Professional Guidance – Personal Experience

  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

  • Certified Diabetes Educator

  • M.S. Nutrition and Wellness

  • Former National Media Spokesperson, Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics

  • Media Spokesperson for the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE)

  • Author of top-seller Diabetes Meal Planning and Nutrition for Dummies

  • 40+ years of professional experience

  • Successfully living with diabetes for over 50 years

Press

Click the publication name to find links to articles, interviews, and podcasts where Toby shares her medically-certified Diabetes knowledge and personal tips.

Speaking Out About Diabetes

Conference presentations, workshops, and webinars that Toby has led or facilitated for the past ten years.

2023

Developed 6 webinars regarding novel approaches to diabetes management for Skelly Skills

  • Generational Approaches to Diabetes

  • Ideas for Making Diabetes Management Easier

  • Time in Range

  • Which Diet is Best for Diabetes Remission (part 1)

  • Which Diet is Best for Diabetes Remission (part 2)

  • Special Topics in Diabetes- LADA and MODY

2022

8/2022: Simplifying Diabetes presentation on behalf of Intuity Medical at the ADCES Annual Conference

5/2022: Beyond the Textbook: Putting the AWE in Diabetes Care (Acceptance, Well-being, Empowerment) presentation at Today’s Dietitian Symposium

3/2022: Managing Diabetes with Continuous Glucose Monitors and Insulin Pumps: How to Support Your Patients webinar on Skelly Skills

Plant-Based Eating for Diabetes with Toby Smithson YouTube Live webinar in collaboration with Dietitian Sharon Palmer

2021

11/2021: A Generational Approach to Healthy Eating for People with Prediabetes and Diabetes YouTube Live webinar in collaboration with Great Valley Publishing

2019

8/2019: Technology-Enabled Diabetes Population Health Management – the New Frontier for Diabetes Educators presented to diabetes educators at the American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting (AADE)

10/2019: A Generational Approach to Counseling People with Diabetes-presented to registered dietitians at the annual Food Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE)

2018

8/2018: Fireside Chat with Educators who deliver Diab Care w Digital Health Tools (Engage with an E-educator) presented to educators at American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Meeting (AADE)

5/2018: A Generational Approach to Nutrition Counseling People with Pre- Diabetes and Diabetes- presented to Dietitians at Today’s Dietitian Symposium

2017

8/2017: Different Generations, Different Strategies-A Workshop in Customizing DSME presented to diabetes educators at AADE Annual Meeting

10/2017: Using Mindfulness as a tool in helping people with diabetes presented to AADE LNG Savannah

11/2017: Keynote speaker Different Generations, Different Strategies-A Workshop in Customizing DSME presented to medical staff and diabetes educators at annual Diabetes Day Conference

11/2017: Using Mindfulness in Diabetes Education presented to medical staff and diabetes educators at annual Diabetes Day Conference

2016

8/2016: CDEs Living with Diabetes panel presented at AADE Annual Meeting

2015

8/2015: Diabetes Education in the Real (But Virtual) World – presented to diabetes educators at the American Association of Diabetes Educators Annual Conference in New Orleans. Presented with Jodi Pulizzi, RN, BSN, CDE, CHC, Director of Clinical Services, Livongo Health

2014

3/2014: You’ve Got Male webinar presentation for health care providers and university students. Discussed strategies for keeping the man in your life healthy. Presented with David Grotto, RDN  Benedictine University, Lisle, IL

3/2014: What’s For Lunch? – The presentation was given to parents and community members during the American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children Conference and Expo discussing healthy food choices for families.  Presented with Robert Murray, MD, Pediatric Nutrition, Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University

3/2014: Home Food Safety – Presentation was given to parents and community members during the American Academy of Pediatrics Healthy Children Conference and Expo discussing food safety tips for the home and when taking food on the go

4/2014: Building Your Brand as a Nutritional Professional – Getting Yourself Noticed- Keynote presentation at the Kansas Dietetic Association Annual Meeting which discussed tools and techniques to marketing dietitians including the use of social media

4/2014: Diabetes 1, 2, 3 – presentation given to the Kansas Dietetic Association members discussing best practices for educating patients and families with diabetes

4/2014: Your Health-Putting Yourself in the Driver’s Seat as a lunch and learn for employees Stellarus Health, Brookfield, Wisconsin

2013

12/2013: Creating an Effective Diabetes Population Health Management Program webinar conducted through DLife Presented with Dr. Jason Baker and Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDE

2012

4/2012: Look Who’s Talking-media training for dietitians at the North Suburban Dietetic Association, Palatine, IL

11/2012: Diabetes Every Day for Women presentation given to the Annual Conference for Women’s Health in Illinois in Springfield, IL

2011

2/2011: Realities of a Plant Based Diet-Do the USDA Guidelines Resonate presented with Robert Post, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc., U.S. Department of Agriculture and Fergus Clydesdale, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst at the Food Summit in Rosemont, IL