Dr Eugene Hughes

Dr Eugene Hughes (Uk)

Eugene Hughes qualified from Guy’s Hospital in 1979. He works as a general practitioner in Ryde on the Isle of Wight. In 1996 he was a founder member of Primary Care Diabetes UK. He served on the committee for 6 years, during which time he was involved in conference organisation. In 2002 he joined the executive of Primary Care Diabetes Europe, and has organised recent conferences in Stockholm and Paris. He has been the editor of Diabetes and Primary Care Journal since it was first published in 1999.

He has written many articles and editorials on diabetes, particularly relating to service delivery and early management of type 2 diabetes, and he continues to lecture widely on diabetes related topics. He is an external examiner for the University of Portsmouth Certificate in Diabetes Management.

Dr Line Kleinebreil

Dr Line Kleinebreil (France)

Dr Kleinebreil has been the Vice chairman of the NGO Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE). She is also the project manager of EDIUCAD (home training via satellite for diabetic patients living in remote areas), supported by the french Centre National d’Etudes Spaciales (CNES).

She is a member of the board of “Université Numérique Francophone Mondiale” for health care professionals distant training and also serves as the Director of Telemedecine Unit at the European Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris. From 1990 to 1998, she worked as a short-term consultant for WHO EURO and from 1995 to 2002, she was the Director of the WHO Collaborating Center for diabetes based in Paris.

Mrs Lena Insulander (Sweden)

Dr Neil Munro (UK)

Dr Paul Cromme (NL)

Dr Jorg Von Hubbenet (Germany)

Dr Isabel Fernandez ( Spain)