Endocrinology
Administrative Contact
Caroline Buckway
cbuckway@stanford.edu
723-5791
Rotation Director
Caroline Buckway
Patterns of growth and pubertal development vary widely in healthy children. The challenge to the pediatrician is to identify patients with endocrine disorders that trigger excessive or delayed growth and maturation. The study of growth provides an excellent window through which to view all aspects of pediatrics. Two major educational objectives of the endocrine rotation are to review the expected growth and pubertal milestones and to be able to formulate a diagnostic plan for evaluating slow or accelerated growth. The function and control of thyroid hormone, growth hormone, sex steroids and adrenal hormones will be covered.
Diabetes mellitus is both a common disorder (1/300400 under the age of 20) and an excellent archetype of a chronic disease in pediatrics. Clearly, residents need to learn about diabetes in both the acute and chronic settings.
This rotation will expose residents and students to children to the spectrum of growth and developmental disorders and diabetes, in the outpatient and inpatient setting. These clinical conditions frequently prompt questions for the clinician in practice.