Message from the Division Chief
Welcome to the UT Health Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship program. We are excited to share the unique highlights of our fellowship and our dedicated team. Our outpatient clinics take place at two sites located at the unique Texas Diabetes Institute and the medical center. Our inpatient Women and Children’s hospital provides state of the art facilities and excellent resources to provide consult care to children from across South Texas. Our fellows interact often with the adult endocrine, metabolic heath, and adult obesity fellows to address alarming comorbidity concerns for diabetes in our region. We provide mentorship with robust didactic schedules and conferences. We offer outstanding opportunities for clinical and basic science research that is flexible and tailored to the interest of each fellow.
Our vibrant research portfolio includes:
- Type 1 diabetes and cystic fibrosis Beta Bionic Ilet clinical trials
- Type 2 diabetes GLP clinical trials down to age 6 years
- Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes and liver disease
- Thyroid cancer and nodule research and Center of Excellence
- Endocrine abnormalities related to Chromosome 18
- Obesity-related metabolic complications and nonalcoholic liver disease
- Steroid induced hyperglycemia associated with ALL
Founded in 1718, San Antonio is located just south of Austin, 140 miles northwest of the Gulf of Mexico, and 150 miles northeast of Laredo on the Mexican border. San Antonio is now the 7th largest city in the United States. Designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution by the US Department of Education, the Health Science Center and School of Public Health provide the largest comprehensive health sciences university in South Texas, and the only tier-one research institution in South Texas.