Lawrence Blonde, MD, FACP, MACE, is Director, of the Ochsner Diabetes Clinical Research Unit, in the Frank Riddick Diabetes Institute, Department of Endocrinology, at the Ochsner Medical Center, New Orleans, LA. Dr. Blonde is presently an Associate Editor for the journal Diabetes Care. He has been Chair of the Steering Committee of the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP, a member of the AACE Board of Directors and the Board of Trustees of ACE and a former member of the ADA board of directors and former chair of the ADA Professional Practice Committee Dr. Blonde was a co-author of the 2015 "American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American College of Endocrinology (ACE) - Clinical Practice Guidelines For Developing A Diabetes Mellitus Comprehensive Care Plan." He was also a co-author of the 2020 AACE/ACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm.