Sheela Natesh Magge

At Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, Sheela N. Magge, MD, MSCE is Director of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and the Lawson Wilkins Endowed Chair of Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Magge is a clinician investigator dedicated to improving the lives of children with type 2 diabetes, obesity, and insulin resistance, as well as the cardiovascular implications of these conditions. She has performed patient-oriented research throughout her career. She received a NIH K23 award for research on dyslipidemia and CV risk factors in pediatric obesity and type 2 diabetes (2007). She was co-principal investigator of an NIH NICHD R01 study of cardiometabolic risk and obesity in adolescents with Down syndrome, awarded in 2012. She is currently the principal investigator of a 2018 NIH NIDDK R01 award studying the differential cardiometabolic risk among South Asian adolescents in the US, compared with that for African-American and white peers, related to body composition. This study is examining mechanistic differences influencing diabetes risk. Dr Magge is the Johns Hopkins principal investigator of a new NIDDK U01: DISCOVERY study of risk factors for type 2 diabetes among youth, to determine the greatest predictors of developing type 2 diabetes during childhood. Dr. Magge’s expertise led to her appointment to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Nutrition from 2012-2018. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications.