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:

Pediatric 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

Research

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

Publications

Most recent publications

The complexity of growth failure in children receiving tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia Pediatr Blood Cancer 64 (12):
Extensive miRNA expression analysis in craniopharyngiomas Childs Nerv Syst 32 (9): 1617-24
Diabetes insipidus in infants and children Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 30 (2): 317-28
Recognizing Endocrinopathies Associated With Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Therapy in Children With Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Pediatr Blood Cancer 63 (8): 1332-8
Pediatric thyroid nodules and malignancy Otolaryngol Clin North Am 48 (1): 47-58
Do static and dynamic insulin resistance indices perform similarly in predicting pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes? Diabetes Res Clin Pract 105 (2): 245-50
Thyroid carcinoma in children and adolescents: diagnostic implications of analysis of the tumor genome Curr Opin Pediatr 25 (4): 528-31
A 15-year-old boy with dyspnea with exertion Pediatr Ann 42 (6): 227-9
Association of Adiposity Trajectories With Insulin Sensitivity and Glycemic Deterioration: A longitudinal study of rural Chinese twin adults Diabetes Care 35 (7): 1506-12
Short sleep duration is associated with insulin resistance independent of adiposity in Chinese adult twins Sleep Med 12 (9): 914-9