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DOCTORS HOSPITAL AT RENAISSANCE OPENS JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER AFFILIATE

Monday, June 27th, 2011

Mega Metropolis Health & Fitness

Edinburg, TX—6/27/2011—Doctors Hospital at Renaissance recently announced its new partnership with the Boston-based Joslin Diabetes Center, the global leader in diabetes research, education and care. The Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance will offer the latest advances for treating diabetes and its complications as well as patient education and support services.

“We are proud to bring the world-renowned leader in diabetes care and education to the Rio Grande Valley.  Diabetes is a major disease affecting our local community at a rate that exceeds both state and national norms. If not properly treated, it can be life-threatening and debilitating.  We look forward to working with the Joslin staff in Boston to ensure that our care meets the standards of this international leader in diabetes treatment, research and education,” says Dr. Marcel Twahirwa, Medical Director of the Joslin Diabetes Center at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.

“Over 21 million people in the Rio Grande Valley have diabetes, and probably a third of them don’t know they have the disease,” says Janice Murphy, direct of Joslin’s National Affiliated Programs. “We look forward to working with the professionals at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance to bring Joslin’s integrated, state-of-the-art care to people with diabetes and related conditions in the region.”

Joslin’s Affiliated Programs initiative makes Joslin’s programs, services and expertise available to premier hospitals, healthcare systems and physician practices across the United States. Joslin has affiliates in 44 locations—with 38 national sites and three skilled nursing facilities in 17 states, plus three international sites.  Joslin provides clinical, educational, operational and marketing support to its Affiliates to help assure that high quality, comprehensive and cost-effective diabetes care is available to each partner’s community—and that these organizations and the patients they serve are in touch with the latest clinical trends and research breakthroughs.

 

About the Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate

The Joslin Diabetes Center Affiliate at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance is located at 5525 Doctors Drive in Edinburg, Texas. This multidisciplinary program includes the services of an endocrinologist, a registered nurse, and a registered dietitian.

The medical director, Dr. Marcel Twahirwa is a resident of Rio Grande Valley. He graduated from La Universidad de Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, MX.  He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at New York Medical College, Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY. In addition, he completed a fellowship program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.  He received his Board Certification in Internal Medicine in 1996 and his Board Certification in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism in 2000.

Dr. Twahirwa has been taking care of Valley Diabetic Patients since he moved to South Texas in 1998. He practiced at Diabetes & Endocrine Center from 1999 until May 2011 when he accepted the position of Medical Director at Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate Doctors Hospital at Renaissance.

Other healthcare providers at the Joslin Center include Sandra Trevino, FNP, CDE, and Rachel Villarreal-RD, CDE. Sandra is a resident of Edinburg and has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2001.  She received her Masters of Science in nursing from UTPA in 2001, her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1995, and became a Certified Diabetes Educator in 2004. Rachel is a resident of Edinburg and received her Bachelors of Dietetics from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ in 2003. She served in the Army as a dietician for 3 years and has been a Diabetes Educator for 4 years.

About Doctors Hospital at Renaissance

In 1995, eight forward-thinking physicians in Edinburg, Texas embarked on a remarkable journey that continues to this day. Concerned that the residents of the Rio Grande Valley lacked access to necessary healthcare services, the founders of Doctors Hospital at Renaissance worked diligently for two years to lay the groundwork for what would become one of the United States’ top-ranked hospitals.

Today, Doctors Hospital at Renaissance is a modern, 506-bed acute care facility that provides a full range of medical services, with over 50 specialties and sub-specialties. “Our vision from the start has been to provide state-of-the-art care of the highest quality for patients at all stages of life and their families,” says Dr. Carlos Cardenas, DHR Chairman of the Board.

About Diabetes

Approximately 26 million Americans have diabetes, which is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and about 7 million of them don’t know it. Additionally, an estimated 79 million people in the United States have pre-diabetes, or blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed as type 2 diabetes. Diabetes can lead to many medical complications, including heart attack, stroke, blindness, nerve damage, kidney failure and poor circulation. Diabetes and its complications cost an estimated $174 billion annually in the nation in terms of healthcare costs and lost productivity.

About Joslin Diabetes Center

Joslin Diabetes Center is the world's preeminent diabetes research and clinical care organization. Joslin is dedicated to ensuring that people with diabetes live long, healthy lives and offers real hope and progress toward diabetes prevention and a cure. Founded in 1898 by Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Joslin is an independent, nonprofit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. For more information about Joslin, visit www.joslin.org. Keep up with Joslin research and clinical news at Inside Joslin at www.joslin.org/news/inside_joslin.html, friend Joslin on Facebook at  www.facebook.com/joslindiabetescenter and follow on Twitter at twitter.com/JoslinDiabetes.

 

Doctors Hospital at Renaissance continues to be the premier healthcare provider in South Texas. For more information, please call Doctors Hospital at Renaissance at (956) 362-7555 or visit our website at www.dhr-rgv.com. 

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