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Bassil M. Kublaoui, MD, PhD, FAAP
Areas of expertise: Type 2 Diabetes, Genetic obesity
About Bassil M. Kublaoui
Titles
Attending Physician
Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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
Education & training
Medical Degree
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
Publications
Publications
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.