Amy Criego, MD, MS, earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. She underwent residency training in pediatrics at DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich., and completed her fellowship training in pediatric endocrinology at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. She joined the pediatric endocrinology group at Park Nicollet Clinic/International Diabetes Center in Minneapolis, Minn., in 2005.
Dr. Criego continues to provide clinical care for children with diabetes and other endocrine disorders while actively participating in research and medical education. She has been involved in the collaboration between the diabetes and eating disorder teams at the International Diabetes Center and Melrose Institute since joining Park Nicollet.
Joel Jahraus, MD, is the executive director of the Melrose Institute (previously the Eating Disorders Institute) at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis, Minn. He has worked with Melrose since 1992.
Dr. Jahraus graduated from Washington University Medical School in St. Louis, Mo. After several years of private practice, he became the pre-doctoral director at the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis and then became the medical director of the Eating Disorders Institute.
He has co-authored a chapter on eating disorders in Psychosomatic Medicine, a textbook published by the American Psychiatric Association, and has been featured in various media, including two national public television documentaries on eating disorders and interviews in People magazine, The New York Times, and Entertainment Tonight online. He has testified about the need for health insurance coverage at a U.S. Congress briefing on eating disorders.
Alison Evert, MS, RD, CDE, was the Diabetes Spectrum associate editor in charge of coordinating this From Research to Practice section.
