My name is Dr.Julia Kaplun. I am an endocrinologist at a group practice. Most of our practice consists of patients with diabetes mellitus. About one third of our patients are severely disabled by diabetes and its complications: blindness, renal failure, vascular disease with multiple amputations. This is a very disabling condition and I completely disagree with changes deleting diabetes. Drs. Michael Aronwald, Jonathan Schlosser, Yuriy Gurevich, Marina Strizhevsky, Valeria Silberman and Stanley Greenbaum all agree with these comments.
Comment from Kaplun, Julia, Rockland Endocrine and Diabetes Services
This is comment on Proposed Rule
Revised Medical Criteria for Evaluating Endocrine Disorders
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