At Mayo Clinic, physicians who are board certified in pediatrics as well as pediatric endocrinology and metabolism have been treating endocrine disease in children and teenagers for over 50 years. Using a team approach, they work closely with Mayo specialists in radiology, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, surgery and other specialties, including adult endocrinology, to meet each child's needs.

Mayo Clinic's experts in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism diagnose and treat many diseases and disorders, such as:

• Adrenal glands disorders
• Adrenoleukodystrophy
• Bone and mineral disorders
• Childhood obesity
• Diabetes, including type 1 and type 2
• Growth disorders
• Lipid disorders
• Multiple endocrine neoplasia, type 1 (MEN 1) and type 2 (MEN 2)
• Pituitary disorders
• Puberty disorders
• Thyroid disorders, including thyroid cancer

Mayo Clinic offers state-of-the-art diagnosis and treatment options, such as these:

• Pediatric Diabetes Program
• Weight Management Clinic with personalized approaches based on your child's needs, such as:
  • Personalized nutritional evaluation
  • Personalized psychosocial evaluation
  • Bariatric surgery assessment
• Intensive insulin therapy
• Endocrine procedures
  • Adrenal venous sampling
  • Endocrine Testing Center
  • Inferior petrosal sinus sampling
  • Radioactive iodine treatment
  • Fine-needle aspiration of thyroid nodules
• Endocrine surgeries
  • Adrenal surgery
  • Parathyroid and thyroid surgeries
• Long-term follow-up of survivors of childhood cancer
• Neurosurgical procedures
  • Endoscopic transnasal pituitary surgery
  • Gamma Knife radiosurgery

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Nov. 18, 2022

Original article: https://www.mayoclinic.org/departments-centers/childrens-center/overview/specialty-groups/pediatric-endocrinology/overview