CLINICAL - Management of Hypogonadism through Puberty
Track
:
CLINICAL
Program Code:
M21
Date:
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Time:
8:30 AM to 9:15 AM
EST
SPEAKER
:
MR Palmert, MD, PhD, The Hosp for Sick Children Disclosure: Nothing to disclose
Mark Palmert is Head of the Division of Endocrinology at The Hospital for Sick Children, a Senior Associate Scientist in the Genetics and Genome Biology Program within The Hospital’s Research Institute, and an Associate Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. He graduated from the Medical Scientist Training Program at Case Western Reserve University with an MD and PhD in 1992, and completed his pediatrics and pediatric endocrinology training at Children's Hospital, Boston. His main clinical and research activity is centered on variations in the timing and pace of pubertal development, and he directs an active laboratory-based program designed to identify genetic factors that modulate the timing of puberty.