Joseph Wolfsdorf, MD, BCh
Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Joseph Wolfsdorf, MD, BCh
Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
University of the Witwatersrand
1969
Johannesburg
South Africa
Internship
Medicine
Johannesburg Hospital
1970
Johannesburg
South Africa
Residency
Pediatrics
Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children
1975
Johannesburg
South Africa
Fellowship
University of Chicago Hospitals
1976
Chicago
IL
Fellowship
Tufts-New England Medical Center
1978
Boston
MA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)
Publications
Sociodemographic inequities and use of hybrid closed-loop systems associated with obesity in youth with type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
An auto-ethnographic study of co-produced health research in a patient organisation: unpacking the good, the bad, and the unspoken. View Abstract
Idiopathic Pathological Ketotic Hypoglycemia: Finding the Needle in a Haystack. View Abstract
Increased Use of Hyperosmolar Therapy for Suspected Clinically Apparent Brain Injury in Pediatric Patients with Diabetic Ketoacidosis during the Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic. View Abstract
Management of Individuals With Diabetes at High Risk for Hypoglycemia: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2022: Editorial. View Abstract
Ten-Year Experience of a Global and Freely Accessible e-Learning Website for Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes. View Abstract
ISPAD clinical practice consensus guidelines 2022: Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state. View Abstract
Utility of plasma beta-hydroxybutyrate to define resolution of diabetic ketoacidosis. View Abstract
Monitoring of paediatric type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
Plasma ß-Hydroxybutyrate for the Diagnosis of Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the Emergency Department. View Abstract
Acquired growth hormone deficiency in Fanconi-Bickel syndrome. View Abstract
Transforming Education through a Global e-Learning Model for Pediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology. View Abstract
A global e-learning initiative for pediatric diabetes and endocrinology: Introduction and description. View Abstract
Post-Transplantation Diabetes Mellitus in Pediatric Patients. View Abstract
Precocious sexual development in a male toddler caused by unrecognized transdermal exposure to testosterone: case report and review of the literature. View Abstract
Carbohydrate restriction for diabetes: rediscovering centuries-old wisdom. View Abstract
Brain injury in children with diabetic ketoacidosis: Review of the literature and a proposed pathophysiologic pathway for the development of cerebral edema. View Abstract
Efficacy of GLP-1 Agonist Therapy in Autosomal Dominant WFS1-Related Disorder: A Case Report. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guideline: Diabetic ketoacidosis in the time of COVID-19 and resource-limited settings-role of subcutaneous insulin. View Abstract
Improving pediatric endocrinology trainees' knowledge about insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitors with online spaced education: Technology Knowledge Optimization in T1D (TeKnO T1D). View Abstract
Perioperative Management of Pediatric Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Updated Recommendations for Anesthesiologists. View Abstract
Monitoring of Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes. View Abstract
International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes in India: Reaching the unreached. View Abstract
SGLT Inhibitors for Type 1 Diabetes: Proceed With Extreme Caution. View Abstract
Incorporating dextrose gel and feeding in the treatment of neonatal hypoglycaemia. View Abstract
Glycogen storage disease presenting as Cushing syndrome. View Abstract
Neither fluid rate nor sodium content affect neurocognitive outcomes in DKA. View Abstract
Hypoglycemia in the Newborn. View Abstract
Pediatric Endocrinology Trainees' Education and Knowledge About Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitors. View Abstract
ISPAD Position Statement on Type 1 Diabetes in Schools. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: Diabetic ketoacidosis and the hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state. View Abstract
Type 1 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association. View Abstract
Resolution of ketoacidosis in children with new onset diabetes: Evaluation of various definitions. View Abstract
Characteristics of youth with type 1 diabetes (T1D) with and without a parent with T1D in the T1D exchange clinic registry. View Abstract
Utility of diabetes-associated autoantibodies for classification of new onset diabetes in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Use of Serum Bicarbonate to Substitute for Venous pH in New-Onset Diabetes. View Abstract
The Impact of Technology on Current Diabetes Management. View Abstract
Recommendations from the Pediatric Endocrine Society for Evaluation and Management of Persistent Hypoglycemia in Neonates, Infants, and Children. View Abstract
Re-evaluating "transitional neonatal hypoglycemia": mechanism and implications for management. View Abstract
Diagnosis and management of glycogen storage disease type I: a practice guideline of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014. The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care to children and adolescents with diabetes. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014. Management of children and adolescents with diabetes requiring surgery. View Abstract
ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014. Diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state. View Abstract
The International Society of Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes guidelines for management of diabetic ketoacidosis: Do the guidelines need to be modified? View Abstract
