Joslin Center
The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston is the world's leading health care facility dedicated to both advanced clinical research and patient care in diabetes. Over the past eight years, patients with diabetes have received Joslin quality care at the Joslin Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham.
The American Diabetes Association has recognized the Joslin Center at BID-Needham for meeting the national standards for diabetes self-management education. The Center offers clinical services that include:
- Adult diabetes and endocrinology treatment and management
- Nutrition counseling
- Patient education
Patients are also referred, when necessary, to specialists at both the Joslin Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston for highly specialized services, including:
- Nephrology (kidney care)
- Exercise physiology
- Ophthalmology
- Mental health services
- Vascular surgery
