Sumaria Corpus Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Annual Scientific Meeting 2013

Sumaria Corpus

Sumaria Corpus Aboriginal Health Worker/ Diabetes Educator, Royal Darwin Hospital NT Darwin Diabetes Team. Aboriginal Health Worker for 10 years at remote and urban clinics including 8 years of specialist work in diabetes and chronic disease. Other qualifications include Grad. Cert Diabetes Education (Flinders University) and was the first AHW to be trained in hyperbaric treatment and going on to undertake a leadership role as acting co-ordinator of the high-risk foot service. Currently providing specialist diabetes related clinical care and education to diabetic clients at RDH to promote self-management and optimal general health and wellbeing. Involved in the delivery of medical obstetric ante-natal care for all women with GDM, pre existing diabetes and type1 in pregnancy including urban and remote clients with regards to education, monitoring and adjustments of insulin under the consultants guidance. Research experience includes Co-ordinator of diabetes complications and screening for the DRUID Project (Diabetes related disorders in the urban region of Darwin) with Menzies School of Health Research. A member of the DRUID follows up study steering and ethics committee {AHREC}. Associate Investigator NT Diabetes In Pregnancy Partnership Project. I am also involved with remote outreach visits. I am often involved with Indigenous patients with special needs such as type 1 diabetes and type 2 in adolescence to advice the team on developing realistic care planning. Although most of my patients are Indigenous, just like diabetes – I don’t discriminate.