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Perrin C. White, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas
  • Physician, New York

Board Certification

Education

1972 (A.B.):   Harvard College - Biochemistry
1976 (M.D.):  Harvard Medical School
1978 (Residency):  Johns Hopkins Hospital - Pediatrics
1980 (Fellowship):  Rockefeller University - Developmental and Molecular Biology
1981 (Residency):   New York Hospital - Pediatrics

Prior Professional Experiences

  • 1980 - 1981:  Guest Investigator, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
  • 1981 - 1985:  Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY
  • 1981 - 1991:  Assistant to Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
  • 1985 - 1991:  Adjunct to Assistant to Associate Member, Sloan-Kettering Institute, New York, NY
  • 1985 - 1994:  Director, Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
  • 1991 - 1994:  Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 1968 - 1972:  Westinghouse Scholar
  • 1968 - 1972:  National Merit Scholar
  • 1972:  High Honors in Biochemical Sciences, Harvard College
  • 1982 - 1984:  Normal and Rosita Winston Fellow in Biomedical Research
  • 1984:  Young Investigator Award, American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics
  • 1985 - 1987:  Andrew J. Mellon Teacher-Scientist
  • 1988 - 1993:  Irma T. Hirschl Trust Scholar
  • 1991:  Ernst Oppenheimer Award of the Endocrine Society
  • 1994 - 2002:  MERIT Award, National Institutes of Health
  • 1994 - Present:  Audre Newman Rapoport Distinguished Chair in Pediatric Endocrinology
  • 1996:  Mead Johnson Award of the Society for Pediatric Research

Memberships

Extramural Responsibilities

  • 1990 - 1994:  Special Review Committee for Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health
  • 1995:  Endocrinology Program Advisory Committee, National Institutes of Health
  • 1995- 1999:  Endocrinology Study Section, National Institutes of Health

Editorial Boards

  • 1992 - 1996:  Molecular Endocrinology
  • 1993 - 1996:  Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • 1997 - 2000:  Endocrine Reviews

Bibliography
Research 
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Bryan A. Dickson, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1980 (B.S.):  University of Texas at Arlington - Biology
  • 1984 (M.D.):  University of Texas Health Science Center
  • 1987 (Residency):  Bexar County Hospital/University of Texas Health Science Center - Pediatrics
  • 1988 (Fellowship):  University of Texas Health Science Center - Pediatric Endocrinology
  • 1990 (Fellowship):  Children's Hospital Medical Center - Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 1990 - 1994:  Private Practice, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Pediatric Endocrine Associates, Plano, TX

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 2000:  Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award, Children's Medical Center of Dallas Pediatric Residency Program

Memberships

  • Pediatric Endocrine Society of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas

Extramural Responsibilities

  • 1994 - Present:  Medical Director, Camp Sweeney (Diabetes Camp for Children), Gainesville, TX
  • 1998 - Present:  Vice Chairman, Medical Board, Southwestern Diabetic Foundation, Gainesville, TX
  • 2000 - Present:  Member, Executive Board, Southwestern Diabetic Foundation, Gainesville, TX

Bibliography
Research 
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Melissa R. Ham, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas
  • Physician, South Carolina

Board Certification

Education

  • 1992 (B.S.):  University of South Carolina - Chemistry
  • 1996 (M.D.):  University of South Carolina School of Medicine
  • 1999 (Residency):  Richland Memorial Hospital/University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Pediatrics
  • 2002 (Fellowship):  UT Southwestern Medical Center - Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

Other Positions and Honors

Memberships

Extramural Responsibilities

  • 1999 - 2001:  Staff Physician, Camp Sweeney (Diabetes Camp for Children), Gainesville, TX
  • 1999 - 2004:  Staff Physician, Camp New Horizons (Diabetes Camp for Children), Lewisville and McKinney, TX

Bibliography
Research 
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Michele Hutchison

Michele R. Hutchison, M.D., Ph.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1988 (B.A.):  Wellesley College - Biochemistry, Political Science
  • 1999 (M.D.):  UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • 1999 (Ph.D.):  UT Southwestern Medical Center - Cell Biology
  • 2002 (Residency):  Children's Medical Center of Dallas - Pediatrics
  • 2004 (Fellowship):  UT Southwestern Medical Center -  Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 1988 - 1999:  Laboratory Experience, Human Reproduction and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
  • 2002 - 2004:  Staff Physician, First Care Emergency Center, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 1988:  Graduate Cum Laude, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  • 1988:  Senior Honor Thesis, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
  • Sigma Xi
  • Merck Scholar (Graduate Training)

Memberships

Bibliography
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Ellen Kaizer

Ellen C. Kaizer, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1996 (B.A.):  Washington University - Biochemistry, Political Science
  • 2000 (M.D.):  Creighton University School of Medicine
  • 2003 (Residency):  Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital/University Hospitals of Cleveland - Pediatrics
  • 2006 (Fellowship):  UT Southwestern Medical Center -  Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 1995:  Intern Researcher, Department of Pharmacology, University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (under the direction of Dr. Charlotte Ressler).  I studied the ability to easily detoxify a widespread, neurotoxic legume.
  • 1997:  Student Researcher, Vanderbilt University Student Research Training Program in Diabetes and Endocrinology (under the direction of Dr. Paul Flakoll, Vanderbilt University).  I researched glutamines interactions with insulin-mediated glucose metabolism.
  • 1999:  Participant, Institute for Latin American Concern, Dominican Republic
  • 2003:  During residency I developed and participated in an adherence study to determine what obstacles, if any, prevent adherence to the combination therapy, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus artesunate, to treat malaria in Tanzania under the direction of Dr. S. Patrick Kachur with the Centers for Disease Control.

