Faculty

Perrin C. White, MD
Professor
Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology
Audre Newman Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
Chief, Endocrinology, Children's Medical Center Dallas
Interests: Genetic diseases of steroid hormone biosynthesis and metabolism, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and gene expression in white blood cells from children with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Soumya Adhikari, MD
Assistant Professor
Director, Medical Student Clerkship
Interests: Preservation of beta cell function in Type 1 diabetes and neonatal hypocalcemia

Amy Burton, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Type 1 and 2 diabetes, obesity treatment and prevention, and behavior change counseling

Bryan A. Dickson, MD
Associate Professor
Clinical Director, Children's Endocrinology Center
Co-Director, Ambulatory and Network Services
Interests: Endocrine disorders in neuro-oncology patients, hypothalamic obesity, and iatrogenic adrenal insufficiency

Ernesto M. Fernandez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interests: Diabetes

Ellen K. Grishman, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Gene expression in leukocytes in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

Melissa R. Ham, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program
Interests: Pediatric endocrinology

Michele R. Hutchison, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Obesity and growth disorders, development of the mammalian long-bone growth plate, and role of Vitamin D deficiency in type 2 diabetes risk

Roy J. Kim, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Interests: Obesity, diabetes, growth, thyroid, puberty, and lipodystrophy

Ximena López, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Type 1 and 2 diabetes, incretin physiology in type 1 and 2 diabetes, and incretin-based treatments for type 1 and 2 diabetes

Sudha L. Mootha, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric endocrinology

Jon D. Oden, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Camp Sweeney
Interests: Pediatric endocrinology, insulin resistance, and obesity

Ryan A. Stewart, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Diabetes, insulin pump, growth, thyroid, and using Drosophila as an animal model for congenital lipodystrophy and how it pertains to human disease

Kathryn M. Sumpter, MD
Assistant Professor
Interests: Pediatric endocrinology and immunomodulation of Type 1 diabetes

Grace M. Tannin, MD
Associate Professor
Interests: Pediatric endocrinology