Katherine Lord, MD

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Inpatient Medical Director, Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Senior Medical Director of Medical Subspecialities, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pediatrics
Contact information
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
Division of Endocrinology, 7th Floor
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Endocrinology, 7th Floor
3500 Civic Center Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education:
B.A. (History)
Northwestern University, 2000.
M.D.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2007.
Permanent linkB.A. (History)
Northwestern University, 2000.
M.D.
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 2007.
Selected Publications
Lord K, De Leon DD: Hypoglycemia. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 22nd Ed. 2025.Boodhansingh K, Lord K, Adzick NS, Bhatti T, Ganguly A, Stanley CA, De Leon DD: Low-level mosaic GCK mutations in children with diazoxide-unresponsive congenital hyperinsulinism. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Oct 2024.
Guzman H, Mitteer LM, Chen P, Juliana CA, Boodhansingh K, Lord K, Ganguly A, De Leon DD: Case Report: Functional characterization of a missense variant in INSR associated with hypoketotic hypoglycemia. Frontiers in Pediatrics Oct 2024.
Mitteer LM, States L, Bhatti T, Adzick NS, Lord K, De Leon DD: Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Due to an Insulinoma in a 2-Year-Old Child. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism Case Reports Sept 2024.
Lord K, De Leon DD: Approach to the Neonate with Hypoglycemia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism April 2024.
Guzman H, Yazdani S, Harmon JL, Chapman KA, Vitola B, Pyle L, McKnight H, Sigal W, Lord K, De Leon DD, Merchant N, Ganetzky: Case report: Two unexpected cases of DGUOK-related mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. Frontiers in Endocrinology Nov 2023.
Reynolds D, Mitteer LM, Sigal W, Boyajian L, McKnight H, Bhatti T, States L, Becker S, Adzick NS, Lord K, De Leon DD: Novel Use of Dasiglucagon, a Soluble Glucagon Analog, for the Treatment of Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia Secondary to Suspected Insulinoma: A Case Report. Hormone Research in Paediatrics July 2023.
Craven M, Lord K, Leavens KF, De Leon DD: Insulin Immunoassay Interference Due to Human Antimouse Antibodies in a Patient With Ketotic Hypoglycemia. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism: Case Reports Mar 2023.
Lord K, De Leon DD: Congenital Hyperinsulinism. Insulin: Deficiency, Excess and Resistance in Human Disease Elsevier, 2023.
Guzman H, Lord K: Hypoglycemia Netter's Pediatrics, 2nd Ed. 2023.