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CHOP researchers have used advanced 3D mapping techniques to identify genetic variants and corresponding target genes in the pancreas that are implicated in type 2 diabetes.
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Much progress has been made over the last 25 years when it comes to identifying the genetic mutation that is causing a child’s congenital hyperinsulinism (HI).
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Many children with hyperinsulinism (HI) have feeding aversion — as many as 60%. The use of tube feedings, and possibly continuous dextrose, to control their blood sugar, among other things (effect of medications, the appetite suppressing effects of insulin, etc.), may exacerbate their aversion to eating by mouth.
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If Leela Morrow, PsyD, the psychologist for the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, gives your child a referral for a neuropsychology evaluation it’s nothing to be afraid of. In fact, it may give your child a roadmap to success.
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Unique endocrinology-neurology collaboration seeks to understand the variation in seizure activity in patients with hyperinsulinism/hyperammonemia.
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CHOP researchers have shown that a targeted treatment they developed is effective at controlling blood sugar in patients with hyperinsulinism.
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Eighteen months ago, the Office of Endocrinology and Diabetes welcomed Rachel Walega to their team as a Clinical Research Project Manager. There, Rachel works on projects in Cystic Fibrosis related diabetes, Down syndrome and bone fragility.
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CHOP researchers have defined a 3-tiered molecular classification of pediatric differentiated thyroid cancer, where fusion oncogenes predict the most invasive behavior.
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Diva De León-Crutchlow, MD, MSCE, assumed the role of Director of the Congenital Hyperinsulinism Center in 2013 and was named Chief of the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes in 2018.
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Low blood sugar is one of the symptoms of Kabuki syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects multiple systems in the body but can be tricky to diagnose.