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He has a teaching appointment with the University of Toronto, is the medical advisor to the adult program of the Charles H. Best Diabetes Centre in Whitby, Ontario, and is a member of the Clinical and Scientifi c Section of the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), where he currently serves as Chair of the Dissemination and Implementation Committee for the 2008 CDA Clinical Practice Guidelines. Dr. Blumer is the author of What Your Doctor Really Thinks (Dundurn, 1999), and the co-author of Diabetes For Canadians For Dummies and Understanding Prescription Drugs For Canadians For Dummies (co-written with Dr. Heather McDonald-Blumer). He can be found on the Web at www.ourdiabetes.com. Dr. Blumer would love to get your comments about this book; please email him at