Jill P. Crandall, MD

Jill P. Crandall, MD, is Professor and Jacob A. and Jeanne E. Barkey Chair in Medicine and Chief, Division of Endocrinology at Montefiore Einstein. Her clinical focus is on the treatment of types 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as related metabolic disorders.

In 1975, Dr. Crandall received her Bachelor of Arts in anthropology at State University of New York at Binghamton. She received her Bachelor of Science in health services (physician assistant program) in 1977 at State University of New York at Stony Brook, earning highest school honors. In 1988, she earned her Doctor of Medicine at State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, and began her postgraduate training the same year with an internship and residency at Presbyterian Hospital, completing it in 1991. She continued her post-graduate training at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, completing her fellowship in endocrinology in 1994.

Dr. Crandall’s research interests focus on age-related changes in glucose metabolism and the relationship between hyperglycemia and cardiovascular risk. As the director of the Diabetes Clinical Trials Unit (DCTU), Dr. Crandall serves as the principal investigator for several NIH-sponsored clinical trials in the field of diabetes and metabolism. Most notable is her work with the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcome Study, for which she holds several national leadership positions, including Executive Committee membership and Co-Chair of a collaboration with the National Cancer Institute to study the effect of long-term metformin treatment or lifestyle modification on cancer incidence. Her specific interests include the prevention of type 2 diabetes, the treatment of diabetes in older adults and the prevention of diabetes complications. Dr. Crandall is also director of the Translational Research Core of the Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center (ESDRC). She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications and reviews submissions to several publications, including Diabetes Care, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. She is active in the American Diabetes Association and has served on the Professional Practice and Grant Review committees.

Dr. Crandall has received many recognitions throughout her career, including the Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging from the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research, and the William Dock, MD Master Teacher Award in Medicine from SUNY Downstate Medical Center.