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Paul Kaplowitz, MD, PhD
Contact Information
Children's National Medical Center
Center for Translational Science
111 Michigan Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20010-2970
202-476- 3440
pkaplowi@childrensnational.org
Research Interests
Paul B. Kaplowitz, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Endocrinology, has practiced pediatric endocrinology since 1982 and has published over 50 papers, mostly concerning pubertal and growth disorders. He published an article in J of Pediatrics in 1999 that reviewed data suggesting puberty in girls was starting earlier than in the past, and this set off a period of heightened scientific and media discussion of whether female puberty was in fact starting earlier and if so, why. An article he published in Pediatrics in 2001 supported the idea that the increase in obesity might be driving the trend for earlier onset of puberty. Dr Kaplowitz got his BS at the U of Michigan, his MD and PhD from the University of Chicago , and did his pediatric residency and endocrine fellowship at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill . From 1982 to 2003, he was on the faculty at the Medical College of Virginia, and from 1987 was in charge of the pediatric clerkship and published studies on how medical student experiences on pediatrics impact on their career choices. In 2003, he came to Children’s National Medical Center to head the Division of Endocrinology. Current research interests include analyzing data from a large sample of patients newly-diagnosed with hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism, and the significance of a borderline elevation of serum TSH with normal levels of thyroid hormone, both in non-diabetic and in diabetic children.
Clinical Interests
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Publications
View a partial list of publications for Paul Kaplowitz, MD through the National Library of Medicine's PubMed online database.
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