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New CARES Medical and Scientific Board Advisors!
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| DEBORAH P. MERKE, M.D. | ||||
| Pediatric Endocrinologist, National Institutes of Health | ||||
| Dr. Deborah Merke is Chief of Pediatric Services for the Clinical Center of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Her primary research interests have focused on studies of the pathophysiology and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), an autosomal recessive disorder of the adrenal gland.
Dr. Merke also maintains a joint appointment as a clinical investigator in the Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch of NICHD. Central to her work is the study of the pathophysiology and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The goal of a group led by Dr. Merke is to understand the mechanisms involved in diseases of the adrenal gland. Insights into the mechanism are used to generate hypotheses for new approaches to treatment.
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| CLAUDE MIGEON, M.D. | ||||
| Pediatric Endocrinologist, John’s Hopkins Hospital | ||||
| Dr. Migeon received his M.D. from the University of Paris (France) and received Pediatric training at the Hopital des Enfants Malades/Necker. He came to Johns Hopkins Hospital in 1950 as a Fulbright Fellow and support of the American Field Service.
From 1950-52, he was Fellow-in-Residence in the group of Lawson Wilkins. This was the time when CAH patients were treated with cortisone and salt-retaining hormones for the first time in the world. From 1952-55, he learned steroid chemistry and biology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City under the direction of Dr. Leo T. Samuels. In 1955, he returned to Hopkins to direct the laboratories of Dr. Wilkins. For 20 years (1974 – 1994), he was Director of the Pediatric Endocrine Clinic at Hopkins. During the past 50 years, he has been involved in many aspects of Endocrinology, particularly gonadal and adrenal function. With more than 100 Fellows trained in the clinic, he published about 400 scientific papers. At this time, he continues to treat children with endocrine problems and he is involved in the study of follow-up to patients with intersex and with CAH.
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