Our Diabetes Education Team

The Seton Diabetes Education team offers a patient-focused approach to diabetes self-management. Our experienced educators teach patients to successfully manage diabetes.

Staff

Lisa Dugger, RN, BSN, CDE

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education
Nursing Education

Appointment Information:
Sees inpatients by physician referral at Seton Medical Center, University Medical Center Brackenridge, Seton Southwest Hospital, and Seton Northwest Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson County

Training and Experience: 10 years experience in diabetes management.
Austin Community College School of Nursing. Bachelor of Science in Nursing at University of Texas. Active in diabetes management since 1995.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Certified Diabetes Educator
Registered Nurse—Licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing

Special Interests:
Insulin Pumps
Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Dahlia Gamez, RD, LD, CDE

Department/Specialty:
Nutrition Education
Diabetes Education

Appointment Information:
Sees Spanish Speaking patients at 5555 North Lamar Blvd by appointment
Call 512/324-1891
Accepting new patients

OB Diabetes Outpatient Clinic—Monday by physician referral
OB Diabetes Outpatient Clinic—on Tuesday by physician referral or walk-ins welcome

Training and Experience: 25 years experience in diabetes education and 31 years nutrition education experience.
Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutrition, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, and Elementary Education Certificate, 1975. Memorial Medical Center (Corpus Christi, TX) and Seton Family of Hospitals (Austin, TX)

Licensure and Certifications:
Licensed Dietitian- State of Texas
Registered Dietitian- American Dietetic Association/Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Certified Diabetes Educator- National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators

Special Interests:
Diabetes Management
Gestational Diabetes.
Spanish speaking

Judy Gantt, RN, MSN, CNS, CDE

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Appointment Information:
5555 North Lamar Blvd by appointment Call 512/324-1891
Also seeing patients at Seton Medical Center Williamson County
and Seton Southwest Hospital
Accepting new patients

Training and Experience: 27 years experience in diabetes education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing at Texas Women’s University 1973. Master of Science in Nursing at University of Texas at Austin 1992.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Certified Diabetes Educator
Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist—licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing

Special Interests:
Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Insulin Pump Therapy
Working with the visually impaired.

Adelina Garza

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Appointment Information:
Sees Spanish Speaking patients at 5555 North Lamar Blvd by appointment
Call 512/324-1891
Sees inpatients by physician referral at Seton Medical Center, University Medical Center Brackenridge, Seton Southwest Hospital, and Seton Northwest Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson County
Accepting new patients

Training and Experience: 9 years experience in diabetes education
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Texas at Austin 1986

Licensure and Certifications:
Registered Nurse—Licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing

Special Interests:
Spanish speaking

Becky Goldsmith, BBA, RN, CDE

Diabetes Education Center Manager

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Training and Experience: 12 years experience in diabetes education.
Bachelor of Business Administration at University of Texas at Austin1979. Austin Community College School of Nursing – 1997.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Certified Diabetes Educator since 2000
Registered Nurse—Licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing

Special Interests:
Gestational Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes

Beatrice P Guerra, RN, CDE

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Appointment Information:
Sees Spanish Speaking patients at 5555 North Lamar Blvd by appointment. Call 512/324-1891
OB Diabetes Outpatient Clinic—Monday by physician referral
OB Diabetes Outpatient Clinic—on Tuesday by physician referral or clinic walk-ins welcome
Sees inpatients by physician referral at Seton Medical Center, University Medical Center Brackenridge, Seton Southwest Hospital, and Seton Northwest Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson County. Worked in Intensive Care at Brackenridge Hospital 1968 to 1998.

Training and Experience: 10 years experience in diabetes education.
Graduated from Brackenridge Hospital School of Nursing at Austin 1968.