Routine behavioral and mental health screening in young children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Health care transition in young adults with type 1 diabetes: barriers to timely establishment of adult diabetes care. View Abstract
Transition experiences and health care utilization among young adults with type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
Severe hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis among youth with type 1 diabetes in the T1D Exchange clinic registry. View Abstract
Glycogen storage disease type Ia: linkage of glucose, glycogen, lactic acid, triglyceride, and uric acid metabolism. View Abstract
Health care transition in patients with type 1 diabetes: young adult experiences and relationship to glycemic control. View Abstract
Utility of immediate hemoglobin A1c in children with type I diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Contemporary management of patients with type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
Autoantigen-specific regulatory T cells induced in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus by insulin B-chain immunotherapy. View Abstract
Pediatrics: HbA1c levels for the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in children. View Abstract
Research initiatives in neonatal hypoglycemia. View Abstract
The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care to children and adolescents with diabetes. View Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents with diabetes. View Abstract
Management of children and adolescents with diabetes requiring surgery. View Abstract
How effective is continuous glucose monitoring in intensively treated type 1 diabetes mellitus? View Abstract
The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care: structures, processes, and outcomes of ambulatory diabetes care. View Abstract
The TrialNet Natural History Study of the Development of Type 1 Diabetes: objectives, design, and initial results. View Abstract
Can biochemical markers discriminate between new-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in children? View Abstract
Management of children with diabetes requiring surgery. View Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis. View Abstract
Hypothyroidism in a breast-fed preterm infant resulting from maternal topical iodine exposure. View Abstract
How effective is biphasic insulin aspart in the treatment of adolescents with type 1 diabetes? View Abstract
Understanding protein-sensitive hypoglycemia. View Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis in infants, children, and adolescents: A consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association. View Abstract
Characteristics at diagnosis of type 1 diabetes in children younger than 6 years. View Abstract
Hepatic glycogen synthase deficiency: an infrequently recognized cause of ketotic hypoglycemia. View Abstract
Children with diabetes benefit from exercise. View Abstract
Perioperative management of pediatric surgical patients with diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis in children. View Abstract
Effect of low-dose insulin treatment on body weight and physical development in children and adolescents at risk for type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
Effects of oral insulin in relatives of patients with type 1 diabetes: The Diabetes Prevention Trial--Type 1. View Abstract
Sexual development in a 21 month-old boy caused by testosterone contamination of a topical hydrocortisone cream. View Abstract
Diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Perioperative management of diabetes insipidus in children. View Abstract
Oral sucrose and exercise tolerance in McArdle's disease. View Abstract
ESPE/LWPES consensus statement on diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents. View Abstract
European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology/Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society consensus statement on diabetic ketoacidosis in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Perioperative management of diabetes insipidus in children [corrected]. View Abstract
Glycogen storage diseases. View Abstract
Bones benefit from better biochemical control in type 1 glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Effect of continuous glucose therapy with uncooked cornstarch on the long-term clinical course of type 1a glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Inappropriate expression of hepcidin is associated with iron refractory anemia: implications for the anemia of chronic disease. View Abstract
Leptin-replacement therapy in lipodystrophy. View Abstract
Glycogen synthase deficiency (glycogen storage disease type 0) presenting with hyperglycemia and glucosuria: report of three new mutations. View Abstract
Decreased urinary citrate excretion in type 1a glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
First-phase insulin release during the intravenous glucose tolerance test as a risk factor for type 1 diabetes. View Abstract
Urinary lactate excretion to monitor the efficacy of treatment of type I glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Vancomycin dosage requirements among pediatric intensive care unit patients with normal renal function. View Abstract
Glycogen storage diseases. Phenotypic, genetic, and biochemical characteristics, and therapy. View Abstract
Improving diabetes control in adolescents. View Abstract
Effect of continuous glucose therapy begun in infancy on the long-term clinical course of patients with type I glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy. View Abstract
Fewer interventions in the immediate post-extubation management of pediatric intensive care unit patients: safety and cost containment. View Abstract
Consequences of irregular versus continuous medical follow-up in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Metabolic control and renal dysfunction in type I glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Cornstarch regimens for nocturnal treatment of young adults with type I glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Psychological adjustment to IDDM: 10-year follow-up of an onset cohort of child and adolescent patients. View Abstract
