More than 34 million people in the U.S, or 10.5% of the population, have diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And as many as 7 million more Americans have the disease and don’t know it. Diabetes is the seventh-leading cause of death in the country..
In Maryland, the percentages are even higher. More than 623,000 Marylanders, or nearly 13% of the state’s residents, have diabetes. Diabetes sharply increases the risk of heart and kidney disease, stroke, blindness and other serious health problems, adding $6.5 billion to Maryland’s annual health care costs.
November is American Diabetes Month, and Nov. 14 is World Diabetes Day — a time to promote awareness of diabetes, its symptoms, the different kinds of diabetes (type 1 and type 2, and others), and how the disease affects adults and children.
Johns Hopkins Medicine experts are available to discuss various aspects of diabetes regarding both adults and children.
Adults and Diabetes
Media contact: Patrick Smith, senior communications specialist, Department of Marketing and Communications, 410-608-4025, psmith88@jhmi.edu
Tom Donner, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDirector, Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center
Specialty topics: type 1 diabetes, insulin therapy, immunotherapy
Justin Echouffo Tcheugui, M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Rita Kalyani, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: diabetes in older adults, is let autotransplantation
Nestoras Mathioudakis, M.D., M.H.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: foot ulcers, diabetes technology
Prasanna Santhanam, M.D., M.B.B.S.
Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: molecular imaging of endocrine glands
Sudipa Sarkar, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, evidence-based treatments
Aniket Sidhaye, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Specialty topics: cystic fibrosis-related diabetes
Children and Diabetes
Media contact: Kim Polyniak, senior communications specialist, Department of Marketing and Communications, 443-510-5807, kpolyni1@jhmi.edu
Yasmin Akhtar, D.O., M.P.H.
Clinical Associate of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Specialty topics: pediatric type 1 and type 2 diabetes, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
Kristin Arcara, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineAssociate Clinical Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Specialty topics: type 1 diabetes, islet autotransplantation, diabetes technology
Sheela Magge, M.D., M.S.C.E.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDirector, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Specialty topics: type 2 diabetes in youth, pre-diabetes, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, insulin resistance
Sandra Salsberg, M.D.
Clinical Associate of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinePediatric Endocrinologist, Bethesda Health Care and Surgery Center and Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Specialty topics: type 1 and type 2 diabetes, obesity, PCOS
Risa Wolf, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of MedicinePediatric Endocrinologist, Johns Hopkins Children’s CenterMedical Director, Camp Charm City Diabetes
Specialty topics: diabetes technology, pediatric type 1 and type 2 diabetes
