Davida F. Kruger
Davida F. Kruger, MSN, APN-BC, BC-ADM
Certified Nurse Practitioner-Diabetes
Henry Ford Health System
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Detroit, Michigan
Ms Kruger is a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes at Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan. She is involved in clinical practice and research.
Ms Kruger received a master of science in nursing from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. She is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in primary care and advanced diabetes management.
Ms Kruger has been a principal investigator on numerous research projects and has written widely on diabetes care. She is the author of The Diabetes Travel Guide, 2nd edition, and has been a contributing author of several chapters published in medical texts, including Complete Nurse’s Guide to Diabetes Care and The Cadre Handbook of Diabetes Care. Ms Kruger’s work has been published in medical journals such as Clinical Diabetes, Diabetes, The Diabetes Educator, and Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She also serves as editor-in-chief of Diabetes Spectrum.
She is past chair of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) research foundation and has served on the ADA research policy committee. Ms Kruger is also past president of healthcare and education at the ADA. She is the recipient of the Florence Nightingale Award for excellence in research, the Rachmiel Levine Award for distinguished service, the Award for Outstanding Service in Diabetes Research Funding, and the Wendell Mayes Award from the ADA.
Max E. Stachura, MD
Max E. Stachura, MD
Director
Medical College of Georgia Center for Telehealth
Professor
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, Georgia
Dr Stachura is director of the Medical College of Georgia Center for Telehealth, and professor in the departments of medicine and physiology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta.
Dr Stachura earned a medical degree from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and completed his medical residency at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr Stachura completed his training with a fellowship supported by the National Institutes of Health in endocrinology and metabolism.
His research interests include the development, implementation, application, and evaluation of practical telecommunication and information technologies that enhance the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of current healthcare services, education, and research, and enable new health system dimensions and approaches through the use of these technologies.
Dr Stachura has contributed articles to numerous medical journals, including Endocrine Research, Endocrinology, and Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. In addition, he is an associate editor of the International Journal of Telemedicine and Applications and serves on the editorial board of Telemedicine and e-Health.
Dr Stachura has been selected as Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Telemedicine. He is also past president of the Alliance for Public Technology.