A Legacy of Care and Commitment

This post serves to celebrate two extraordinary members of our clinical team — Julie Osterhaus ARNP and Amy Sheehan RN — and to thank them for their decades of dedicated service to our division. Over the years, each has exemplified excellence in practice, pairing deep clinical knowledge with genuine compassion and unwavering professionalism. Their care has made a lasting difference for patients and families, and their steady presence has strengthened our team in countless ways. With sincere gratitude, we thank you both for your remarkable service, your compassion, and the standards of excellence you continue to set. We wish you both the best in your next endeavors!

Julie (center) and Amy (3rd from right) at an April 2026 Division celebration of Julie’s retirement, along with the entire pediatric diabetes nursing team.
Julie on her last day at outreach clinic.
Diabetes nursing team from a few years ago. Amy is on the far right.
Faculty, fellows, and diabetes nurses from last year. Amy is furthest back.
Picture from 1990s, nurses for the pediatric oncology floor. Amy is second from right front row. Amy is not the only nurse who subsequently joined the Endocrine Division. Nurse Julie (2nd row, far left), Nurse Sue (next to Julie), and Nurse Rose (back row, second from left).
The pediatric endocrine division in 2013. Amy is second from left, back row; Julie is second from right, back row.

Best Senior Fellow Abstracts!

Dr. Baum and Dr. Power both submitted abstracts of their research to the Pediatric Research Day 2026 event. Both had their work chosen as “Best Senior Fellow Abstracts” and were invited to give research talks at the event, held on April 10. Congrats to both!

Dr. Baum at the podium!
Dr. Power at the podium!

Happy Wedding!

Multiple nurses, docs, an emerita, a pharmacist and spouses from our division on the dance floor shortly after the marriage of Haylee and Sam. Cheers to the newlyweds!

Celebration of a Rich Journey!

We celebrated the retirement of Rich, endocrinology nurse. We have blessed for over a decade by Rich’s excellence and deep clinical experience, not to mention his collection of weekly humorous memes. Today, we had a luncheon in his honor, complete with anime masks. We wish him a rich journey in retirement.

Anime Masks!
Kitsune selfie

Breakthrough T1D Promise Gala 2025

Multiple division members attended the 2025 fund raising Gala for Breakthrough T1D in Cedar Rapids on November 1st. Breakthrough T1D is the leading non-profit fund raising organization aiming to drive research that finds cures for type 1 diabetes.

At the Gala: Pediatric Diabetes Nurses ready to help with the challenges of T1D!!!

Breakthrough T1D Promise Gala: some of the division attendees and friends!!!

Daisy Awards!

Diabetes Nurse Kaitelynn has been nominated for a Daisy Award, not once but twice this summer! The Daisy Award recognizes nurses who exemplify skillful and compassionate care to patients and their families. She is pictured below being presented with one of her Daisy pins and letters. We’ve notice that she already has several Daisy pins on her badge, evidence that she is so great with patients and their families. Thanks Kaitelynn for being one of our group of amazing pediatric diabetes nurses!!

Diabetes Nurse Kaitelynn