Insurance Accepted: 6 Degrees - Transplant; 90 Degree Benefits - Commercial; Aetna - Commercial Exchange; Aetna - PPO/EPO/HMO/MC Advantage; Aetna - Smart Care EPO; Aetna - Transplant; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-CHIP; Aetna Better Health - Medicaid-STAR; Amerigroup (Gonzaba) - Medicare Advantage (Transplants only); Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP; Amerigroup - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Amerigroup - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Amerigroup - Medicare Advantage; Amerigroup - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; Ancira Enterprises - Direct Employer; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Exchange (BlueAdvantage); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HMO/PPO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - HPN/EPO (Narrow Network); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicaid-STAR; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage HMO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Medicare Advantage PPO; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Essentials); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Narrow HMO (Blue Premier); Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Traditional; Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas - Transplant Programs; Care Improvement Plus - Medicare Advantage-SNP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-CHIP; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR; Cenpatico - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Cenpatico - Medicare Advantage; Community First Health Plans - HMO/Exchange (EPO); Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR; Community First Health Plans - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Community First Health Plans - Medicare Advantage HMO; Coventry - HMO/PPO; Coventry - Work Comp / Auto; Driscoll Health Plan - Medicaid-All; EBSO - TPA; El Paso First - Medicaid-CHIP; El Paso First - Medicaid-STAR; Entrust - TPA; First Health - Commercial PPO; FirstCare (Part of Scott & White Health Plans) - Medicaid-STAR; Gonzaba Medical Group - Transplant ONLY; Healthsmart - Accel; Healthsmart - Commercial PPO; Healthsmart - HPO/POS; Humana - Commercial Behavioral Health; Humana - Exchange (HMOx); Humana - HMO/PPO/Behavioral Health; Humana - Medicare Advantage Behavioral Health; Humana - Medicare Advantage HMO (Gold); Humana - Medicare Advantage PPO; Humana - National Transplant ONLY Network; Humana Military - TRICARE; Imperial Health Plan - Medicare Advantage; Independent Medical Systems (IMS) - PPO; Interlink - Transplant; LifeTrac - Transplant; Magellan - Commercial and Medicaid Behavioral Health; Molina - Commercial Exchange; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP; Molina - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Molina - Medicaid-STAR; Molina - Medicare Advantage; Molina - Medicare-Medicaid Duals; OptumHealth - Transplant ONLY; Oscar - Commercial Exchange; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Refugee Medical Assistance; Point Comfort Underwriters (PCU) - Unaccompanied Children; Prime Health Services - Commercial PPO; Prime Health Services - Medicare Advantage; ProCare Advantage - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Provider Network of America (PNOA) - Commercial; Provider Partners Health Plan (PPHP) - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Scott & White Health Plan - HMO/PPO/Medicare Advantage; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-CHIP Perinate; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Health (Foster Care); Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR Kids; Superior HealthPlan - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; Superior HealthPlan - Medicare Advantage (Allwell); Superior HealthPlan - Medicare-Medicaid Duals (Allwell); Texas Independence Health Plan - Medicare Advantage I-SNP; Three Rivers Provider Network - PPO; Tokio Marine - Transplant; TriWest (via BCBSTX) - VA CCN Program; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR Kids; UnitedHealthcare - Medicaid-STAR PLUS; UnitedHealthcare - Medicare Advantage; UnitedHealthcare - PPO; Universal Benefits Consortium - Brokerage Firm (School Districts); University of Incarnate Word (Gilsbar) - Direct Employer; WellCare - Medicare Advantage; WellMed - Medicare Advantage

