Preeti Kishore, MD

Dr. Preeti Kishore is a Professor in the Division of Endocrinology.  She is the site director for the Einstein/Montefiore Endocrinology Fellowship Program at Jacobi Medical Center. As Chief of the Endocrinology Division at Jacobi she is responsible for the clinical endocrine inpatient and outpatient operations at Jacobi and North Central Bronx Hospitals. She actively participates in the teaching of endocrinology fellows, internal medicine residents and Einstein medical students. Her education philosophy is to empower learners to drive their own educational goals/learning. She is interested in the use of diabetes technology to manage low health literacy patients with diabetes. She is also the Director of the Weight Management Program at Jacobi.

Her research interests have been in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and the Insulin resistance syndrome. She has investigated the pathogenic role of free fatty acids in various aspects of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, particularly the role they play in regulating “glucose effectiveness”. She is also interested in the role of adipose tissue inflammation in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome and insulin resistance. As an extension to her interest in adipose inflammation, she has investigated the role of vitamin D deficiency in Type 2 diabetes and whether it may regulate adipose inflammation/fibrosis.

Dr. Kishore is a member of the Leo M Davidoff Society and a recipient of the prestigious Henry Christian Award of the American Federation of Medical Research. She is also the recipient of several teaching/advising awards.