Catherine “Katie” Kerr, MD

Fellow (Alumni)

Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow – 2019-2022

Education

BS, Biology, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, 2012
MD, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, 2016

Training

Pediatric Residency, Children’s Hospital of Georgia, Augusta, 2016-2019

Recent Publications:

Catherine Kerr, Jorge Velez, Jay Ferrell, Mio Kitano, Wouter Koek, Patricia Dahia, Gary Francis. Thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology in Hispanic/Latinx patients. Head & Neck. Published online May 18, 2022.
Catherine Kerr, Jorge Velez, Adeeb Ansari, Jay Ferrell, Mio Kitano, Wouter Koek, Patricia Dahia, Gary Francis. Thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology in minority patients (Poster 238). Thyroid 31(S1)A1-A114. Epub 30 Sept 2021. https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.2021.29115.abstracts.
Catherine Kerr MD, Gary Francis MD PhD. 2021. Congenital Hypothyroidism: Review of 2020 European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology and the European Society for Endocrinology Consensus Guidelines. Clin Thyroidology. 33(1):6-9.
Catherine Kerr MD, Gary Francis MD PhD, Sarah Hackman MD. 2020. Thyroid Nodules in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Radiology and Imaging Science. J Radiol & Imaging Sci. 1(1):1-5.

Presented Posters

VHL Syndrome: Complex Presentation. L. Mahmood, MD, C. Kerr, MD, M. Rayas, MD, C. Torres Colon, MD, G. Tomlinson, MD, P. L. M. Dahia, MD, PhD, P. Vroman, MD, A. Sugalski, DO. ASPHO, May 2022.
VHL syndrome in Adolescent Presenting with New-Onset Diabetes and Hypertension. L. Mahmood, MD, C. Kerr, MD, M. Rayas, MD, C. Torres Colon, MD, G. Tomlinson, MD, P. L. M. Dahia, MD, PhD, P. Vroman, MD, A. Sugalski, DO. PESTOLA, Feb 2022.
Thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology in minority patients (updated poster and abstract; video-recorded presentation of poster). Kerr, Velez, Ansari, Ferrell, Kitano, Koek, Dahia, Francis. ATA Conference (online meeting), Oct 2021.
Thyroid nodules of indeterminate cytology in minority patients. Kerr, Velez, Ansari, Ferrell, Kitano, Koek, Dahia, Francis. UT Dept of Pediatrics Research Day-San Antonio, TX, May 2021.
Neonate with severe hyperinsulinism and marked genetic homozygosity including ABCC8. Kerr C, Castano G, Sandhu S, Cantey JB, Lynch JL, Escaname EN, Maxwell M, Thornton PS. PESTOLA-Little Rock, AR, Feb 2020.

Oral Presentations

Molecular Biology of Thyroid Cancer. (Joint presentation with Dr. Gary Francis.) UTHSA Endocrine Grand Rounds, Apr 2022.
Pediatric Thyroid Nodules. UTHSA Pediatric Grand Rounds, Apr 2022.
Biostatistics for Clinical Fellows. UTHSA GME Fellows’ Curriculum, Mar 2022.
Thyroid Nodules in Children. (Joint presentation with Dr. Gary Francis.) PESTOLA, Feb 2022.
A Case of Radioactive-Iodine Resistant Pediatric Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Kerr, Francis, Sugalski. Main meeting, PESTOLA (online meeting), Mar 2021.
Difficulty in Diagnosing Pheochromocytoma. Fellows’ Meeting, PESTOLA-Little Rock, AR, Feb 2020.
Case Report: Hyperinsulinemia in a Newborn, co-author, UTHSCSA Pediatric Endocrinology, September 2019
Pediatric Duodenal Web Case Presentation, MCG Pathology Department, January 2015
Planarian Chemotactic Response to Noxious Stimuli, NGCSU Biology, January-April 2012

Awards

2021 PESTOLA Outstanding Fellow Abstract Award (monetary award)
2019 Gold Humanism Honor Society (Resident Member)
Quality Improvement
Measures of staff experience at the start of COVID-19. Accepted by the ABP in April 2022.