Marina Mickleson Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society Annual Scientific Meeting 2016

Marina Mickleson

Marina currently works in public and private practice as a Nurse Practitioner, Credentialed Diabetes Educator and midwife. Marina has been working at King Edward Memorial Hospital for 18 years and has spent the past 14 years specialising in diabetes in pregnancy. Since completing Masters studies as a nurse practitioner, Marina has run her own NP GDM clinic for women diagnosed with GDM prior to 22 weeks gestation. Marina also co-ordinates the Diabetes Telehealth service for pregnant women living in remote and rural WA and Christmas Island. This service allows women to have the majority of their antenatal care in their local community and sharing care through KEMH. Marina has chaired the Diabetes in Pregnancy special interest subgroup of ADEA WA for the past 6 years and is a mentor for numerous diabetes educators working in the area of diabetes and pregnancy. Marina also works in a GP practice as a nurse practitioner and diabetes educator in private rooms receiving referrals from obstetricians and obstetric physicians for pre conception and pregnancy care of women with type 1, 2 and GDM.