#84 Novo Nordisk VP and CMO Todd Hobbs
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2016
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Todd Hobbs, MD is a D-Dad. Todd has type 1 diabetes (so does his son) and he works at Novo Nordisk as their VP, Chief Medical Officer for North America. We talked about Todd's life with diabetes and a new free book series from NN and JDRF called Cornerstones4Care.
This summer, Novo Nordisk and JDRF launched the first book series of its kind, designed to guide children and their caregivers through the different ages and stages of life with type 1 diabetes. The six-part book series, titled “My Life, My Diabetes, My Way,” includes booklets for small children (ages 2-6), tweens (ages 7-11), teens (ages 12-16), and young adults (ages 17-24), as well as a book for caregivers and a general diabetes informational book. Each booklet contains age-appropriate educational information and activities. The series is available to download for free at t1support.cornerstones4care.com and hard copies are available at doctors’ offices across the U.S.
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| 0:00.0 | Episode 84 of the Juice Box Podcast is sponsored by OmniPOD. |
| 0:04.0 | If I told you I was interviewing a guy today who had type 1 diabetes, you'd say, |
| 0:08.0 | hey Scott, that's great. That's why I come to this podcast. |
| 0:11.0 | What if I told you that that gentleman also has a son who has type |
| 0:14.2 | one diabetes? Then you'd be like, wow Scott, this is like double down time for type |
| 0:18.7 | one diabetes. Thank you for making the podcast. I'm sure you'd say something like that at |
| 0:22.3 | home. But, but let's go one farther, shall we? |
| 0:26.3 | How about if the guy being interviewed today is Todd Hobbs? How about if he's a doctor? How about |
| 0:31.1 | if he's worked in diabetes? How about if he has diabetes, has a son who has diabetes, |
| 0:35.3 | and is the chief medical officer in North America for Novo Nordisk. |
| 0:39.7 | I blew your mind, didn't I? Nothing you hear on the juice box podcast should be considered |
| 0:45.2 | advice, medical or otherwise. Always consult a physician before making any changes to your health |
| 0:50.8 | care plan. Now without further ado I give you Todd Hobbs. |
| 0:57.0 | So yes, this is Todd Hobbs. I'm the current chief medical officer at Nova |
| 1:01.8 | Nordisk in the US and I've been with a |
| 1:03.4 | company around 12 years and it is truly a job that I enjoy every day because I |
| 1:09.1 | don't think of it as a job. I think of it as my life and my passion is around diabetes. I've been diagnosed now as |
| 1:16.1 | type one for over 27 years and did practice in the area of intensive diabetes management in |
| 1:22.2 | Kentucky for about 10 years and I do have a |
| 1:26.2 | son now who's 12 who was diagnosed when he was age 5 with type 1. So it is an everyday challenge, but also an everyday, I think a good feeling that I know that I can help impact others lives with diabetes in some way shape or form. |
| 1:44.1 | So how old were you? |
| 1:45.1 | I'm really glad you came on. |
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