Rachana D. Shah, M.D.

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Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Medical Director, Healthy Weight Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
The HUB for Clinical Collaboration
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3390
Education:
B.S. (Molecular Biology)
Vanderbilt University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
Baylor College of Medicine, 2002.
MSc (Translational Research)
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, 2011.
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Selected Publications

Amy K Mottl,, Jeanie B Tryggestad , Scott Isom , Rose A Gubitosi-Klug , Leora Henkins , Neil H White , Ralph D'Agostino Jr , Kara S Hughan , Lawrence M Dolan , Kimberly L Drews ; SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study Group; TODAY Study Group: Major adverse events in youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes: The SEARCH and TODAY studies Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice April 2024.

Laure El Ghormli , Hui Wen, Diane Uschner , Morey W Haymond , Kara S Hughan, Katherine Kutney, Lori Laffel , Sherida E Tollefsen , Elia N Escaname, Jane Lynch , Petter Bjornstad ; TODAY Study Group: Trajectories of eGFR and risk of albuminuria in youth with type 2 diabetes: results from the TODAY cohort study. Pediatric Nephrology 38(12), December 2023.

Jeanie B Tryggestad , Kimberly L Drews , Lisa Mele , Silva Arslanian , Steven D Chernausek , Elia N Escaname , Mitchell Geffner , Elvira Isganaitis , Jennifer Sprague , Megan M Kelsey ; TODAY Study Group: Impact of youth onset type 2 diabetes during pregnancy on microvascular and cardiac outcomes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice September 2023.

Kristen J Nadeau, Laure El Ghormli, Silva Arslanian, Fida Bacha, Sonia Caprio, Christine Chan, Lily C Chao, Maria Rayas, Maggie K Siska, Philip Zeitler and the TODAY Study Group: Effect of Early Glycemic Control in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes on Longer-Term Glycemic Control and β-Cell Function: Results From the TODAY Study. Diabetes Care 46(8), August 2023.

Huerta-Chagoya A ,... Shah R, ...Mercader JM: The power of TOPMed imputation for the discovery of Latino-enriched rare variants associated with type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 66(7): 1273-1288, July 2023.

Bacha F, El Ghormli L, Braffett BH, Shah AS, Marcovina SM, Levitt Katz LE, Willi SM, Caprio S, Dhaliwal R, Gidding SS, the TODAY Study Group: Candidate biomarkers as predictors of future kidney disease and cardiovascular dysfunction in adolescents with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice May 2023.

Shah RD, Chernausek SD, El Ghormli L, Geffner ME, Keady J, Kelsey MM, Farrell R, Tesfaldet B, Tryggestad JB, Van Name M, Isganaitis E: Maternal Diabetes in Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated With Progressive Dysglycemia and Risk of Complications. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes 108(4): 1120-1131, April 2023.

Rachelle Gandica , Ruth S Weinstock , Mihili Gunaratne , Silva Arslanian , Lindsay Doherty , Mitchell E Geffner , Lori Laffel , Janine Higgins ; TODAY Study Group: Long-Term Retention of Young Adult Study Participants with Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes: Results from the TODAY2 Study Hormone Research in Pediatrics 96(3), 2023.

Janine Higgins, Steven D Chernausek, Laure El Ghormli, Elvira Isganaitis, Megan M Kelsey, Marsha D Marcus, Siripoom McKay, Maggie Siska, Shylaja Srinivasan, Rose Gubitosi-Klug and the TODAY Study Group: Long-term Outcomes Among Young Adults With Type 2 Diabetes Based on Durability of Glycemic Control: Results From the TODAY Cohort Study. Diabetes Care 45(11), November 2022.

Lynne L Levitsky, , Kimberly L Drews , Morey Haymond , Rose A Glubitosi-Klug , Lorraine E Levitt Katz , Mihai Mititelu, William Tamborlane , Jeanie B Tryggestad , Ruth S Weinstock ; TODAY Study Group: The obesity paradox: Retinopathy, obesity, and circulating risk markers in youth with type 2 diabetes in the TODAY Study. Diabetes Complications 36(11), November 2022.

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