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Serena Cardillo, MD

Fellowship Program Director and Director of Education
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Physician
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Serena Cardillo, MD, is a professor of clinical medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, where she received a BA in behavioral biology. She received her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and completed both a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in endocrinology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. 

Dr Cardillo’s clinical interests include diabetes management, transplant-associated diabetes, prediabetes, and cystic fibrosis–related diabetes. She also has extensive expertise in the area of medical education at the graduate and postgraduate levels. She is currently the fellowship program director and director of education for the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the University of Pennsylvania. She has led numerous educational initiatives in diabetes management for primary care providers and endocrinologists. She is currently serving on planning committees for Endocrine Society Clinical Endocrinology Update and the Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology.