Rimma Shaginian

Rimma Shaginian is Medical Head in Ascensia Diabetes Care. She is MD with specialization in Diabetes & Endocrinology & Cardio Metabolic and Master of Public Health. She has more than ten years of clinical experience in the areas of clinical endocrinology, including diabetes, cardiovascular endocrinology, growth hormone disorders, bone metabolism disorders. She has more than twelve years of working in pharmaceutical industry, namely in Eli Lilly ,as lead clinical research physician and more than six years - in diabetes technology industry/ Ascensia Diabetes care, focusing on research and clinical aspects of BGM, CGM and diabetes digital applications. She has been working seven years as medical affairs lead at all levels: country, regional and global. She was a lead physician for two international studies in diabetes: study to assess the effect of GLP-1 RA on beta cell function , conducted in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland and another international study to assess the effect of combination of GLP-1RA with basal insulin in Type 2 diabetes patients, conducted in more than 100 sites in 17 countries worldwide. She is an author of over 30 original research papers, reviews, abstracts and posters. She is speaker at various internal and external diabetes training courses & several national and international conferences & congresses.