Rohit Kulkarni

Rohit Kulkarni is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Margaret A. Congleton Chair and Co-Head of the Section on Islet & Regenerative Biology at Joslin Diabetes Center.

Kulkarni obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from St. John’s Medical College and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in London, where he trained in the lab of Steve Bloom. Subsequently, he obtained the NIH NRSA Award and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the lab of Ron Kahn at the Joslin Diabetes Center. He has been on the Faculty of the Joslin Diabetes Center since 1999 and is currently a Senior Investigator and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Kulkarni is the recipient of the Endocrine Society’s Ernst Oppenheimer Award, the Merck Frosst Distinguished Lectureship and James H. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professorship and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians.

Companies

• Director P&F Program Joslin DRC Joslin Diabetes Center (2019)
• Consulting Editorial Board The Journal of Clinical Investigation (2018)
• Co-Head - Section on Islet Cell and Regenerative Biology Joslin Diabetes Center (2017)
• Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School (2015)
• Principal Faculty Harvard Stem Cell Institute (2014)
• Associate Member Broad Institute (2013)
• Senior Investigator in Islet Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine Joslin Diabetes Center (2013)
• Adjunct Professor ETH/Universite de Zurich (2019 — 2019)
• Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School (2009 — 2015)

Education

• Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Cell and Molecular Physiology Harvard Medical School (1997 - 1998)
• PhD, Biochemistry University of London (1990 - 1996)
• Master of Arts (M.A.) (Honorary) Harvard University (2015)
• M.B.,B.S. Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute
• MD St. John's Medical College