Description of Research Expertise

I work under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Rickels within Penn Medicine’s Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism.

My work focuses on disease-modifying therapies for autoimmune type 1 diabetes (T1D). I was a co-investigator with Dr. Rickels on a study titled “A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of 400 mg Twice a Day Oral Ladarixin in Patients with New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes and a Low Residual β-Cell Function at Baseline - GLADIATOR.” This study aims to determine whether inhibiting IL-8 signaling through CXCR1/2 receptor antagonism can help preserve residual beta-cell function at the clinical diagnosis of T1D.
I am a principal investigator in a teplizumab registry study titled "An Observational, Long-term Safety Study of TZEILD (teplizumab-mzwv) in Patients with Stage 2 Type 1 Diabetes." The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of anti-CD3 treatment in clinical practice.

I also submitted an IRB proposal to study bone health in adult gender-diverse patients at Penn Medicine, aiming to better understand bone mineral density in this population.

Selected Publications

Sultan, R., Honasoge, M., Levy, S., Sulanc, E.Rao, S.: Afirma Gene Expression Classifier(GEC) performed for indeterminate thyroid nodules, Henry Ford Health SystemExperience Endocrine Practice 26 (5): 1-9,2020.

Sultan, R., Honasoge, M., Bhan, A: Neuroblastoma Masquerading as Pheochromocytoma Accepted for presentation at Endocrine Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA : 2019.

Sultan, R., AlHafez, B., Davila Grijalva, F.: TSH in the inpatient setting: Justification and Effect on Management Presented at Endocrine Society Meeting, Chicago, Il : 2018.

Sultan, R., Aneese, A., Hartkop, S., Gjorgova-Gjergjevski, S., Yadav, S.: A Tale of a Yellow Man: A Case of Pseudohyponatremia Secondary to Extreme Hypercholesterolemia Presented at American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist Meeting, Dallas, TX : 2017.

Sultan, R., Selvam, N., Ladkany, R., Yadav, S.: Superficial Venous Thrombosis: Not as Superficial as You Might Think! Presented at the American College of Physicians National Meeting, San Diego, CA : 2017.

Academic Contact Information

3737 Market Street, 3rd FL
Philadelphia, PA 19128
Phone: 215-662-9905
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366