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, [email protected]

Tom Donner, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director, 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, islet 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, [email protected] 

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 Medicine
Associate 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 Medicine
Director, 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 Medicine
Pediatric 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 Medicine
Pediatric Endocrinologist, Johns Hopkins Children’s Center
Medical Director, Camp Charm City Diabetes
Specialty topics: diabetes technology, pediatric type 1 and type 2 diabetes

On the Web:

• Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center