Scripps Diabetes Expert Discusses Latino Texting Program

National diabetes education program features Project Dulce

Hispanic man enrolled in Scripps Latino texting program.

National diabetes education program features Project Dulce

Athena Philis-Tsimikas, MD, corporate vice president of the Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute, recently discussed a texting program that has been successful helping Latino patients with Type 2 diabetes manage their condition.


Dr. Tsimikas highlighted the benefits of the texting program — part of Project Dulce at Scripps — on the Diabetes Discovery and Practice Blog, a feature of the National Diabetes Education Program.

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