Summary

Heidi Diez is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and a Clinical Pharmacist Specialist. Over the last 14 years, she established pharmacy services at four Primary Care sites across Michigan Medicine. Dr. Diez currently practices at Domino’s Farms Family Medicine, where she is considered by her physician peers, the clinic's diabetes expert and is mainly referred patients with type 2 diabetes. She received her PharmD from the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy, completed a PGY1 community pharmacy practice residency at University of Washington and is a Board Certified Ambulatory Care Pharmacist.   

Dr. Diez serves on the Michigan Medicine Diabetes Quality Improvement Committee, as the Primary Care PharmD representative. She is a leader in the implementation of continuous glucose monitors in patient care cross primary care.

Over the course of her career, she has established immunization training and clinics at the College of Pharmacy and taught didactic units on diabetes across Pharmacy, Nursing and Medicine. She is also dedicated experiential teacher to Pharmacy and Medical students, as well as PGY1 and PGY2 Pharmacy residents.

In 2021, Dr. Diez became the Lead Pharmacist for the Michigan Collaborative for Type 2 Diabetes (MCT2D), a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and Blue Care Network Value Partnerships supported program. This Collaborative Quality Initiate (CQI) has a membership of over 1000 physicians and numerous key care team members (PharmDs, RNs, Dieticians) from 346 primary care, endocrinology and nephrology practices, representing 28 physician organizations across Michigan working together towards a central goal of improving the care of patients with type 2 diabetes. In August of 2022, she was appointed Program Co-Director of MCT2D. 

Dr. Diez's passion and dedication to diabetes care, along with fierce patient advocacy was recognized in 2023, with the APhA Bowl of Hygeia award. 

Outside of work, she enjoys experiencing new restaurants in Detroit, playing cards or board games with her family, being active (cycling, golf, and pickle ball) and traveling (often somewhere tropical to scuba dive). She is a Wolverine to the core, with season football and hockey tickets, and recently caught the bug of UM Football Alumni travel, after going to Houston to watch the Wolverines bring home a National Championship!