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Endocrinology
Research
Dr. Philip Zeitler is leading a series of studies investigating the epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of type 2 diabetes in children and adolescents, as well as studies exploring the metabolic syndrome in the pediatric population. Dr. Zeitler's research also includes studies on the epidemiology of osteoporosis in survivors of childhood cancer and bone marrow transplantation and the use of bisphosphonates in children with osteoporosis secondary to chronic illness and primary bone disorders.
Dr. Sharon Travers is actively pursuing studies of the metabolic consequences of obesity in children. Dr. Travers has also been involved in a multicenter trial studying pharmacologic treatment of adolescent obesity and growth hormone treatment in toddler girls with Turner syndrome.
Dr. Michael Kappy has established a new methodology for testing the hypothalamic function of children seen in outreach clinics as well as new treatments for McCune-Albright syndrome, a form of precocious puberty and adolescent gynecomastia. Dr. Kappy is also collaborating with Dr. Janet Thomas in the Section of Clinical Genetics and Metabolism in a study of the prevalence of growth hormone deficiency in children with inborn errors of metabolism.
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