Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA

Clinical Chief, Endocrinology; Director, Type 2 Diabetes Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA

Melissa Crocker, MD, MBA

Clinical Chief, Endocrinology; Director, Type 2 Diabetes Program; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Medical Services

Languages
English
Education
Undergraduate School
Harvard University
2000
Cambridge
MA
Graduate School
MBA
Tufts University School of Medicine
2005
Boston
MA
Medical School
Tufts University School of Medicine
2005
Boston
MA
Internship
Pediatrics
Children’s National Medical Center
2006
Washington
DC
Residency
Pediatrics
Children’s National Medical Center
2008
Washington
DC
Fellowship
Pediatrics Endocrinology
National Institutes of Health
2011
Bethesda
MD
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Publications

Lipodystrophy in methylmalonic acidemia associated with elevated FGF21 and abnormal methylmalonylation. View Abstract
Clinical Characterization of Patients With Autosomal Dominant Short Stature due to Aggrecan Mutations. View Abstract
A pilot study of the effects of niacin administration on free fatty acid and growth hormone concentrations in children with obesity. View Abstract
Isolated Large Cell Calcifying Sertoli Cell Tumor in a Young Boy, not Associated with Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome or Carney Complex. View Abstract
Use of aromatase inhibitors in large cell calcifying sertoli cell tumors: effects on gynecomastia, growth velocity, and bone age. View Abstract
Sexual dimorphisms in the associations of BMI and body fat with indices of pubertal development in girls and boys. View Abstract
Use of PET/CT with cosyntropin stimulation to identify and localize adrenal rest tissue following adrenalectomy in a woman with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. View Abstract
Pediatric obesity: etiology and treatment. View Abstract
Links between mothers' and children's disinhibited eating and children's adiposity. View Abstract
Treatment of paediatric hyperthyroidism but not hypothyroidism has a significant effect on weight. View Abstract
Acute effects of betahistine hydrochloride on food intake and appetite in obese women: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. View Abstract
Eating in the absence of hunger in adolescents: intake after a large-array meal compared with that after a standardized meal. View Abstract
Puberty and observed energy intake: boy, can they eat! View Abstract
Pediatric obesity: etiology and treatment. View Abstract