Bassil Kublaoui, MD PhD

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Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Fellowship Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Director, Inpatient Diabetes Consult Service, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics

Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes
34th and Civic Center Blvd, HUB 7524
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3174
Fax: 215-590-3053
Education:
BA (Biochemistry)
Rutgers University, 1990.
BA (Psychology)
Rutgers University, 1990.
PhD (Biochemistry)
Boston University School of Medicine, 1997.
MD (Medicine)
Boston University School of Medicine, 1997.
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Description of Clinical Expertise

I specialize in the diagnosis and management of genetic forms of obesity, as well as hypothalamic obesity and pharmacologic treatment of obesity. I am also the director of the diabetes consultation service.

Selected Publications

Robert J Smith, Michele Khurana, Adam I Rubin, Bassil Kublaoui, Marissa J Perman, Aditi S Murthy: Painful nodules on the abdomen of a teenage male. Pediatr Dermatol 38(2): e12-e13, Mar 2021.

Kublaoui BM, Levine MA: Receptor Transduction: Pathways Mediating Hormone Action. Sperling Pediatric Endocrinology. 5th edition. Mark Sperling (eds.). Elsevier, 2021.

Xi D, Long C, Lai M, Casella A, O'Lear L, Kublaoui B, Roizen JD: Ablation of Oxytocin Neurons Causes a Deficit in Cold Stress Response. J. Endocrine Society 1(8): 1041, July 2017.

Roy, S., Rustico, S., Kublaoui B.: Prevention and Treatment of Childhood Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome. Metabolic Syndrome: A Comprehensive Textbook Rexford Ahima (eds.). Springer Meteor, 2016.

Lai M, Roizen J, Kublaoui B: Exenetide (Byetta) Prevents Obesity in Mouse Model of Hypothalamic Obesity. Pediatric Academic Society and Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC May 2014.

Kublaoui BM, Levine MA: Receptor Transduction: Pathways Mediating Hormone Action. Sperling Pediatric Endocrinology. 4th edition. Mark Sperling (eds.). Elsevier, 2014.

Iaumi K, Housam R, Kapadia C, Stallings VA, Medne L, Shaikh TH, Kublaoui BM, Zackai EH, Grimberg A: Endocrine phenotype of 6q16.1-q21 deletion involving SIM1 and Prader-Willi syndrome-like features. Am J Med Genet A 161A(12): 3137-43, Dec 2013.

Xi D, Roizen J, Lai M, Gandhi N, Kublaoui B: Paraventricular nucleus Sim1 neuron ablation mediated obesity is resistant to high fat diet. PLoS One 8(11): e81087, Nov 19 2013.

Xi, D, Gandhi, N. Lai, M., Kublaoui BM. : Ablation of Sim1 Neurons Causes Hyperphagia, Reduced Energy Expenditure and Obesity. Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting Boston 2012.

Xi, D, Gandhi, N. Lai, M., Kublaoui BM. : Ablation of Sim1 Neurons Causes Hyperphagia, Reduced Energy Expenditure and Obesity. Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting Philadelphia 2012.

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