Important COVID-19 information for Barbara Davis Center patients and research participants. Click here for more info.
BDC providers strongly recommend the COVID-19 vaccination to all people with T1D, including those who have been previously diagnosed with COVID-19.
People with T1D are prioritized to receive the vaccine in Colorado, thanks to the lobbying led by the JDRF Mountain West Chapter, CDF and BDC.
For details, please visit: jdrf.org/mountainwest/2021/02/11/t1d-covid19-vaccine-distribution-in-colorado/
If you have had a severe adverse reaction to another vaccine, or a history of anaphylaxis, talk with your health care provider prior to signing up for the vaccine.
Barbara Davis Center for Children and Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
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Tribute for Raymond Gutin, MD:
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved retired adult clinic provider, Raymond Gutin, MD (10/25/1935–01/14/2021). In 1962, Dr. Gutin graduated from the University of Cincinnati. He received his medical license in 1965. He was a team physician with the Denver Broncos from 1977–1994 and was presented with AFC Championship rings. He worked in private practice after that and some of his patients followed him to his next place of practice at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes (BDC). In 2003, he joined the BDC as a clinical provider working with adult patients with diabetes. He retired in December 2017, however, many of his patients still miss him and inquire as to his whereabouts. He was incredibly active and wanted to contribute even post-retirement. One of the many projects he planned to implement was to lead a seniors’ education program at the BDC, which was supposed to start last year. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic changed all our plans.
Faculty and Staff in the BDC fondly remember him for his humble wisdom, savvy dry humor, calm gentle demeanor, and of course his terrific hair. He will be truly missed by all who knew him. May his soul rest in peace.
Dr. Andrea Gerard Gonzalez, recipient of the 2021 President's Diversity Award in the faculty category.
This award recognizes significant achievements of CU faculty, staff, students, and units in developing a culturally and intellectually diverse university community reflective of inclusive excellence.
Dr. Andrea Gerard Gonzalez is an associate professor of pediatrics at the at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine. After finishing medical school in Mexico City, Dr. Gerard Gonzalez first practiced in a tiny village in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, three hours’ drive from a hospital. She continued her training in diabetes/endocrinology in Miami and San Francisco. In 2013, she joined the Barbara Davis Center to build a program dedicated to special needs of Latinx children with diabetes. Today, this program helps over 100 Latino families affected by childhood diabetes and works closely with the Colorado Latino community to raise diabetes awareness across all age and ethnic groups.
Patient Care
The Center provides state-of-the-art diabetes care to >7,500 active patients: 4,600 children and 2,900 adults with diabetes from the Rocky Mountain Region as well as receiving national and international referrals. We provide inpatient care to patients with any type of diabetes who are seen at the Children’s Hospital Colorado. We serve remote areas of the Rocky Mountain Region through our telemedicine program. The division also features clinical epidemiology studies including multicenter studies and trials with partners around the world.
Barbara Davis Center serves more than 90% of Colorado children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. According to the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study, over the past ten years BDC provided care to 3,222 of the ~3,500 children who were diagnosed in Colorado. Completing more than 20,000 ambulatory encounters per year, BDC is the largest outpatient clinic for patients with type 1 diabetes in the U.S. and possibly the world. BDC professionals include physicians, nurses, dieticians, social workers, and a pharmacist dedicated to the special needs of pediatric and adult patients.
Pediatric Care
Adult Care
Eye Care
Research
The Barbara Davis Center serves as a model for combining basic and clinical investigation.
The Center is a consistent incubator for novel ideas and discoveries in the immunology, genetics, and cell biology of diabetes that have developed into diagnostic assays now standard in diabetes research. The BDC research goals include investigation of the causes of type 1 diabetes, the early detection of autoimmunity, prevention and early intervention. In addition we are developing new treatments, including a focus on the artificial pancreas, and prevention strategies for complications of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes, and the outcomes of care of type 1 diabetes.
Learn more about our research by clicking the links below:
Diabetes Research Center
Basic and Translational Research Division
Basic Research Training Opportunities
Clinical Research
Clinical Epidemiology Research
Core Facilities
The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in the News
Click here for recent publications regarding the Barbara Davis Center's outstanding research and care.
The incredible productivity of our faculty and staff would not be possible without the generous support of our donors. It is only with this philanthropic support that we are able to accelerate our understanding of diabetes, improve treatment and step by step come closer to prevention and cure.
Monetary donations may be made in a variety of ways. Please click here for more information on how you can help the Barbara Davis Center!
Contact Info
Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes,
1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO 80045
Main: (303) 724-2323
Pediatric Clinic Front Desk: (303) 724-6748
Adult Clinic Front Desk: (303) 724-6755
Eye clinic Front Desk: (303) 724-6735
Executive Suite: (303) 724-9787
Our Mission
The Barbara Davis Center provides state-of the-art care to children and adults with type 1 diabetes and teaches our patients how to prevent or delay complications. Our research is devoted to finding prevention, cure, and most effective treatment of diabetes and associated disorders.
Marian Rewers, MD, PhD
Executive Director