J. Joseph Prendergast has been a practicing physician for over 30 years. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine as well as Endocrinology and Metabolism. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan he completed a fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism at Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI and his residency at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Prendergast has published over 40 medical articles in well-known publications such as the Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine and Diabetes Care. In 1986, Dr. Prendergast formed a single specialty endocrinology practice, (Endocrine Metabolic Medical Center) and a non-profit research foundation (Pacific Medical Research Foundation). In 1999, he founded DiabetesWell, an eClinic that managed patients with diabetes lead healthier, longer lives. Dr. Prendergast strives to support the advancement of diabetes research, a major component of his private practice in endocrinology.
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The total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the United States.