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Paul M. Desrosiers, MD
    Dr. Paul Desrosiers was born in Durham, North Carolina and raised in the Research Trangle area between Durham, Chapel Hill, and Raleigh. He is a graduate of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His pediatric residency and first year of fellowship in Genetics, Endocrinology, and Metabolism was completed at University of Florida at Gainesville.  His second year of fellowship was at the University of OKLA, Oklahoma Children’s Hospital.  He became Board Certified in Pediatrics in 1979 and Pediatric Endocrinology in 1973.  He is very involved in clinical research training and involvement with many clinical research trials with growth hormone and diabetes. He has received Best Doctors in Central Florida 2004, 2005, and 2006.

Dr. Desrosiers has published two articles in the Pediatric Endocrine Reviews.  He has spoken at the GH Monitor meeting for four years in a row, gave a two hour seminar at the international Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrinology Meeting in San Fransico, 2004, Pediatric Endocrine Nuirses Society in 2004 amd 2005, Florida Peds Endocrine Nurse Society 2006, multiple Grand Rounds here and Florida Hosptial, and at other hospitals as far away as Bermuda.

Dr. Desrosiers specializes in Growth disorders, diabetes, pubertal disorders, thyroid issues, calcium, metabolic disorders, etc.

            
Joshua Yang, MD
    Dr. Joshua Yang grew up in Santa Barbara, CA.  He graduated cum laude from Wheaton College (IL) and earned his medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.  He completed his pediatric residency at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UCLA Medical Center/Mattel Children’s Hospital.  As a fellow, he was named the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society Serono Clinical Scholar.  His research interests include control of aging and longevity by IGF-I signaling, IGFBP-3 pharmacokinetics and the effects of SGA on cancer risk.  Recent presentations at national meetings include a novel SHOX mutation associated with Leri-Weill Dyschondrosteosis, growth hormone deficiency in Alagille syndrome and GAD-65 positive ketotic diabetes in obese children.

Dr. Yang is board certified in pediatrics and is board eligible in pediatric endocrinology.

He is a member of Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, The Endocrine Society and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologist.

Dr. Yang returned to Orlando in 2006 and joined the Pediatric Endocrinology Faculty Practice at Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children.  He holds a clinical faculty appointment at APH and works with the pediatric residency program.