Rita Jirjis El-Hajj MD

Diabetes, Lipid Metabolism

Physician

Summary

Dr. Rita El-Hajj is a certified endocrinologist based in Wynnewood, PA. She specializes in Diabetes and Lipid Metabolism. Her medical education began at the American University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine and continued with a residency in internal medicine at the University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus. She later completed a fellowship in endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Dr. El-Hajj has experience in dealing with diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome, and thyroid disease. She is a recognized Fellow (FACE) from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology and has contributed to medical literature, with her work “Discovery of a human peptide sequence signaling islet neogenesis” cited 26 times.

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Fellowship, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, 1991 - 1994
University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown CampusResidency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
American University of Beirut Faculty of MedicineClass of 1987

PubMed

26 citations
Discovery of a human peptide sequence signaling islet neogenesis.
Claresa S. Levetan, Loraine V. Upham, Shaoping Deng, Lisa Laury-Kleintop, Vladimir Kery
Endocrine Practice. 2008-12-01