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In the United States and Canada, pediatric endocrinology is a subspecialty of the American Board of Pediatrics or the American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics, with board certification following fellowship training. It is a relatively small and primarily cognitive specialty, with few procedures and an emphasis on diagnostic evaluation.
Endocrinology (from endocrine + -ology) is a branch of biology and medicine dealing with the endocrine system, its diseases, and its specific secretions known as hormones.It is also concerned with the integration of developmental events proliferation, growth, and differentiation, and the psychological or behavioral activities of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sleep ...
Pages in category "Pediatric endocrinologists" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Gladys Boyd; G.
Robert H. Lustig (born 1957) is an American pediatric endocrinologist. He is professor emeritus of pediatrics in the division of endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where he specialized in neuroendocrinology and childhood obesity. He is also director of UCSF's WATCH program (Weight Assessment for Teen and Child ...
He was also a practicing pediatric endocrinologist at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (1998 to 2018) and was the Executive Board of Director for Thai-Americans Physicians Foundation (2008 to 2011). [8]
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After a three-year period at Columbus Children's Hospital, he returned to Johns Hopkins in 1960 to take over from Wilkins as the co-director of pediatric endocrinology with Claude Migeon. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In 1974, he moved to the University of Virginia School of Medicine as chair of pediatrics, a position which he held until 1987.
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