Social relationships among young adults with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: ten-year follow-up of an onset cohort. View Abstract
Psychosocial predictors of acute complications of diabetes in youth. View Abstract
Family environment and glycemic control: a four-year prospective study of children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Diabetes in childhood: predicting the future. View Abstract
Glycogen storage disease in adults. View Abstract
Biochemical evidence for the requirement of continuous glucose therapy in young adults with type 1 glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Distinction between transient hyperglycemia and early insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in childhood: a prospective study of incidence and prognostic factors. View Abstract
Optimal daytime feeding regimen to prevent postprandial hypoglycemia in type 1 glycogen storage disease. View Abstract
Severe hypoglycemia in youth with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: frequency and causative factors. View Abstract
Split-mixed insulin regimen with human ultralente before supper and NPH (isophane) before breakfast in children and adolescents with IDDM. View Abstract
Clinic attendance and glycemic control. Study of contrasting groups of patients with IDDM. View Abstract
Continuous glucose for treatment of patients with type 1 glycogen-storage disease: comparison of the effects of dextrose and uncooked cornstarch on biochemical variables. View Abstract
Physical growth and development of children with type 1 glycogen-storage disease: comparison of the effects of long-term use of dextrose and uncooked cornstarch. View Abstract
Glucose therapy for glycogenosis type 1 in infants: comparison of intermittent uncooked cornstarch and continuous overnight glucose feedings. View Abstract
Adherence among children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus over a four-year longitudinal follow-up: I. The influence of patient coping and adjustment. View Abstract
Adherence among children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus over a four-year longitudinal follow-up: II. Immediate and long-term linkages with the family milieu. View Abstract
Screening for thyroid disease in children with IDDM. View Abstract
Psychological characteristics of adults with IDDM. Comparison of patients in poor and good glycemic control. View Abstract
Transient hyperglycemia in childhood: identification of a subgroup with imminent diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Concentration of insulin autoantibodies at onset of type I diabetes. Inverse log-linear correlation with age. View Abstract
Relationship of nocturnal hypoglycemia to daytime glycemia in IDDM. View Abstract
How families cope with diabetes in adolescence. An approach and case analyses. View Abstract
Psychologic predictors of compliance in children with recent onset of diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Isolated growth hormone deficiency after cerebral edema complicating diabetic ketoacidosis. View Abstract
Psychological adjustment of children with recently diagnosed diabetes mellitus. View Abstract
Children with recently diagnosed diabetes: interactions within their families. View Abstract
Subclinical brain swelling in children during treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis. View Abstract
Ketonuria does not exclude hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia. View Abstract
Hypoketonemia and age-related fasting hypoglycemia in growth hormone deficiency. View Abstract
Fat-derived fuels during a 24-hour fast in children. View Abstract
Hypoalaninemia and ketotic hypoglycemia: cause or consequence? View Abstract
Hyperprolactinemia causing primary amenorrhea. View Abstract
Hemolytic uremic syndrome associated with Kawasaki disease. View Abstract
Pubertal presentation of congenital delta 5-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency. View Abstract
Failure to thrive and metabolic alkalosis. Adverse effects of a chloride-deficient formula in two infants. View Abstract
Hypoparathyroidism and pregnancy. Treatment with calcitriol. View Abstract
The diagnosis of insulinoma in a child in the absence of fasting hyperinsulinemia. View Abstract
Familial nesidioblastosis: severe neonatal hypoglycemia in two families. View Abstract
Hypoglycemia in children. View Abstract
Partial gonadotrophin-resistance in pseudohypoparathyroidism. View Abstract
Kerosene absorption in primates. View Abstract
Hepatic enzymes, their induction and usefulness in predicting maximal serum bilirubin levels in premature newborn infants. View Abstract
Growth and nutrition of uremic piglets. View Abstract
Occurrence of primary hepatocellular cancer and peliosis hepatis after treatment with androgenic steroids. View Abstract
Kerosene intoxication: an experimental approach to the etiology of the CNS manifestations in primates. View Abstract
Transpyloric feeding in small preterm infants. View Abstract
Bicarbonate excretion in kwashiorkor. View Abstract
Transcutaneous determination of arterial oxygen tension. View Abstract
The influence of body position on pulmonary function in low birthweight babies. View Abstract
The acute care of respiratory problems in the neonate, infant, and child. View Abstract
Dexamethasone in the management of kerosene pneumonia. View Abstract
Report by the department of paediatrics on the special care area of the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children. View Abstract
Mist therapy reconsidered; an evaluation of the respiratory deposition of labelled water aerosols produced by jet and ultrasonic nebulizers. View Abstract
Mist therapy. View Abstract
Tuberculosis in children. View Abstract
Diagnosis and treatment: approaches to newborn infants of tuberculous mothers. View Abstract
Screening tests for growth-hormone deficiency in dwarfism. View Abstract
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