Jim Carr, RN, MS, CDE
Diabetes & Exercise Specialist

Jim Carr is a registered nurse and a certified diabetes educator.  He received his masters in science from the University of Illinois in Chicago in exercise physiology.   He worked as a paramedic, a nurse in the emergency room, and in cardiac rehab until he started in diabetes.  He has continued to instruct individuals in the art of diabetes management for almost 20 years: 6 years of which were as the exercise specialist at Mercy Hospital in Chicago and 6 years as the Diabetes Specialist at the University of Chicago.   He currently is employed by Medtronic MiniMed as a clinical specialist with pumps and sensors. 
He is a board member of DECAADE, a diabetes educator group in Chicago, a member of American Diabetes Association, American Association of Diabetes Educators, Diabetes Exercise and Sports Association, and a committee member of National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators.