Biography:

Dr. Michael Rickels completed his undergraduate degree in mathematics and biology at Colgate University and medical and translational research degrees at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also trained in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology. He has since remained at Penn, holding appointments as Medical Director for the Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Program since 2008, Assistant Director of the Type 1 Diabetes Unit from 2005 – 2013, and Director of the Translational Research Program in the Institute for Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism and Associate Director of the Clinical & Translational Research Center.