Co-Director and Co-Founder | Pharmacist and Credentialled Diabetes Educator

Teresa co-founded Perth Diabetes Care in 2015 for reasons that were personal before they were professional. Watching her own family navigate life with diabetes showed her the gaps people fall into between appointments, providers and services, and she set out to build the kind of support she wished her family had. A decade on, that single diabetes education practice has grown into PDC Health Hub, an NADC-accredited multidisciplinary group supporting people across ten Perth sites and by telehealth.

Teresa is a Credentialled Diabetes Educator and pharmacist, and a certified trainer on every insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor available in Australia. Her clinical work spans type 1 and type 2 diabetes, insulin pump initiation and upgrades, CGM training, insulin initiation and stabilisation, non-insulin injectables, Home Medicines Reviews and DVA services.

She was named Jan Baldwin National Credentialled Diabetes Educator of the Year in 2020 and PSA WA Young Pharmacist of the Year in 2016. Her governance and advisory experience includes the national board of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, seven years on the Australian Community Pharmacy Authority, and clinical advisory roles with ADEA, WA Health and Curtin University. She currently serves on the board of the Pharmaceutical Society of Western Australia and coordinates Camp Quokka, the Western Australian Lions Diabetes Club's peer support camp for adults living with type 1 diabetes.

"Diabetes education is no longer just about managing blood glucose levels. It's about being part of a person's support team."

Alongside her clinical work, Teresa consults to health services, aged care providers and pharmacies on diabetes service design, clinical governance and accreditation.

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