Penn Medicine Provider
Diabetes
Michael R. Rickels, MD, MS
4.9
(93)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center
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About me

  • Medical Director, Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Program
  • Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor in Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

93 reviews

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April 2025
5.0
5.0
great
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr.michael rickels is very thorough and knowledgeable
April 2025
5.0
5.0
he's very thorough & kind
April 2025
5.0
5.0
nice doctor

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Rickels is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Rickels MR, Bellin MD, Stefanovski D, Peleckis AJ, Dalton-Bakes C, Markmann E, Nguyen HL, Townsend RR, Hering BJ, Naji A α- or β-Adrenergic blockade does not affect transplanted islet cell responses to hypoglycemia in type 1 diabetes , American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology & Metabolism, 327(3): 2024,E290-E301


Flatt AJ, Sheikh S, Peleckis AJ, Alvarado P, Hadjiliadis D, Stefanovski D, Gallop RJ, Rubenstein RC, Kelly A, Rickels MR Preservation of beta-cell function in pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis with highly effective CFTR modulator therapy , Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 109(1): 2024,151-160


Matus A, * Flatt AJ, * Peleckis AJ, Dalton-Bakes C, Riegel B, Rickels MR Validating and establishing a diagnostic threshold for the hypoglycemia awareness questionnaire impaired awareness subscale , Endocrine Practice, 29(10): 2023,762-769


Riddell MC, Li Z, Gal RL, Calhoun P, Jacobs PG, Clements M, Martin CK, Doyle FJ III, Patton SR, Castle JR, Gillingham MB, Beck RW, Rickels MR; T1DEXI Study Group Examining the acute glycemic effects of different types of structured exercise sessions in type 1 diabetes in a real-world setting: The Type 1 Diabetes and Exercise Initiative (T1DEXI) , Diabetes Care, 46(4): 2023,704-713


Flatt AJ, Peleckis AJ, Dalton-Bakes C, Nguyen HL, Ilany S, Matus A, Malone SK, Goel N, Jang S, Weimer J, Lee I, Rickels MR Automated insulin delivery for hypoglycemia avoidance and glucose counterregulation in long-standing type 1 diabetes with hypoglycemia unawareness , Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 25(5): 2023,302-314


Nyirjesy SC, Peleckis AJ, Eiel JN, Gallagher K, Doliba A, Tami A, Flatt AJ, De Leon DD, Hadjiliadis D, Sheikh S, Stefanovski D, Gallop R, D’Alessio DA, Rubenstein RC, Kelly A, Rickels MR Effects of GLP-1 and GIP on islet function in glucose intolerant, pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis , Diabetes, 71(10): 2022,2153-2165


Flatt AJ, Chen E, Peleckis AJ, Dalton-Bakes C, Nguyen HL, Collins HW, Millar JS, Gallop RJ, Rickels MR Evaluation of clinical metrics for identifying defective physiologic responses to hypoglycemia in long-standing type 1 diabetes , Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, 24(10): 2022,737-748


Rickels MR, Eggerman TL, Bayman L, Qidwai JC, Alejandro R, Bridges ND, Hering BJ, Markmann JF, Senior PA, Hunsicker LG; Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium Long-term outcomes with islet-alone and islet-after-kidney transplantation for type 1 diabetes in the Clinical Islet Transplantation Consortium: The CIT-08 Study , Diabetes Care, 45(12): 2022,2967-2975


Kelly A, Sheikh S, Stefanovski D, Peleckis AJ, Nyirjesy SC, Eiel JN, Sidaye A, Localio R, Gallop R, De Leon DD, Hadjiliadis D, Rubenstein RC, Rickels MR Effect of sitagliptin on islet function in pancreatic insufficient cystic fibrosis with abnormal glucose tolerance , Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 106(9): 2021,2617-2634


Flatt AJS, Greenbaum CJ, Shaw JAM, Rickels MR Pancreatic islet reserve in type 1 diabetes , Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1495(1): 2021,40-54


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