Shivani Agarwal

Shivani Agarwal, MD, MPH, is Director of the SEAD (Supporting Emerging Adults with Diabetes) program at Montefiore and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Since joining the Montefiore team in 2018, her clinical focus has been on the treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in patients aged 18 to 35 years old.

En 2001, la Dra. Agarwal se licenció en Neurociencia en el Wellesley College. De 2005 a 2010, asistió a la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Nueva York, donde obtuvo su doctorado. Durante este tiempo, la Dra. Agarwal también asistió a la Facultad de Salud Pública Bloomberg de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, donde obtuvo su maestría en Salud Pública, que recibió en 2009.

La Dra. Agarwal comenzó su capacitación de posgrado en 2010 con una pasantía de un año en Medicina Interna en la Facultad de Médicos y Cirujanos de la Universidad de Columbia. Continuó su formación en esta institución y completó una residencia en Medicina Interna en 2013. Posteriormente, en 2015, la Dra. Agarwal completó una beca de investigación en Endocrinología en la Universidad de Pensilvania, seguida de una beca de investigación posdoctoral en 2016.

Extending from her clinical focus, Dr. Agarwal’s research concentrates on clinical and behavioral interventions in young adults with type 1 diabetes. Her work has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, abstracts, and books. She has received several awards by the Helmsley Charitable Trust for her research and is an active member of the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange and SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Consortium. She was also awarded the University of Pennsylvania Edward Rose Faculty Teaching Award in 2018.

Dr. Agarwal is board certified in Internal Medicine and Adult Endocrinology by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a member of numerous professional societies, including the American College of Physicians, the American Diabetes Association, and the Endocrine Society. She also serves several elected roles on diabetes task forces and advocacy committees with the American Diabetes Association and Endocrine Society.