnstone, PA-C, CDCES

Associate Director of Education and Quality Services
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Chlodys Johnstone, PA-C, is the APP supervisor at The Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky Physician Assistant Studies Program.

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Mary Lacy, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Epidemiology
College of Public Health
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Mary E. Lacy, PhD, is an epidemiologist with expertise in diabetes epidemiology, informatics, and implementation science. Dr. Lacy earned her PhD in Epidemiology from Brown University and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She joined the faculty in the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky in 2019.

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Kristina Naseman, Pharm.D., MPH, BCACP, CDE

Clinical Pharmacist
UK HealthCare
Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

Kristina Naseman received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Pharmacy. She then completed a Post-Graduate Year One Pharmacy Practice Residency at The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy. Kristina is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Educator. Additionally, Kristina obtained a Master in Public Health degree from The Ohio State University. Kristina currently practices with UK HealthCare with the inpatient diabetes service team, The Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Her interests include population health, diabetes prevention, and diabetes in pregnancy.

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Aurelia Radulescu, MD, FAAP, FTOS

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Lexington, Kentucky

Dr. Aurelia Radulescu graduated from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila in Bucharest, Romania. She pursued a Residency Training in Pediatrics at Babies and Children’s of Brooklyn Hospital, Maimonides Medical Center in New York City. In 2006, Dr. Radulescu joined the University of Kentucky as a general pediatrician. For the past ten years, she has served as the Medical Director of the Pediatric BMI clinic, a regional referral clinic serving children and adolescents with obesity. The focus of Dr. Radulescu's medical career has been in the area of pediatric obesity, with a heavy emphasis on the medical complications associated with this disease. Dr. Radulescu is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky, College of Medicine. She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and by the American Board of Obesity Medicine.

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