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  • KAREN KLEIN, MD

    KAREN KLEIN, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics 

    Interim Chief, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology; Director, Turner Syndrome Program; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Clinical and research interests include disorders of puberty and Turner Syndrome; multiple studies regarding optimal treatmenet and outcomes for children with precocious puberty, as well as hormone therapy for children with delayed or absent puberty.
  • MAIKE SANDER, MD

    MAIKE SANDER, MD

    Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine

    Director, Pediatric Diabetes Research Center; Co-Director, Center on Diabetes in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine

    Academic Interests 

    Understanding the molecular mechanisms that underlie the formation and function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, which are affected in diabetes; disease modeling for diabetes using pluripotent stem cells; metabolic regulation of beta cell function; and beta cell maturation, aging, and regeneration.

     
  • ANNA CYMBALUK, MD

    ANNA CYMBALUK, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor

    Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interest

    Type 1 diabetes quality improvement
  • CARLA DEMETERCO-BERGGREN, MD, PHD

    CARLA DEMETERCO-BERGGREN, MD, PHD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

    Director of Diabetes Program; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Type 1 diabetes emerging technologies and therapies; improving clinical outcomes and providing patient-centered care to children and adolescents with type 1 and type 2 diabetes; type 1 and type 2 diabetes improvement science; diabetes health equity.
  • KYLE GAULTON, PHD

    KYLE GAULTON, PHD

    Associate Professor 

    Academic Interests

    Investigating human genetic variation that affects the epigenome and gene regulation, and how these variants contribute to complex traits and disease such as type 1 and 2 diabetes.

     
  • JANE KIM, MD

    JANE KIM, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

    Fellowship Program Director; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Clinical translational research for children with Type 1 diabetes and Type 2 diabetes; use of continous glucose monitoring devices in infants. 
  • VIRA KRAVETS, PHD

    VIRA KRAVETS, PHD

    Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Bioengineering

    Academic Interests

    Dr. Kravets studies the role of heterogeneity of the insulin-producing cells in the formation of the neuro-endocrine networks in pancreatic islets. She discovered a "first-responder" cell population, which drives micro-organs' response to blood glucose.
  • XIMENA LOPEZ, MD

    XIMENA LOPEZ, MD

    Associate Clinical Professor

    Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Dr. Lopez is interested in the effects of gender affirming hormone therapy on the psychological and various physical health outcomes in treated transgender youth; she is also invested in advocating for transgender youth and their families by promoting education in the medical field as we as with the non-medical public.
  • MAJA MARINKOVIC, MD

    MAJA MARINKOVIC, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

    Co-Director, Center for Gender Affirming Care; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Advancing the field of transgender health through research, advocacy, and collaboration.
  • RON NEWFIELD, MD

    RON NEWFIELD, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

    Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer research; congenital adrenal hyperplasia and new treatments; care of transgender youth and outcomes research. 
  • MARY PATTERSON, MD

    MARY PATTERSON, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor

    Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Recruit and evaluate patients as part of the mulitdisciplinary Neuro-Oncology Clinic
  • SUSAN PHILLIPS, MD

    SUSAN PHILLIPS, MD

    Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

    Director of the Thyroid Tumor Board; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Understanding the role of obesity and adipokine regulation in cardiometabolic dysfunction and type 2 diabetes; developing interventions that lessen the negative impact of obesity on health; thyroid cancer and other thyroid disease.
  • PUJA SINGH, MD

    PUJA SINGH, MD

    Assistant Clinical Professor

    Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Type 1 and 2 diabetes quality improvement, care of transgender and gender diverse youth and outcomes research.
  • JIANHUA SHAO, MD, PHD

    JIANHUA SHAO, MD, PHD

    Professor

    Academic Interests

    Obesity and gestational diabetes; intrauterine metabolism and fetal/maternal programming; brown adipose tissue development and perinatal metabolism.
  • MARCELA VARGAS TRUJILLO, MD

    MARCELA VARGAS TRUJILLO, MD

    Associate Clinical Professor

    Associate Fellowship Program Director; Attending Physician, Rady Children's Hospital

    Academic Interests

    Multidisciplinary care of Differences of Sex Development (DSD) and clinical research in disorders of puberty. 
  • MICHELLE VANSTONE, MD

    MICHELLE VANSTONE, MD

    Associate Physician, Pediatric Endocrinologist with Sharp-Rees Steeley Medical Group

    Academic Interests

    Research interests have included vitamin D deficiency and metabolism, disorders of phosphate metabolism and treatment of patients low bone density.