Biography

Anita N. Swamy, MD Medical Director Chicago Children’s Diabetes Center La Rabida Children’s Hospital Chicago, IL Anita N. Swamy, MD, is medical director of the Chicago Children’s Diabetes Center at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago, IL, where she is also president of the medical staff and an attending physician. In addition, she is an Attending Physician and Associate Clinician at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her clinical focus is type 1 and type 2 diabetes treatment and obesity. She received her doctor of medicine degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. She went on to complete a residency in pediatrics at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA, followed by fellowships in pediatric endocrinology at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, PA, and at The University of Texas in San Antonio, TX. She is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Diabetes Association, where she serves on the Youth Strategies Committee. She is a JDRF Illinois Board Member. She is a medical advisor to Chicago Public Schools, as well as to Diabetes Training Camp, where she is also active as an educator. She has recently been honored as a Castle Connolly Top Doctor of Chicago and one of the Exceptional Women in Medicine.

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