- Diabetes
- Gestational diabetes
- Hyperglycemia
- Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA)
- Mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
- Steroid induced diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
Serena Cardillo, MD
Diabetes
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Fellowship Program Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Director of Education, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
- Professor of Clinical Medicine (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism)
My education and training
- University of Pennsylvania School of MedicineMedical School
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency
- University of Pennsylvania Health SystemFellowship
Spoken languages
English
English
Italiano
Italian
Reviews
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Cardillo is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine, National
- American Diabetes Association, National
- Association of Program Directors in Endocrinology,, National
- Endocrine Society, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2018 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
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): 2021,643-649
Caitlin White MD, Serena Cardillo MD Introduction of an Ambulatory Curriculum in Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism for Internal Medicine Trainees , Poster Presentation, Endocrine Society: 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): 2020,926-928