Bassil M. Kublaoui, MD, PhD, FAAP

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Bassil M. Kublaoui, MD, PhD, FAAP, is an endocrinologist, Director of the Diabetes Consultation Service and Director of the Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Type 2 Diabetes, Genetic obesity
Locations: Main Hospital; Specialty Care, Virtua

Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467)

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Internship

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics – Harvard Combined Internal medicine and Pediatrics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Residency

Internal Medicine and Pediatrics – Harvard Combined Internal medicine and Pediatrics Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Fellowship

Pediatric and Adult Endocrinology - University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Director, Diabetes Consultation Service

Director, Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2013

Izumi K, Housam R, Kapadia C, Stallings VA, Medne L, Shaikh TH, Kublaoui BM, Zackai EH, Grimberg A. Endocrine phenotype of 6q16.1-q21 deletion involving SIM1 and Prader-Willi syndrome-like features. Am J Med Genet A. 2013 Dec;161A(12):3137-43. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36149. Epub 2013 Aug 16.

2012

Xi D, Gandhi N, Lai M, Kublaoui BM. Ablation of Sim1 neurons causes obesity through hyperphagia and reduced energy expenditure. PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e36453. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036453. Epub 2012 Apr 27.

Books

2016

Roy, S., Rustico, S., Kublaoui B. Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome: A Comprehensive Textbook Rexford Ahima (eds.). Springer Meteor, 2016.

Awards and Honors

2022, Philadelphia Magazine's Top Doctors in Pediatric Endocrinology

US News and World Report Top Doctors

Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Dallas Business Journal’s Health Care Heroes Award