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Abstracts

Jordan S. Sherwood M, Courtney A. Balliro, Mallory Hillard, Michele Maheno, Jason L. Sloane, Rabab Z. Jafri, Firas H. El-Khatib, Edward R. Damiano, Melissa S. Putman, Steven J. Russell.Pilot Study of Closed-Loop Glycemic Control with the Bionic Pancreas in Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes, A Pilot and Feasibility Crossover Trial Pediatric Research Day, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, 2018 .
Steven J. Russell, Rabab Jafri, Michele Maheno, Courtney Balliro, Laya Ekhlaspour, Firas El-Khatib, Edward Damiano, Britta Væver Bysted, Ulrik Mouritzen..The stable glucagon analog dasiglucagon is well-tolerated and as effective as recombinant human glucagon when delivered by the bionic pancreas in response to insulin excess. Advanced Technologies and Treatment for Diabetes Annual Meeting, 2018, Vienna, Austria.
Rabab Z. Jafri, Michele Maheno, Courtney A. Balliro, Llazar Cuko, Debbie Mondesir, Firas El-Khatib, Laya Ekhlaspour, Steven J. Russell.Automated Glucagon Administration for Treatment of Postbariatric Hypoglycemia. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
Courtney A. Balliro, Laya Ekhlaspour, Aryan Esmaeili, Firas El-Khatib, Debbie Mondesir, Rajendranath Selagemsetty, Mallory A. Hillard, Michele Maheno, Rabab Z. Jafri, Edward Damiano, Steven J. Russell..Effect of a Lower Glucose Target on Glycemic Outcomes with an Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
Laya Ekhlaspour, Debbie Mondesir, Aryan Esmaeili, Mallory Hillard, Rabab Z. Jafri, Manasi Sinha, Ranjan Ajenthen, Courtney A. Balliro, Michele Maheno, Gina Masse, Llazar Cuko, Steven J. Russell. .Effect of Ethanol Intoxication on the Antihypoglycemic Action of Glucagon. American Diabetes Association Meeting, 2017, San Diego, CA .
Rabab Z Jafri, Rasha Al-Radadi, Claudia Boucher-Berry.Relationship Between Maternal Graves’ Disease and Two Different Presentations of Congenital Hypothyroidism at Birth. ENDO 2015, San Diego, CA .

Other Publications

Castellanos LE, Russell SJ, Damiano ER, Beck RW, Shah VN, Bailey R, Calhoun P, Bird K, Mauras N; Bionic Pancreas Research Group.The Insulin-Only Bionic Pancreas Improves Glycemic Control in Non-Hispanic White and Minority Adults and Children With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Mar 31:dc221478. doi: 10.2337/dc22-1478. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37000680.
Beck RW, Russell SJ, Damiano ER, El-Khatib FH, Ruedy KJ, Balliro C, Li Z, Calhoun P.A Multicenter Randomized Trial Evaluating Fast-Acting Insulin Aspart in the Bionic Pancreas in Adults with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2022 Oct;24(10):681-696. doi: 10.1089/dia.2022.0167. PMID: 36173235; PMCID: PMC9529301.
Messer LH, Buckingham BA, Cogen F, Daniels M, Forlenza G, Jafri RZ, Mauras N, Muir A, Wadwa RP, White PC, Russell SJ, Damiano ER, El-Khatib FH, Ruedy KJ, Balliro CA, Li Z, Marak MC, Calhoun P, Beck RW.Positive Impact of the Bionic Pancreas on Diabetes Control in Youth 6-17 Years Old with Type 1 Diabetes: A Multicenter Randomized Trial. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2022 Oct;24(10):712-725. doi: 10.1089/dia.2022.0201.pub. PMID: 36173237; PMCID: PMC9529304.
Bionic Pancreas Research Group.Multicenter, Randomized Trial of a Bionic Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes. N Engl J Med. 2022 Sep 29;387(13):1161-1172. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2205225. PMID: 36170500.
Mauras N, Damiano ER, El-Khatib FH, Marak MC, Calhoun P, Ruedy KJ, Balliro C, Li Z, Beck RW, Russell SJ.Utility and Safety of Backup Insulin Regimens Generated by the Bionic Pancreas: A Randomized Study. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2023 Mar 22. doi: 10.1089/dia.2022.0461. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36877259.
Russell, S. J., Balliro, C., Ekelund, M., El-Khatib, F., Graungaard, T., Greaux, E., ... & Damiano, E. R. (2021).Improvements in glycemic control achieved by altering the t max setting in the iLet® bionic pancreas when using fast-acting insulin aspart: A randomized trial. Diabetes Therapy, 12(7), 2019-2033.
Castellanos, L. E., Balliro, C. A., Sherwood, J. S., Jafri, R., Hillard, M. A., Greaux, E., ... & Russell, S. J. (2021).Performance of the insulin-only iLet bionic pancreas and the bihormonal iLet using dasiglucagon in adults with type 1 diabetes in a home-use setting. Diabetes Care, 44(6), e118-e120.
Jafri, R. Z., Balliro, C. A., El-Khatib, F., Maheno, M. M., Hillard, M. A., O'Donovan, A., ... & Russell, S. J. (2020).A three-way accuracy comparison of the Dexcom G5, Abbott Freestyle Libre Pro, and Senseonics Eversense continuous glucose monitoring devices in a home-use study of subjects with type 1 diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 22(11), 846-852.

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