Serena Cardillo, MD
Diabetes
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Rodebaugh Diabetes Center
Schedule onlineCall 215-662-2468
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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)

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

696 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

January 2026
very thorough, very professional, on time.
January 2026
one word.... amazing!
January 2026
Dr. Cardillo is the best doctor i've ever had. she's saved my life.
January 2026
DR. Cardillo takes time to explain and find ways to make the medicine work for me

Insurance accepted

My 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

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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

Janae Heath, c. Jessica Dine, Denise Lamarra, Serena Cardillo Impact of Trainee and Standardized Patient Gender on Communication Assessment Scores , APDIM Online 2020: 2020

M Elle Saine, Dena M Carbonari, Craig W Newcomb, Arlene M Gallagher, Betina T Blak, Jason A Roy, Jennifer Wood, Serena Cardillo, Sean Hennessy 1, Brian L Strom, Vincent Lo Re 3rd Concordance of hospitalizations between Clinical Practice Research Datalink and linked Hospital Episode Statistics among patients treated with oral antidiabetic therapies , Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Safety , 28(10): 2019,1328-1335

Rahul Agarwal MD and Serena Cardillo MD Successful Long-Term Treatment of Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Using a Monthly Somatostatin Receptor Analog in a 91 Year Old Patient , Poster Presentation, Endocrine Society: 2018