She graduated with an undergraduate degree from Harvard College and completed her medical degree, residency, and fellowship at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Kalyani is an active clinician in the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center. She directs the Diabetes Management Service for Johns Hopkins’ Total Pancreatectomy Islet Auto Transplant Program. Dr. Kalyani is NIH-funded for her research on diabetes and aging and sex differences in diabetes. She is past Chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Professional Practice Committee, which is responsible for establishing clinical practice guidelines for the care of all people with diabetes in the annual document: “Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes”.