Megan “Meg” MacFarland McGuigan serves as an instructor in the Diabetes Workshops, as well as sees patients individually in the Teaching Center consulting on Diabetes self-management. Meg comes from an extensive background of inpatient nursing, including the UCSF Intensive Cardiac Care Unit where she cared for people with complex cardiac and other health conditions, pre and post-cardiac surgery, and heart and lung transplants. With 12 years of in-patient nursing experience, she then joined the Diabetes Teaching Center team in 2023. Enthusiastic to transition to a role focused on enhancing understanding, prevention and management of diabetes, she pursued her Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) certification. Meg is passionate about improving the lives of those at risk and living with diabetes via partnership and collaboration.

Megan received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.