The Diabetes and Endocrinology division of the Pediatrics Department offers a four-week elective to third- and fourth-year medical students who have completed their core pediatrics rotation. The ...

Dual subspecialty training in Med-Peds endocrinology is a four-year pathway. The first two years of fellowship are dedicated to clinical training, with clinical rotations divided between adult and ...

The endocrine system includes glands and hormones that regulate: growth and development, metabolism, reproductive processes, mood, and more things. Pediatric endocrinology specialists treat disorders ...

Hormones are chemicals within the body that dictate how other parts of the body function. For example, certain hormones produced in the brain of a child determine the child’s growth, puberty, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Multidisciplinary, cross-departmental teams create synergy by enhancing the productivity, knowledge, experience, ...

15q11–q13 paternal deletion NA Prader–Willi syndrome (patients typically followed by endocrinology) 176270 15q11–q13 maternal deletion NA Angelman syndrome (patients not normally followed by ...

diet obesity The Endocrine Society released an updated evidence-based clinical practice guideline on the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity with lifestyle changes. The Endocrine Society ...

Dr. Claude J. Migeon, a longtime director of pediatric endocrinology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine who helped establish the first gender identity clinic at Hopkins, died March 4 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Although pituitary tumors have been extensively studied in the adult population, there has been a lack of data ...

Children in Alaska can be affected by unique pediatric endocrine disorders like rickets, precocious or delayed puberty, short stature, thyroid dysfunction and pituitary gland disorders. Many of these ...

The endocrine system is made up of the pituitary gland, thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries and testicles. This collection of glands produce hormones that regulate ...