Lorraine Elizabeth Levitt Katz

Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Pediatrics

Contact information

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399

Office: 2155905338
Fax: 2155903053

Email:
katzl@email.chop.edu

Education
B.A. (Biology)
Barnard College/Columbia University, 1984.
M.D.
University of Connecticut, 1989.

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Description of Research Expertise

insulin-like growth factor axis
insulin resistance in children
type 2 diabetes in children

Description of Clinical Expertise

pediatric diabetes
pediatric carbohydrate metabolism
pediatric endocrinology

Description of Other Expertise

resident education
patient-oriented research

Selected Publications

Lorraine E. Levitt Katz, Sanjeev Swami, Máire Abraham, Kathryn M. Murphy, Abbas F. Jawad, Heather McKnight-Menci,1 and Robert Berkowitz, : Neuropsychiatric Disorders at The Presentation of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus In Children. Pediatric Diabetes 6: 84-89, June 2005.

Fourtner S., Weinzimer, S., Katz, LEL: Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Non-ketotic Syndrome in Children with Type 2 Diabetes. Pediatric Diabetes 6(3): 129-135, September 2005.

Ferry, Robert J.; Cohen, Pinchas; Katz, Lorraine: Pharmacodynamic Considerations with Recombinant Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Children. Hormone Research Vol. 63 (5): 220-227, 2005.

Brar, P., Ferry, R., Iacobucci, A., Haddad, N., Wanner, L., Stanley, C., Katz, L: Hypoglycemia in Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome Not Associated with Hyperinsulism. Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting 2005.

Katz, LEL, Abraham, M., Johansen, L., Jawad, A: Leptin Levels Decline Steadily During Prolonged Fasting In Lean Children. Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting 2005.

Katz LEL, Stanley CA: Disorders of Glucose and Other Sugars. In Spitzer, AR (ed). Intensive Care of the Fetus and Neonate (2nd Ed.), 2005.

Katz LEL: Adrenal Insufficiency. In Schwartz MW (ed) The Five Minute, Williams and Wilkins (4th Ed.), 2005.

Katz LEL: Adrenal Excess. In Schwartz MW (ed) The Five Minute Pediatric Consult, Williams and Wilkins (4th Ed.), 2005.

Katz LEL: Sexual Ambiguity. . In Schwartz MW (ed) The Five Minute Pediatric Consult, Williams and Wilkins (4th Ed.), 2005.

Magge,S.N., Syng, S.L., Ganguly, A., MacMullen, C., Steinkrauss, L., Katz, L., Stanley, C.A.: Familial Leucine-Sensitive Hypoglycemia of Infancy Due to A Dominant Mutation of The Beta Cell Sulfonylurea Receptor. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 89: 4450-4456, September 2004.

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