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 1996-2002:  A.A. and E. Yossem Scholarship
  • 1997:  Abstract for an article (Borel MJ, Williams PE, Jabbour K, Levenhagen D, Kaizer E, Flakoll PJ. Parenteral glutamine infusion alters insulin-mediated glucose metabolism. Journal of Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition 1998; 22(5):280-285.) was awarded for being a premiere abstract at the American Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition meeting in the fall of 1997.
  • 1998:  Boys and Girls Club Volunteer Recognition Award
  • 1999:  Dr. Roy Peterson Scholarship for excellent academic and clinical performance in the third year of medical school
  • 1999:  Deans Letter of Commendation
  • 2002:  Excellence in Patient Care Award
  • 2003:  International Health Tract Completed
  • 2005:  Selected to attend the European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology Summer School for Fellows by the Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society Awards Committee
  • 2006:  Awarded Clinical Fellows Travel Grant from Endocrine Society to attend the 88th Annual Endocrine Society Meeting

Memberships

Bibliography
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Bassil Kublaoui

Bassil M. Kublaoui, M.D., Ph.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1990 (B.A.):  Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ - Biochemistry/ Psychology
  • 1997 (M.D.):  Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
  • 1997 (Ph.D.):  Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA - Biochemistry
  • 2002 (Residency):  Harvard Combined Medicine-Pediatrics Program, Boston, MA - Pediatrics/Internal Medicine
  • 2005 (Fellowship):  UT Southwestern Medical Center -  Pediatric/Adult Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 2002 - 2005:  Staff Physician, First Care Emergency Center, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 1991:  Dennison Foundation Fellowship (awarded 1991-1993)
  • 1995:  Russek Award (for excellence in graduate research)
  • 1996:Mehos Award (awarded 1995 and 1996)
  • 1997:  Magna Cum Laude Graduate
  • 1997:  Alpha Omega Alpha, Chapter President, Boston University School of Medicine

Memberships

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D. Randy McMillan, Ph.D.

Education

  • 1979 (B.S.):  Angelo State University -  Biology
  • 1982 (M.S.):  Angelo State University - Biology
  • 1991 (Ph.D.):  Texas Tech University School of Medicine - Biochemistry, Molecular Biology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 1985 - 1991:  Research Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX
  • 1985 - 1991:  Teaching Assistant, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX
  • 1992 - 1993:  Post-Doctoral Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dallas, TX

Other Positions and Honors

Memberships

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Jon D. Oden, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1993 (B.S.):  Texas Tech University
  • 1997 (M.D.):  Texas Tech University Health Science Center Medical School
  • 2000 (Residency):  Texas Tech Health Science Center - Pediatrics
  • 2003 (Fellowship):  Duke University Medical Center - Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 2003 - 2004:  Associate in Pediatrics, General Pediatrics Division, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2003 - 2004:  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Pediatric Endocrinology Division, Duke University, Durham, NC

Other Positions and Honors

  • 1993:  Magna Cum Laude Graduate
  • 2000:  Neonatology Resident of Year
  • 2002 - 2003:  Research Fellowship, Lawson-Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
  • 2002 - 2005:  National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health

Memberships

Bibliography
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Grace M. Tannin, M.D.

Licensure

  • Physician, Texas

Board Certification

Education

  • 1981 (A.B.):  Washington University - Biology, Russian
  • 1985 (M.D.):  Washington University
  • 1988 (Residency):  Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center - Pediatrics
  • 1991 (Fellowship):  New York Hospital/Cornell University Medical Center - Pediatric Endocrinology

Prior Professional Experience

  • 1991 - 1993:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Inherited Disorders of Energy Metabolism, Case Western Reserve University, Cincinnati, OH
  • 1991 - 1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
  • 1993 - 1997:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Metabolism Training Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cincinnati, OH

Other Positions and Honors

Honors

  • 1977 - 1985:  Scholars Program in Medicine
  • 1981 - 1985:  Mr. & Mrs. Spencer T. Olin Fellowship for Graduate Study
  • 1989 - 1991:  Charles H. Revson Fellow in Biomedical Sciences
  • 1990:  President's Poster Session Participant, The Endocrine Society Annual Meeting
  • 1991:  Searle Young Investigator Award
  • 2001:  Aesculapius Award for Teaching Pediatrics, St. Paul Family Practice Residency Program

Memberships

Extramural Responsibilities

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