Pediatric Endocrinology

Contributors

GUEST EDITOR

ROBERT RAPAPORT, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology andDiabetes; Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai Schoolof Medicine, New York, New York

AUTHORS

SONIA CAPRIO, MDDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

MELISSA K. CROCKER, MBA, MDPediatric Endocrine Fellow, Unit on Growth and Obesity, Program in DevelopmentalEndocrinology and Genetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Healthand Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and HumanServices, Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland

EBE D’ADAMO, MDDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut;and Department of Pediatrics, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy

DENIS DANEMAN, MBBCh, FRCPCDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children andUniversity of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DANIELA DRIUL, MDClinical Associate, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics DPMSC,University of Udine School of Medicine, Padiglione Petracco, Udine, Italy

ERICA A. EUGSTER, MDProfessor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics,Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

SHERRY L. FRANKLIN, MDAssistant Clinical Professor, University of California San Diego School of Medicine,Rady Childrens Hospital of San Diego, California

GALIA GAT-YABLONSKI, PhDThe Jesse Z. and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NationalCenter for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel; andFelsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, Israel

MITCHELL E. GEFFNER, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California,Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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IAN HOLZMAN, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; and Divisionof Newborn Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York

CHRISTOPHER P. HOUK, MDAssociate Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia,Augusta, Georgia

SHARON J. HYMAN, MDClinical Instructor, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai Schoolof Medicine, New York, New York

MICHELLE KLEIN, MDFellow, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital,New York, New York

PETER A. LEE, MD, PhDProfessor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine,Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Departmentof Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Riley Hospital for Children,Indianapolis, Indiana

KAREN LIN-SU, MDAdrenal Steroid Disorders Program, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine, New York, New York

NELLY MAURAS, MDDivision of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nemours Children’s Clinic; and Professorof Pediatrics, Mayo College of Medicine, Jacksonville, Florida

AGOTA MUZSNAI, MD, PhDHead Physician, Division of Endocrinology, St. Johns Hospital and United Hospitalsof North-Buda, Buda Children’s Hospital, Bolyai-u., Budapest, Hungary

MARIA I. NEW, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and the Directorof Adrenal Steroid Disorders Program, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine, New York, New York

SAROJ NIMKARN, MDAdrenal Steroid Disorders Program, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine, New York, New York

YERAY NOVOA, MDDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York,New York

FERENC PETER, MD, PhD, DScProfessor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, St. Johns Hospital andUnited Hospitals of North-Buda, Buda Children’s Hospital, Bolyai-u., Budapest, Hungary

MOSHE PHILLIP, MDProfessor, The Jesse Z. and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes,National Center for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel;Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, and SacklerSchool of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

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SAYALI A. RANADIVE, MDDepartment of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital and Research Center Oakland,Oakland, California

ROBERT RAPAPORT, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinologyand Diabetes; Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount SinaiSchool of Medicine, New York, New York

ALAN ROGOL, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University School of Medicine,Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, Indiana; Department of Pediatrics, Universityof Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia

STEPHEN M. ROSENTHAL, MDProfessor of Pediatrics, Associate Program Director, Pediatric Endocrinology, andDirector, Pediatric Endocrine Outpatient Services, University of California, San Francisco,San Francisco, California

NICOLA SANTORO, MD, PhDDepartment of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut

ANPALAKAN SATHASIVAM, MDFellow, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital,New York, New York

ALFRED TENORE, MDProfessor and Chair of Pediatrics; and Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology,Department of Pediatrics DPMSC, University of Udine School of Medicine, PadiglionePetracco, Udine, Italy

VIDHYA VISWANATHAN, MDFellow in Pediatric Endocrinology, Section of Pediatric Endocrinology, Departmentof Pediatrics, Riley Hospital for Children, Indiana University School of Medicine,Indianapolis, Indiana

DIANE K. WHERRETT, MD, FRCPCDivision of Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Childrenand University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MICHAL YACKOBOVITCH-GAVAN, PhDThe Jesse Z. and Sara Lea Shafer Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes, NationalCenter for Childhood Diabetes, Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel, PetahTikva, Israel

JACK A. YANOVSKI, MD, PhDHead, Unit on Growth and Obesity, Program in Developmental Endocrinology andGenetics, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and HumanDevelopment, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services,Hatfield Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland