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Adda Grimberg, M.D., FAAP

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Professor of Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes) at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Member, Abramson Cancer Center , Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA
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Member, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Joseph Stokes Jr.) Research Institute, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
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Member, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Scientific Director, Diagnostic and Research Growth Center , The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Member, Anna T. Meadows Society , Perelman School of Medicine Clinician Educators, University of Pennsylvania
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Member, Penn Association of Senior and Emeritus Faculty, University of 25 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Department: Pediatrics
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Email: grimberg@chop.edu
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153 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute, “Snapshot Science” blog article on our research study, “Does Height Equal Happiness for Children?”, published August 16, 2023.
151 April/May 2017 issue of CHOP Bench to Bedside highlighting the new Pediatric Endocrine Society guidelines for growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I treatment that I chaired/authored
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54 Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 1989.
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3b Cornell University Medical College, 1993.
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Selected Publications

3ec Mai C Arlien-Søborg, Sally Radovick, Margaret CS Boguszewski, Martin Bidlingmaier, Gudmundur Johannsson, Adda Grimberg, Ken KY Ho, Beverly MK Biller, Catherine S Choong, Andrew R Hoffman, Philippe Backeljauw, Cesar L Boguszewski, Jens Bollerslev, Thierry Brue, Philippe Chanson, Emanuel Christ, Stefano Cianfarani, Peter E Clayton, Pinchas Cohen, Andrew Dauber, Maria Fleseriu, Judith Gebauer, Andrea Giustina, Claire Higham, Reiko Horikawa, Charlotte Höybye, Anders Juul, Maya Lodish, Xiaoping Luo, Nelly Mauras, Karen Miller, Shlomo Melmed, Sebastian Neggers, Niki Karavitaki, Ron Rosenfeld, Richard Ross, Lars Savendahl, K Schilbach, Paulo Solberg, Christian J Strasburger, N Tritos, Hanneke M van Santen, Kevin Yuen, and Jens OL Jorgensen: Consensus and Controversies Regarding the Diagnosis of Growth Hormone (GH) Deficiency in Children and Adults - A Delphi Survey by the GH Research Society. Pituitary 28(3): 57, May 2025.

 145 Victoria A. Miller, Walter Faig, Morgan Snyder, Elizabeth A. Friedrich, Rui Xiao, and Adda Grimberg: Correlates of Youth Involvement in Decision Making about Growth Hormone Treatment. Families, Systems, & Health April 2025 Notes: Online ahead of print.

 189 Alexander Augusto de Lima Jorge, Adda Grimberg, Mehul T. Dattani, and Jeffrey Baron: Normal Childhood Growth, Its Variations and Evaluation Sperling Pediatric Endocrinology, 6th Edition. Perrin C. White, Mark A. Sperling, Adda Grimberg, Ram K. Menon, eds. (eds.). Elsevier, Inc., Philadelphia, PA, 2025 Notes: In press.

 2b9 Mohamad Maghnie, Michael B Ranke, Mitchell E Geffner, Elpis Vlachopapadopoulou, Lourdes Ibáñez, Martin Carlsson, Wayne Cutfield, Raoul Rooman, Roy Gomez, Michael P Wajnrajch, Agnès Linglart, Renata Stawerska, Peter E Clayton, Feyza Darendeliler, Anita C S Hokken-Koelega, Reiko Horikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Helmuth-Günther Dörr, Michel Polak, and Adda Grimberg: A Database Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Daily Growth Hormone in Treating More than 80,000 Children with Growth Disorders Worldwide: A Plain Language Summary of Publication. Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism 2025 Notes: In press.

 159 Sue Groveman, Joerg Klepper, Klaus-Peter Liesenkötter, Cagla Fenton, Sarah Brooks, Adda Grimberg, and A. G. Christina Bergqvist : Diagnosis and Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children on the Ketogenic Diet: A Case Series. Epilepsia Open 9(3): 1096-1102, 2024.

 11f Patricia R. Roby, Adda Grimberg, Christina L. Master, and Kristy B. Arbogast: Menstrual cycle patterns following concussion in adolescent patients. Journal of Pediatrics February 2023 Notes: Online ahead of print.

134 Ettya R. Fremont, Elizabeth A. Friedrich, Adda Grimberg, and Victoria A. Miller: Youth and parent perceptions of youth decision-making roles regarding evaluation for short stature. Children’s Health Care 53(2): 148-162, January 2023.

 16b Adda Grimberg, Elizabeth A. Friedrich, Walter Faig, Camilia Kamoun, Ettya R. Fremont, Rui Xiao, and Victoria A. Miller: Patient and Parent Characteristics Related to Quality of Life and Self-esteem in Healthy Youth Undergoing Provocative GH Testing Journal of Pediatrics 260: 113460, 2023.

 169 Camilia Kamoun, Victoria A. Miller, Chris Feudtner, Elizabeth A. Friedrich, and Adda Grimberg: Views on Short Stature of Female Versus Male Endocrine Pediatric Patients Undergoing Provocative Growth Hormone Testing and Their Parents. Endocrine Practice 2023 Notes: Online ahead of print.

339 Mohamad Maghnie, Michael B Ranke, Mitchell E Geffner, Elpis Vlachopapadopoulou, Lourdes Ibáñez, Martin Carlsson, Wayne Cutfield, Raoul Rooman, Roy Gomez, Michael P Wajnrajch, Agnès Linglart, Renata Stawerska, Peter E Clayton, Feyza Darendeliler, Anita C S Hokken- Koelega, Reiko Horikawa, Toshiaki Tanaka, Helmuth-Günther Dörr, Kerstin Albertsson- Wikland, Michel Polak, and Adda Grimberg: Safety and Efficacy of Pediatric Growth Hormone Therapy: Results From the Full KIGS Cohort. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 107(12): 3287–3301, December 2022 Notes: -Selected for accompanying commentary: Abucham J and Boguszewski MCS. From the full KIGS cohort: On safety and efficacy of growth hormone treatment. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2023; 108: e1-e2. 40 - Top 10 papers of JCEM published that year.

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