Dr. Jami L Josefson M.D.
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
2300 N Childrens Plz Box 54 Chicago IL, 60614About
Dr. Jami Josefson is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Josefson specializes in growth, puberty, diabetes or other disorders related to hormones that produce certain conditions in children and growing young adults. Pediatric endocrinologists possess copious knowledge on hormone chemicals and how they can affect other parts of the body and their functions.
Education and Training
University of Illinois College of Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Excessive weight gain in women with a normal pre-pregnancy BMI is associated with increased neonatal adiposity.
- Maternal leptin predicts adiposity of the neonate.
- Gestational weight gain and neonatal adiposity in the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome study-North American region.
- The Use of 123I in Diagnostic Radioactive Iodine Scans in Children with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma.
- Neonatal adiposity increases with rising cord blood IGF-1 levels.
- Excessive gestational weight gain in the first trimester among women with normal glucose tolerance and resulting neonatal adiposity.
- Maternal pre-pregnancy BMI downregulates neonatal cord blood LEP methylation.
Treatments
- Obesity
- Birth Defects
- Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Thyroiditis
- Graves' Disease
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