Arkansas Diabetes and Endocrinology Center

01/26/2026

Arkansas Diabetes and Endocrinology Center will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, January 26 and 27. We will monitor the conditions and roadways and provide an update by Tuesday on the status of the remainder of the week.

11/23/2025

GATEWAY: Safety Evaluation of the MiniMed™ NMX8-AID System in Children and Adults Living With Diabetes. We will be one of 32 centers in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr. Thrasher will be the Principal Investigator. Not yet recruiting .

09/12/2025

Two days of training these 2 groups eager to learn Therapy Education Program on Advancing Automation with the MiniMed™ 780G system. Was honored to present our experiencer in clinic and research. Our newest PA, Sarah Dreher attended and volunteered to present her interpretation of Carelink data. She did a fantastic job!

08/22/2025

ADEC is pleased to announce that Sarah Dreher, PA-C will be joining our clinic as a new provider starting in September. A native of Little Rock, Sarah has been working in Dallas for the past two years in Internal Medicine. She’ll be training in Endocrinology and once her training is completed, she will be seeing new patients. If you see her in the halls of the clinic next month, make sure you say Hi and welcome her.



08/09/2025

Get a sneak peek at what's coming next: the Instinct sensor.

Made by Abbott, the Instinct sensor is designed exclusively for MiniMed systems.

Learn more at https://medtronic.co/3UfiwGd

We'll share more details about the Instinct sensor when it's commercially available.

510k pending for Medtronic interoperable system; currently under review by FDA; not available for sale or distribution in the US.

The sensor shape and appearance is a mark of Abbott.

06/02/2025

We will be conducting the clinic trial with this system in our on-site Research Center in Little Rock Arkansas. Arkansas Diabetes and Endocrinology Center. Medical Investigations, Inc.

04/19/2025

For all of those on a Medtronic 780G system, the all in one disposable CGM was FDA apporved today Willl make it simpler to insert with a two step process Should be available Fall 2025. We conducted the clinical trial on this CGM in our research center and Dr Thrasher has abstracts and a manuscript that will be presented and pending publication.

Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Simplera Sync™ sensor for use with the...

01/24/2025

Dr. Kilpatrick explains why your medications are too expensive at the first of the year.

11/12/2024

To all those who serve to protect of freedom. While most of us wake up and enjoy our freedom there are less than 1% that wake up to defend it. We are a grateful nation!

11/02/2024

Happy Halloween from the staff of spooks and goblins at ADEC. We hope you had fun in our clinic today. Thanks to all the staff that participated.

10/17/2024

Eversence 365 implanted CGM. We are the only center in Arkansas certified to perform insertion and removal. If you are interested, contact our clinic or the link below.

Introducing Eversense 365. It’s the only long-term, one year CGM, and it’s designed to minimize device frustrations so you can manage your diabetes with one less burden in your way.

10/04/2024

Happy PA Week. We have three of the best endocrine PAs at ADEC. Neelie Bean, Kate Cameron, and Sara Pinkerton, you three amaze me at all you learn and the drive that you have to be the best at what you do. You stay on top of the game. Best of the best!

PA Week is 1 week away! 🥳🎉 Get ready to share stories about how PAs go beyond for patients 365 days a year -- and what inspires YOU to go beyond as a PA. See all the ways to celebrate: https://bit.ly/3MX52LA