Pediatric Thyroid Center
Children and teens with thyroid disease need expert care from pediatric specialists who understand how thyroid conditions differ in children compared to adults. The Pediatric Thyroid Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is dedicated to meeting the unique needs of your child as they face a diagnosis of thyroid disease, thyroid nodules or thyroid cancer.
Our center provides the ideal mix of experience, skills and resources so we can deliver individualized care to your child.
The Pediatric Thyroid Center has been on the cutting edge of advances in treating pediatric thyroid diseases and thyroid cancer. We continue to set the standard for care.
How we serve you
Some thyroid disorders require lifelong management while other conditions need the right combination of an expert endocrinologist and a skilled surgeon or radiologist to treat. CHOP's Pediatric Thyroid Center has the expertise your child needs for both treatment and management.
Conditions we treat
The thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate a child's metabolism, growth and development. If it produces too much or too little thyroid hormone, a variety of conditions occur. Our center treats these diseases.
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DICER1 -
Differentiated thyroid cancer -
Familial adenomatous polyposis -
Graves’ disease -
Hyperthyroidism -
Hypothyroidism -
MCT8 deficiency/allan-herndon-dudley syndrome (AHDS) -
Medullary thyroid cancer -
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 -
PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome -
Thyroid cancer in children -
Thyroid function, anatomy and hormones -
Thyroid nodules
Why choose the Pediatric Thyroid Center
The Pediatric Thyroid Center at CHOP is one of the few centers in the nation dedicated to understanding and meeting the unique needs of children and adolescents with thyroid disease.
Meet your team
Our nationally recognized experts can help your family meet the unique needs of children and adolescents with thyroid disease and thyroid cancer.
Our locations
Access pediatric thyroid care in one of our many regional locations.
Our research
Our Thyroid Center team is committed to improving how we evaluate, diagnose and treat a broad spectrum of thyroid diseases and cancers. Our goal is to improve the lifelong health of our patients.
Pediatric Thyroid Center resources
We have created resources, including videos, to help you find answers to your questions and feel confident with the care you are providing your child.
Patient stories
Preparing for your appointment
We can most effectively evaluate your child if you give us their test results and medical records before your scheduled appointment. We review these in advance so we are familiar with your child's condition and can create a personalized treatment plan.
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