The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes provides diagnostic consultation and advanced therapies for children and adolescents with endocrine and metabolic diseases. Our goal is to provide personalized care of the highest quality to all children and adolescents seeking our advice. To that end, we take pride in our unique multidisciplinary family-centered services and education programs and close collaborations with referring physicians and other caregivers.

The Duke Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes was the first to use insulin pumps in infants and toddlers with type 1 diabetes and the first to demonstrate the effectiveness of drug therapy in the prevention of type 2 diabetes in obese adolescents. In addition, we have taken leading roles in the advancement of testing for celiac disease in type 1 diabetic children and for screening for hypercholesterolemia in all children. 

Our physicians have served as members of various national and international consensus committees for the management of pediatric endocrine disorders and have played leading roles in the International Pediatric Endocrine Society. Two of our physicians have been awarded membership in Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors, which include only 37 pediatric endocrinologists/diabetologists nationwide. Our program is ranked among the nation’s best by US News and World Report, and our trainees have gone on to lead major clinical divisions throughout the United States.    

Treatments

The Duke Pediatric Endocrine and Diabetes Team provides care for children and adolescents with a wide array of hormonal and metabolic disorders, including:

• short stature and growth hormone deficiency;
• types 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus;
• insulin resistance;
• diabetes insipidus;
• hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism;
• delayed and precocious puberty;
• hyperprolactinemia
• Turner’s, Noonan’s, and Russell Silver syndromes;
• Cushing’s syndrome;
• Prader Willi syndrome;
• menstrual irregularity and polycystic ovary syndrome;
• adrenal insufficiency and Cushing’s syndrome;
• osteoporosis;
• osteogenesis imperfecta and Vitamin D deficiency;
• thyroid nodules;
• pheochromocytoma and endocrine tumors;
• hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia.

Physicians and Staff

Physicians

Staff

Clinic Hours & Locations

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Hours: Daily, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Appointments and Contact Information

To serve our patients and referring physicians, faculty physicians covering pediatric endocrinology are always on call to answer questions and provide consultation.

• For ALL appointments, please call 919-684-3772, option 2.   
• For all urgent calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week, please call 919-684-8111 and ask the operator to page 970-0716, the pediatric endocrinology/diabetes physician on call.
• For physicians requesting consultations or making referrals, please call 919-684-3772, option 2 or the Duke Consultation and Referral Center at 800-MED-DUKE (800-633-3853).
• For the diabetes nurse call-in hour, please call 919-684-6645, Monday to Friday 7:30am - 8:30am.