Overview
The Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes provides the most advanced care from medical professionals for children and adolescents with endocrine disorders, diabetes mellitus, and lipid disorders.
We are also a leader in pediatric diabetes research, dedicated to discovering new therapies for old and new patients and ultimately, a cure. Comprehensive care for young patients is provided by the pediatric endocrinologists of Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego.
Conditions We Treat
Along with treating type 1 diabetes, our medical professionals/pediatric endocrinologists treat a growing number of obese children and adolescents who develop type 2 diabetes with comprehensive care. When it comes to disorders and the conditions we treat, our healthcare professionals also treat less common types of diabetes, such as maturity-onset diabetes of the young, as well as hypoglycemia (low blood sugar). Additionally, pediatric specialists treat conditions of the endocrine glands, including thyroid disease, adrenal disorders, pubertal disorders, growth problems, calcium disorders, and metabolic bone disease.
Children’s Endocrinology/Diabetes Division Achievements:
- The Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetes Division offers a comprehensive diabetes program run by pediatric specialists to help children and families manage the disease, including continuous glucose monitoring, insulin pump therapy, nutrition counseling, and diabetes education.
- Treats about 1,400 children with diabetes from San Diego, Riverside, and Imperial counties; about 75 percent of these old a new patients have type 1 diabetes.
- The Pediatric Endocrinology/Diabetes Division is nationally recognized for research on diabetes and beta-cell biology.
- Is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best pediatric diabetes and endocrinology programs for young patients in the nation.
Video: Learn why our Diabetes & Children’s Endocrinology program ranks among the nation’s best
In the News
- 12-year-old is First Kid in SD to Delay Type 1 Diabetes With New Drug, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features Carla Demeterco-Berggren, M.D., Ph.D.
- Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses Spiked During the Pandemic, MedPage Today, features Jane Kim, M.D. (01/24/22)
- Liver Disease Common in Children with Type 2 Diabetes, Healio, features Ron Newfield, M.D.
- Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth and Their Families, The San Diego Union-Tribune, mentions the Gender Management Clinic.
- Adolescente y con diabetes tipo 1: la vida de Leslie, www.telemundo20.com, features Marcela Vargas, M.D.
- Predicting Hypocalcemia in Children Following Thyroidectomy: Is PTH Useful?, Endocrinology Advisor, features Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.
- Patients with Type 1 Diabetes May Need to Check Ketones More Often, Reuters, features Michael Gottschalk, M.D., Ph.D.
- Rady Children’s Hospital en San Diego Busca a Niños Alérgicos a la Leche de Vaca, Para Estudio, El Latino Online, features Stephanie Leonard, M.D.
- A Transgender Teen’s Journey, The San Diego Union-Tribune, features Maja Marinkovic, M.D.
- Specific Mutations Vary by Race, Age in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer, Healio, features Ron Newfield, M.D.
- Clinic Helps San Diego Transgender Youth, KPBS, features Maja Marinkovic, M.D. and Ron Newfield, M.D.
- Team Finds High Need for Treatment of Transgender Youth, Medical Xpress, features Maja Marinkovic, M.D.
- UCSD Study Finds Root Cause of Type 2 Diabetes, nbcsandiego.com
- Type 1 Terror: There’s No Cure and No Way to Prevent It, sandiegoreader.com, features Michael Gottschalk, M.D., Ph.D.
- Higher Intake of Yogurt Linked to Lower Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, Medical News Today
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