Pediatric Endocrinology

Services Offered:

• Inpatient and outpatient consultation and follow-up for all endocrine conditions, including:
  - Diabetes
  - Obesity
  - Thyroid Disease
  - Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
  Disorders of:
  - Pituitary Gland (Growth)
  - Puberty
  - Calcium, phosphorus and Osteoporosis.
• New York State approved Newborn Screening Treatment Center for Endocrine Diseases;
• Diagnosis, treatment and management for Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes;
• Specialized Diabetes Education Programs;
• Family mentoring program for families and patients newly diagnosed with diabetes;
• Diabetes Support Groups for parents and patients;
• Evaluation, treatment and management of obesity, with a state-of-the-art comprehensive obesity program due to begin in the fall of 2005;
• Evaluation and treatment of growth disorders including Growth Hormone Deficiency, Idiopathic Short Stature, children born Small for Gestational Age (SGA), Turner Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome and other genetic disorders;
• Growth Hormone Stimulation Testing;
• Diagnosis, treatment and management of abnormal puberty, including early and late sexual development, hirsutism, disorders of the pituitary gland including Diabetes Insipidus and total pituitary hormone deficiency;
• Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Stimulation Testing;
• Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Stimulation Testing;
• NY State funded comprehensive Lead Poisoning Program including management and treatment of the lead poisoned patient, as well as counseling and education for parents. The Lead Poisoning Program also includes a lead safe housing program, which consists of apartments in Yonkers, NY and Newburgh, NY for lead poisoned families while their homes are undergoing abatement;
• Specialized endocrine and lead laboratory utilized for both clinical and research purposes.