Donald Zimmerman, MD

Head, Endocrinology; Mae and Benjamin Allen Founder's Board Professor in Endocrinology

Professor of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Appointments & Referrals

1.800.543.7362 (1.800.KIDS DOC)

About Me

Clinical Interests: Thyroid diseases, pituitary problems, growth disturbances, calcium and bone abnormalities, puberty disorders and diabetes mellitus

Specialties, Programs & Conditions

Specialties:

Endocrinology

Education & Training

Education: University of Illinois Medical School, 1974

Postgraduate Training: Residency in pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology (clinical), and endocrinology (clinical and research), Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1977-1981; Residency in internal medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1974-1977

Board Certifications: Pediatric Endocrinology, General Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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Research

Research Interests: Endocrinology; metabolism; metabolic syndrome; thyroid disease

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Publications

Most recent publications

Do static and dynamic insulin resistance indices perform similarly in predicting pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes? Diabetes Res Clin Pract105 (2): 245-50
Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration: A longitudinal study of rural Chinese twin adults Diabetes Care35 (7): 1506-12
C-reactive protein in adolescent twins: patterns and relationship to adiposity J Clin Endocrinol Metab96 (10): 3226-33
Commentary on: hypocalcemia following treatment for hyperthyroidism Clin Chem57 (6): 814
Adiposity is inversely related to insulin sensitivity in relatively lean Chinese adolescents: a population-based twin study Am J Clin Nutr91 (3): 662-71
Association of plasma leptin concentrations with adiposity measurements in rural Chinese adolescents J Clin Endocrinol Metab94 (9): 3497-504
Neuroimaging findings in children with rare or novel de novo chromosomal anomalies Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol82 (4): 200-10
The complexity of growth failure in children receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia Pediatr Blood Cancer64 (12):
Pediatric thyroid nodules and malignancy Otolaryngol Clin North Am48 (1): 47-58
Thyroid nodules and cancers in children Pediatr Endocrinol Rev6 (1): 14-23