Licensure and Certifications:
Certified Diabetes Educator
Registered Nurse—Licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Special Interests:
Spanish-speaking
Gestational Diabetes

Christine E. Marquette, RD, LD

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Appointment Information:
5555 North Lamar Blvd Tuesdays and Thursdays, by appointment Call 512/324-1891
Accepting new patients

Training and Experience: 6 years experience in diabetes.
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, Major in Dietetics, University of Texas at Austin Previous outpatient nutritional counseling experience in clinics and care centers providing medical nutrition therapy for disease management of diabetes, heart disease, obesity, etc. (6 years).
Member of the American Dietetic Association.
Member of the Texas Dietetic Association.
Bilingual Spanish

Licensure and Certifications: Registered Dietitian—Commission of Dietetic Registration. Licensed Dietitian—Texas Department of State Health Services.

Special Interests:
Adult diabetes education
Prediabetes

Wendy Morgan, RD LD

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education, Medical Nutrition Therapy, Weight Management, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, Metabolic Testing

Appointment Information:
5555 North Lamar Blvd by appointment Call 512/324-1891
Also seeing patients at Seton Medical Center Williamson County
Must have a signed order from your physician to schedule an appointment
Accepting new patients

Training and Experience:
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition, Major in Dietetics, University of Texas at Austin
Inpatient and Outpatient Dietitian, Seton Northwest Hospital 2001 to present.
Member of the American Dietetic Association with membership to specialty practice groups: Weight Management, Diabetes Care and Education, SCAN, Dietitians in Nutrition Support.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—Bluebonnet chapter.

Licensure and Certifications: 8 years experience in diabetes.
Registered Dietitian—Commission of Dietetic Registration. Licensed Dietitian—Texas Department of State Health Services. Certified in Childhood, Adolescent and Adult Weight Management—Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Special Interests:
Wellness

Kim Morris, MS RD LD

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Training and Experience: 3 years experience in diabetes education.
Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Foods. Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Foods. Previous work experience in Public Health Nutrition for Women, Infants, and Children, Nutrition Consultant/program assistant for state-wide diabetes extension service, dietitian in inpatient clinical pediatrics.
Member of the American Dietetic Association.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Registered Dietitian—Commission of Dietetic Registration. Licensed Dietitian—Texas Department of State Health Services. Certified in Childhood, Adolescent Weight Management—Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Special Interests:
Adult diabetes education
Gestational Diabetes.

Johanna Oswald, RN, MNSc, CNS, CDE

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education

Training and Experience: 30 years experience in diabetes education.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, St. Louis University, St Louis Missouri—1967. Masters in Nursing Science, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas—1976.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Certified Diabetes Educator
Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist—licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing

Special Interests:
Gestational Diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes

Julie Paff, RD LD

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education
Nutrition Education and Counseling

Training and Experience: 20 years experience in diabetes and nutrition education.
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics, Iowa State University, Ames IA—1979. Continuous full-time employment in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Texas in clinical nutrition with focus on diabetes and chronic disease management.
Member of the American Dietetic Association. Diabetes Care and Education Practice Group.
Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—national and Bluebonnet chapters.

Licensure and Certifications:
Registered Dietitian—Commission of Dietetic Registration. Licensed Dietitian—Texas Department of State Health Services.

Special Interests:
All aspects of diabetes management, heart disease, chronic disease management, with particular interest in Type 2 diabetes and Pre-diabetes.

Joanne Scott, RN CMSRN

Department/Specialty:
Diabetes Education
Nursing Education

Appointment Information:
Sees inpatients by physician referral at Seton Medical Center, University Medical Center Brackenridge, Seton Southwest Hospital, and Seton Northwest Hospital and Seton Medical Center Williamson County.

Training and Experience: 16 years experience in diabetes management.
Inpatient diabetes educator June 2008 to present; Medical-Surgical Staff Nurse 1993-2008; Member of the American Association of Diabetes Educators—Bluebonnet chapter.

Licensure and Certifications: RN, CMSRN
Registered Nurse—licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing and the Province of Ontario. Certified Medical–Surgical RN.