Rayhan Lal, MD, MPH, PhD, is a fifth year adult and pediatric endocrine fellow at Stanford. Rayhan grew up in the California bay area. He has had type 1 diabetes for over 25 years. His two sisters were enrolled in DPT-1, and were found to be antibody positive. He studied electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Berkeley. During this time, his two younger sisters developed type 1 diabetes. To help all his brothers and sisters with diabetes, he decided to pursue clinical medicine at the University of California, Davis. Rayhan could not decide whether to take care of children or adults with diabetes and so did both. He completed a four year residency in internal medicine and pediatrics at the University of Southern California, working at Los Angeles County Hospital. While there he wrote a carb counting app for underserved families lacking confidence in their abilities and performed a randomized controlled trial to test its efficacy. As an engineer and physician-scientist with diabetes, his primary research interest is the design, development and testing of new diabetes technology and therapies. To that end, Rayhan is currently working with Dr. Bruce Buckingham at Stanford on a number of projects. He is also a fervent supporter of #wearenotwaiting. Dr. Lal is returning as a Fellow Mentor for Friends for Life Orlando 2019.
