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A Team of Specialists

Our team includes nursing, dietician support, certified diabetes educators and social work—all working together to care for your child.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Carilion Children's team of expert pediatric endocrinologists treats children with diabetes and hormone disorders.

Expertise in Care

Our board-certified pediatric endocrinologists are experts at diagnosing and treating children with endocrine disorders of the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid, pancreas and adrenals.

A Team of Specialists

Our team includes nursing, dietician support, certified diabetes educators and social work—all working together to care for your child.

Pediatric Endocrinology

Carilion Children's team of expert pediatric endocrinologists treats children with diabetes and hormone disorders.

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  • Adrenal insufficiency/tumors/Addison's disease
  • Androgen insensitivity (CAIS/PAIS)
  • Calcium-mineral disorder
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Diabetes: type 1 and 2, pre-diabetes, drug-induced, and transplant-related
  • Down syndrome related conditions
  • Endocrine/thyroid cancers and conditions - chronic & recurring
  • Gender dysphoria / transgender care
  • Growth disorders: growth hormone deficiency
  • Hyper- and hypo-parathyroidism
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypopituitarism / pituitary gland dysfunction / tumors
  • Hypothyroidism: Hashimoto’s (acquired and congenital)
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • McCune-Albright syndrome
  • Metabolic complications of obesity
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Osteoporosis
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Pubertal disorders: precocious puberty, premature adrenarche, delayed puberty
  • Rickets and metabolic bone disease
  • Russell-Silver syndrome
  • Septo-optic dysplasia
  • Sexual development disorders
  • Turner syndrome
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Leadership and Practice

Erica Reynolds, M.D.Erica B. Reynolds, MDChief, Pediatric Endocrinology

"Our clinic strives to stay up to date with latest technology, medication options, and practice recommendations. We enjoy working with families to manage chronic medical conditions to help our patients thrive. "

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Camp Too Sweet

Learning to live with diabetes can be challenging, especially for children. We are pleased to offer a week-long Camp Too Sweet program for children ages 8 to 16 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 2022 registration opens March 1.

Camp Too Sweet
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Diabetes

Our interdisciplinary team works with families and schools to make sure diabetes doesn’t slow our patients down. Our patients with diabetes benefit from the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

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Growth

Growth is an important sign of health and nutrition, and problems with growth can impact self-esteem and well-being. Our team can helps kids grow to their maximum potential.

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Puberty and Gender

Early and delayed puberty can be distressing for patients and their families. Our care team can help determine when treatment is needed. Our clinic can also help patients with gender dysphoria.

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Bone

Our specialists care for children with disorders of bone and calcium, including vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis, and hypo and hyperparathyroidism.

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Thyroid

Hypo and hyperthyroidism can impact all the other organ systems in the body. Our care team has extensive experience treating congenital and acquired thyroid disorders including autoimmune thyroid disease.

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Children running

Camp Too Sweet

Learning to live with diabetes can be challenging, especially for children. We are pleased to offer a week-long Camp Too Sweet program for children ages 8 to 16 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 2022 registration opens March 1.

Camp Too Sweet
Mother helping son check blood sugar levels

Diabetes

Our interdisciplinary team works with families and schools to make sure diabetes doesn’t slow our patients down. Our patients with diabetes benefit from the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

Mother measuring boy standing next to ruler

Growth

Growth is an important sign of health and nutrition, and problems with growth can impact self-esteem and well-being. Our team can helps kids grow to their maximum potential.

Portrait of young woman on windy day

Puberty and Gender

Early and delayed puberty can be distressing for patients and their families. Our care team can help determine when treatment is needed. Our clinic can also help patients with gender dysphoria.

Toddler with applied bandage on arm

Bone

Our specialists care for children with disorders of bone and calcium, including vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis, and hypo and hyperparathyroidism.

Child lying when doctor scanning her neck

Thyroid

Hypo and hyperthyroidism can impact all the other organ systems in the body. Our care team has extensive experience treating congenital and acquired thyroid disorders including autoimmune thyroid disease.

