Serena Cardillo, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)
Attending, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Director of Education, Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, West Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine, West Pavilion, 4th Floor
3400 Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-2468
Education
B.A. (Behavioral Biology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1997.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2001.
Permanent linkB.A. (Behavioral Biology)
Johns Hopkins University, 1997.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, 2001.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Dr. Cardillo joined the faculty in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in 2006. She completed her undergraduate studies at Johns Hopkins University where she received a B.A. in Behavioral Biology. She received her M.D. 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. Her clinical interests include diabetes management, transplant associated diabetes, pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome and diabetes in bariatric surgery patients. Her clinical practice is based at the Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center.Description of Other Expertise
Dr. Cardillo is also actively involved in medical education at the residency and fellowship levels. She is currently the Director of Ambulatory Training for the Internal Medicine Residency Program and the Director of Graduate Diabetes Education.Selected Publications
Sonny Caplash, Joseph Wahba, Yinxi Yu, Serena Cardillo, Rebecca A Hubbard, Brian L VanderBeek : Trends in prevalence and incidence of diabetic retinal disease in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Diabetes Complications 2026.Diana He, Serena Cardillo.: “A Structured Educational Intervention Improves Internal Medicine Resident Knowledge and Confidence in Hypoglycemia Evaluation and Management.” Poster Presentation American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions 2026.
Brian L VanderBeek 1, Yinxi Yu 2, Serena Cardillo 3, Rebecca Hubbard 4 : Twenty-Year Trends in Prevalence and Incidence of Diabetic Retinal Disease. Ophthalmology 2025.
Dapas N, Al Mukaddam M, Attallah H, Burns C, Jones R, Kharlip J, Kobaly K, Cardillo S: Creation of Educations Resources to Improve Endocrine Fellow Outpatient Curriculum. Poster Presentation, Endocrine Society 2025.
Mamtani R, Maskart C, LaMarra D, Cardillo S: "Mitigating the Effects of Weight Bias in Clinical Practice: Enhacing Communication and Documentation Skills in Medical Trainees" Poster Presentation, Endocrine Society Meeting, Poster Presentation, ENDO 2025 Chicago 2025.
R Benson Jones Jr, Cori Maskart, Janice Radway, Anastassia Amaro, Serena Cardillo: A Multimodal Curriculum to Improved Medical Student Gender-Affirming Communication Skills. Poster Presentation Endocrine Society 2023.
Nnenia Francis, Serena Cardillo, Deepa Nandiwada: Exploring Primary Care Residents Perspectives on Diabetes Education in Training. Poster Presentation Endocrine Society 2023.
Heath J, Dine CJ, Lamarra D, Cardillo S: The Impact of Trainee and Standardized Patient Race and Gender on Internal Medicine Resident Communication Assessment Scores. Journal of Graduate Medical Education 13(5): 643-649, 2021 Notes: doi:10.4300/JGME-D-21-00106.1.
Caitlin White MD, Serena Cardillo MD: Introduction of an Ambulatory Curriculum in Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism for Internal Medicine Trainees. Poster Presentation, Endocrine Society March 2020.
Caitlin A White, MD1; Paul Guido, MD2; Laura Young, MD, PhD2; Serena Cardillo, MD1: Redesigning Fellowship Curriculum Amidst The Covid-19 Pandemic: Our Shared Experiences. Endocrine Practice 26(8): 926-928, 2020 Notes: doi:10.4158/EP-2020-0365.