Pediatric
Endocrinology
and Diabetes

Your child’s growth and development depends heavily on their hormones and the glands that produce them. So when conditions related to the endocrine system appear, finding treatment and management for the condition is important for your child’s ongoing health. Physicians at Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital can help your child continue to live a happy and healthy life with pediatric endocrinology services suited to your child’s individual needs.

The expert pediatric endocrinologists you’ll work with at Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital are skilled in treating conditions such as:

• Adrenal hormone excess (Cushing’s syndrome)

• Adrenal hormone insufficiency

• Bone mineral defects (rickets, osteopenia, osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease))

• Calcium, vitamin D and parathyroid disorders

• Diabetes, types 1 and 2 and maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY)

• Diabetes insipidus

• Diabetes mellitus

• Disorders of lipid metabolism

• Disorders of menses

• Disorders of puberty (premature/delayed)

• Disorders of sexual differentiation

• Dysmetabolic syndrome

• Growth disorders, including short stature

• Hypoglycemia/ Hyperglycemia

• Hypopituitarism and diabetes insipidus

• Obesity, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia

• Ovarian and testicular dysfunction

• Pubertal disorders (early or delayed)

• Specific genetic disorders including Turner syndrome and Prader-Willi Syndrome

• Thyroid disease (underactive or overactive)

Whether your child needs diagnosis, treatment or management support, the pediatric endocrinologists at Orlando Health Children's Arnold Palmer Hospital can provide your family with the services you need.