Edna Mancilla, MD

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Edna Mancilla, MD, is an attending physician in the Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, and the Center for Bone Health at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Areas of Expertise: Disorders of bone, calcium and phosphate metabolism, Endocrine disorders in single ventricle cardiac patients, Neonatal endocrine disorders, Thyroid disorders, Disorders of growth and puberty, General pediatric endocrinology
Locations: Specialty Care & Surgery Center, Bucks County; Specialty Care & Surgery Center, King of Prussia; Main Campus

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

Education and Training

Medical School

MD - University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Internship

NYU and Bellevue Hospital, NY

Residency

Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC

Fellowship

Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
DEB, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD

Board Certification

Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2017

Adang LA, Sherbini O, Ball L, Bloom M, Darbari A, Amartino H, DiVito D, Eichler F, Escolar M, Evans SH, Fatemi A, Fraser J, Hollowell L, Jaffe N, Joseph C, Karpinski M, Keller S, Maddock R, Mancilla E, McClary B, Mertz J, Morgart K, Langan T, Leventer R, Parikh S, Pizzino A, Prange E, Renaud DL, Rizzo W, Shapiro J, Suhr D, Suhr T, Tonduti D, Waggoner J, Waldman A, Wolf NI, Zerem A, Bonkowsky JL, Bernard G, van Haren K, Vanderver A; Global Leukodystrophy Initiative (GLIA) Consortium. Revised consensus statement on the preventive and symptomatic care of patients with leukodystrophies. Mol Genet Metab. 2017 Sep;122(1-2):18-32. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 20. Review.

Mancilla EE, Levine MA, Adzick NS. Outcomes of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy in pediatric patients with primary hyperparathyroidism owing to parathyroid adenoma: A single institution experience. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 Jan;52(1):188-191. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2016.01.018. Epub 2016 Feb 4. PMID:

2015

Mancilla EE, Brodsky JL, Mehta S, Pignolo RJ, Levine MA. Teriparatide as a systemic treatment for lower extremity nonunion fractures: a case series. Endocr Pract. 2015 Feb 1;21(2):136-42. doi: 10.4158/EP14315.OR.

2012

Goldberg DJ, Dodds K, Avitabile CM, Glatz AC, Brodsky JL, Semeao EJ, Rand EB, Mancilla EE, Rychik J. Children with protein-losing enteropathy after the Fontan operation are at risk for abnormal bone mineral density. Pediatr Cardiol. 2012 Dec;33(8):1264-8. doi: 10.1007/s00246-012-0290-z. Epub 2012 Mar 21.

Leadership and Memberships

CHOP Clinical Trials Research Affinity Group, Advisory committee member