Francine R. Kaufman

Francine R. Kaufman, MD is the Chief Medical Officer of Senseonics, Inc. (2019-present). Previously, she was the CMO and VP of Global Medical Affairs at Medtronic Diabetes (2009-2019). She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. After joining the Division of Endocrinology at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in 1980, she served as Director of Diabetes (1990-2001) and then Division Head of Endocrinology (2001-2009). She has authored over 290 peer-reviewed and invited articles, and numerous books including Diabesity (Bantam, 2005), The Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes (ADA, 2008), The Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Book: For Patients, Parents and Caregivers (ADA, 2012, 2017) and Rhythms (a novel) (CKI Publisher, 2015).

She has received numerous grants, including being funded by the NIH for over 3 decades. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2005. Dr. Kaufman was national president of the ADA (2002-2003). She directed diabetes camps in Southern California, Ecuador, and Haiti for over 30 years. She was instrumental in banning sodas from LA Unified School District in 2004.