Meyer is vice president of Meyer Group Insurance, a business she owns with her husband, Bruce. "Yes, my husband and I work together," she said.
Unlike Type 2 diabetes, which in many cases can be reversed, Type 1 cannot. Known as Dr. Marta to her patients, she started in medicine by working in a laboratory studying growth hormones.
"We wanted to celebrate and thank the community," said Karen J. Spencer, chief executive officer of the practice, which has offices in Norfolk, Suffolk, Hampton and Smithfield.