Rita R. Kalyani
Advanced in Obesity

Dr. Rita R. Kalyani

Endocrinology
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 2, Floor 2, 
Baltimore, MD 

Advanced in Obesity
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 2, Floor 2, 
Baltimore, MD 
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Dr. Rita Kalyani is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She graduated with an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and completed her medical degree, residency, and fellowship at Johns Hopkins. She also obtained a Masters in Health Science degree in Clinical Investigation from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As a NIH-funded clinician scientist, Dr. Kalyani has authored over 175 peer-reviewed publications and built a research program focused on understanding the factors leading to development of diabetes complications, particularly in high-risk populations. She has conducted epidemiological and patient-oriented research that has led to fundamental discoveries regarding the development of skeletal muscle loss, physical disability, and frailty in diabetes. She has also spearheaded studies investigating sex differences in cardiovascular disease and diabetes which have influenced primary prevention guidelines. Dr. Kalyani launched the Diabetes Management Service for Johns Hopkins’ Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto Transplant Program in 2011. She is the co-founder of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes POC-IT Guide for healthcare professionals. She is also the founder and past Editor-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Patient Website to Diabetes. Dr. Kalyani has been the Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association since 2025. She previously served as President of Medicine & Science on the ADA's National Board of Directors. She continues to have a clinical practice as an adult endocrinologist.

Dr. Kalyani is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Obesity. Her top areas of expertise are Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young, Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation.

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 164 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 21 articles in the study of Obesity.

Graduate Institution
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health, MHS, 2009
Residency
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 2006
Specialties
Endocrinology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in MD
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Endocrinology, 2010
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Endocrinology, 2007
Hospital Affiliations
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Languages Spoken
English
French
Hindi
Gender
Female

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
601 North Caroline Street, Floor 2, Floor 2, Baltimore, MD 21287
Call: 410-955-9270
Other Locations
Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
10751 Falls Road, Falls Concourse STE 412, Lutherville, MD 21093
Call: 410-955-9270

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Kalyani has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


164 Total Publications

Heterogeneity of effect of Intensive lifestyle intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors by sex hormones in diabetes.
Heterogeneity of effect of Intensive lifestyle intervention on cardiometabolic risk factors by sex hormones in diabetes.
Journal: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
Published: September 15, 2025
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