Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolic Centers

Success Story of a Children's Hospital

Brett

Brett was only 8 years old when he was admitted to Miller Children's with a blood-glucose level of 488, more than five times higher than the normal blood sugar level.

The Miller Children’s Endocrine, Diabetes and Metabolic Center is dedicated to providing a
multi-disciplinary and multi-specialty approach to diagnostic services and treatment plans for children from birth to 21 years (sometimes into adulthood), with acute and chronic endocrine or metabolic disorders. The Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolic Center houses two comprehensive California Children's Services (CCS) centers, complete with multi-disciplinary teams:

Endocrine & Diabetes Center

The Endocrine & Diabetes Center offers comprehensive programs in — endocrinology,
growth disorders, and diabetes. These specialized programs are designed to diagnose, treat and manage childhood conditions such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes, obesity, growth disorders, thyroid disease, hypoglycemia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, disorders of sexual development, rickets and metabolic bone disease, diabetes insipidus, Turner's Syndrome and other defects of the endocrine system, including adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands. The endocrinologists and specialty care team
also sees and treats patients who are hospitalized in the NICU, PICU, and general pediatrics units.

Metabolic Center

The Metabolic Center treats infants and children with amino acid disorders, organic acid disorders and fatty acid oxidation disorders. Patients with inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) receive a comprehensive evaluation and care plan from a specialized metabolic care team. The primary metabolic therapy for IEMs is through dietary management. The Metabolic Center also treats adults who are a part of the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP).

Miller Children’s Stands Apart

There is a shortage of pediatric endocrinologists across the nation; however Miller Children’s has three board-certified/eligible pediatric endocrinologists that rotate throughout the Endocrine Center and the general pediatrics units.
Miller Children’s Metabolic Center offers low protein, participatory cooking classes to help families and patients learn how to properly cook meals for patients with metabolic disorders.
Miller Children’s Metabolic Center’s has a hands-on dietitian, who works with the child’s school in preparing appropriate lunches for children with metabolic conditions.