Meghan Elizabeth Craven, MD
Areas of expertise: Pediatric endocrinology
Locations: Specialty Care, Virtua, Specialty Care, Atlantic County
About Meghan Elizabeth Craven, MD
Titles
Attending Physician
Certifications
General Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology – American Board of Pediatrics
Awards and Honors
Grant Support
2021, CHOP Global Health Pilot Grant
Barriers in transition from pediatric to adult care in patients with type 1 diabetes in Gaborone
Role: Principal Investigator (PIs: Craven and Lowenthal)
2022-2025, The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Grant 2206-05307
Predictive analytics and targeted interventions: Shifting the paradigm from reactive to proactive diabetes care
Role: Co-Investigator (PIs: De Salvo and Lyons)
Leadership and Memberships
Current
2023-present, Education Committee, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
2023-present, International Relations Committee, Pediatric Endocrine Society
2022-present, High Risk Diabetes Care Process Team, Co-Lead, Texas Children’s Hospital
2022-present, Community Health Worker Initiative, Lead, Texas Children’s Hospital
2022-present, Clinic Diabetes Care Process Team, Member and Transition Aim Lead, Texas Children’s Hospital
2022-present, Fellowship Clinical Competency Committee Member, Baylor Division of Endocrinology
Prior
2021-2022, Fellow Education Committee, Co-Chair, CHOP Division of Endocrinology
2020-2022, Graduate Medical Education Committee, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2020-2022, Fellows Association Co-Chair, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
2019-2022, Program Evaluation Committee, CHOP Division of Endocrinology
2017-2018, Boston Children’s Hospital Network Wide Community Acquired Pneumonia Quality Initiative
2017-2018, APPD Chief Resident Forum Planning Committee
2013-2016, Resident Senate, Class Representative, Cohen Children’s Medical Center
Education & training
Undergraduate Degree
BS in Chemical Engineering, Biomolecular Concentration - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Graduate Degree
MPH - University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree
MD, Program for Integrated Learning - Drexel University College of Medicine Philadelphia, PA
Residency
Pediatric Chief Residency - Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
Pediatric Residency - Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Northwell Health, New Hyde Park, NY
Fellowship
Pediatric Endocrinology (Chief Pediatric Endocrine Fellow) - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Global Pediatric Fellowship - Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Additional Training
Master Teaching Fellowship Program - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Measey Medical Education Fellowship - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Harvard School of Public Health - Global Health Delivery Intensive Program, Boston, MA
University of Alabama Birmingham/Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia - DTM&H, Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine, Lima, Peru
Publications
Publications
Craven M, Bamba V, Calabria AC, Pinney SE. Pediatric Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1B (HNF1B) Disease: Diabetes and Endocrine Manifestations. Pediatric Diabetes. 2025.
Lai CW, Craven M, Hershey JA, Lipman TH, Hawkes CP. Adverse Social Determinants of Health in Children with Newly Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes: A Potential Role for Community Health Workers. Pediatric Diabetes. 2024.
Congdon M, Goldstein L, Maletsky KD, Craven M, Rose S, Devon EP. Pediatric Intersession: An Upfront Flipped- Classroom Curriculum to Promote Pediatric Clerkship Readiness. J Med Educ Curric Dev. 2024; 11.
Craven M, Lord K, Leavens KF, De Leon DD. Insulin Immunoassay Interference Due to Human Antimouse Antibodies in a Patient With Ketotic Hypoglycemia. JCEM Case Reports. 2023;1(2).
Craven M, Vajravelu ME, Shekdar KV, et al. Early identification of a 12-bp tandem duplication in TNFRSF11A encoding receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B (RANK): Clinical characterization and response to bisphosphonate therapy. Bone. 2023;170:116698.
Craven M, Crowley JH, Chiang L, et al. A Survey of Patient-Relevant Outcomes in Pediatric Craniopharyngioma: Focus on Hypothalamic Obesity. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 2022;13:876770.
von Oettingen JE, Craven M, Duperval R, Sine St Surin F, Eveillard R, Saint Fleur R, Van Vliet G, Chanoine JP, Louis R.: Experience With Store-and-Forward Consultations in Providing Access to Pediatric Endocrine Consultations in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Fronteirs in Public Health. 2019;7: 272
Craven M, Frank GR.: Does initial dosing of levothyroxine in infants with congenital hypothyroidism lead to frequent dose adjustments secondary to iatrogenic hyperthyroidism on follow-up? J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 31: 597-600, Jun 2018.
Editorials, Reviews, Chapters
Reviews and Editorials
Kim G, Siller A, Craven M, Bansal N. Neonatal Endocrine Emergencies. Advances in Pediatrics. 2025.
Klein J, Craven M, Vuguin P. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. Adolesc Med State Art Rev. 2015 Aug;26(2):326-42.
Schleien C, Craven M. Acute Respiratory Compromise Leading to Cardiac Arrest. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2017 Sep;18(9):894-895.
Book Chapters
Craven M, Shekdar K, Vaneeta Bamba: Pituitary Disorders Affecting Linear Growth: Short Stature. Pituitary Through the Lifecycle: The Pituitary Gland in Childhood and Adolescence. Springer, 2021.
Craven M, McCormack S. Chapter 11: Partial Central Diabetes Insipidus Following Endonasal Biopsy. Diabetes Insipidus in Children: A Pocket Guide. Springer, 2021.