Alicia Downs

Alicia’s diverse nursing career has given her experience with a broad range of clients and a variety of health conditions in addition to diabetes. One of their passions is advocating for the needs of her patients, whether it be in overcoming insurance restrictions, obtaining community resources, or coordinating with school systems and medical providers. Alicia is an active member of the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists.

Alicia manages her diabetes with an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor. Her rocky road included years of mis-diagnoses and ineffective treatments during her college years. That experience gave Alicia the incentive to take the lead in her own health care and educate those around her.

“In this day and age, everyone with diabetes deserves state-of- the-art care, treatment and education,” professes Alicia. “Nobody should have to go through what I went through early on.”

Alicia’s life has included many unique medical challenges including multiple auto-immune diagnoses and orthopedic conditions. However, Alicia chooses to view these as opportunities to grow stronger rather than as barriers, and applies this approach to her clinical practice.

“Diabetes is a Medical diagnosis with a Mental Health treatment modality, it is all in how we are thinking about it, our relationship with our selves with diabetes that makes the real difference”

Areas of clinical specialty for Alicia include working with patients through cancer treatment, Type 3C diabetes, Diabetes management along with complex medical challenges, diabetes management in combination with behavioral and mental health challenges, as well as Tandem diabetes device optimization. Alicia is also passionate about providing educated compassionate informed and equitable care to all people. Her specialized experience in gender diverse care, LGBTQ care areas, as well as experience in diverse ethnic and faith backgrounds is Alicia’s greatest pride in her professional career.