Lorraine L. Katz, MD

Dr. Katz is Co-Director of the Center for Human Phenomic Science. Dr. Katz is a pediatric endocrinologist with a particular interest in patient-oriented research relating to carbohydrate disorders and insulin-like growth factors. Dr. Katz is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania and CHOP. She has been recognized as a researcher by being asked to serve on Scientific Review Groups at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Ultimately, she would like this research to lead to the development of medical strategies to improve the outcomes of diabetes in youth. Dr. Katz has been elected to membership in the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society, the American Diabetes Association, the Society for Pediatric Research, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She has published over 150 original articles, abstracts and chapters.