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Distinctive

We are the only dedicated pediatric endocrine practice in Southwest Virginia.

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Diabetes Care

Our clinic cares for over 350 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes each year.

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Dedicated

Our staff includes a full-time dietician and certified diabetes educator.

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Innovative

We offer the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

graphic of medal

Distinctive

We are the only dedicated pediatric endocrine practice in Southwest Virginia.

graphic of hand with heart

Diabetes Care

Our clinic cares for over 350 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes each year.

graphic of medical providers

Dedicated

Our staff includes a full-time dietician and certified diabetes educator.

graphic of light bulb

Innovative

We offer the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

Meet Our Pediatric Endocrinology Team

Our board-certified physicians are fellowship trained in pediatric endocrinology. We work closely with primary care physicians, other specialists, schools, and the community to maximize the health and well-being of our patients and their families.

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  • Adrenal insufficiency/tumors/Addison's disease
  • Androgen insensitivity (CAIS/PAIS)
  • Calcium-mineral disorder
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Diabetes: type 1 and 2, pre-diabetes, drug-induced, and transplant-related
  • Down syndrome related conditions
  • Endocrine/thyroid cancers and conditions - chronic & recurring
  • Gender dysphoria / transgender care
  • Growth disorders: growth hormone deficiency
  • Hyper- and hypo-parathyroidism
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypopituitarism / pituitary gland dysfunction / tumors
  • Hypothyroidism: Hashimoto’s (acquired and congenital)
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • McCune-Albright syndrome
  • Metabolic complications of obesity
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Osteoporosis
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Pubertal disorders: precocious puberty, premature adrenarche, delayed puberty
  • Rickets and metabolic bone disease
  • Russell-Silver syndrome
  • Septo-optic dysplasia
  • Sexual development disorders
  • Turner syndrome

Conditions Treated

  • Adrenal insufficiency/tumors/Addison's disease
  • Androgen insensitivity (CAIS/PAIS)
  • Calcium-mineral disorder
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
  • Cushing's syndrome
  • Diabetes: type 1 and 2, pre-diabetes, drug-induced, and transplant-related
  • Down syndrome related conditions
  • Endocrine/thyroid cancers and conditions - chronic & recurring
  • Gender dysphoria / transgender care
  • Growth disorders: growth hormone deficiency
  • Hyper- and hypo-parathyroidism
  • Hypoglycemia
  • Hypopituitarism / pituitary gland dysfunction / tumors
  • Hypothyroidism: Hashimoto’s (acquired and congenital)
  • Klinefelter syndrome
  • McCune-Albright syndrome
  • Metabolic complications of obesity
  • Noonan syndrome
  • Osteogenesis imperfecta
  • Osteoporosis
  • Prader-Willi syndrome
  • Pubertal disorders: precocious puberty, premature adrenarche, delayed puberty
  • Rickets and metabolic bone disease
  • Russell-Silver syndrome
  • Septo-optic dysplasia
  • Sexual development disorders
  • Turner syndrome

Treatment Options

  • CGM interpretation
  • Diabetes education
  • Diabetes management
  • Hospital consultation
  • Prediabetes care
  • Transgender services
  • Treatment of chronic and recurring endocrine conditions
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Proud of our

Leadership and Practice

Erica Reynolds, M.D.Erica B. Reynolds, MDChief, Pediatric Endocrinology

"Our clinic strives to stay up to date with latest technology, medication options, and practice recommendations. We enjoy working with families to manage chronic medical conditions to help our patients thrive. "

Children running

Camp Too Sweet

Learning to live with diabetes can be challenging, especially for children. We are pleased to offer a week-long Camp Too Sweet program for children ages 8 to 16 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 2022 registration opens March 1.

Camp Too Sweet
Mother helping son check blood sugar levels

Diabetes

Our interdisciplinary team works with families and schools to make sure diabetes doesn’t slow our patients down. Our patients with diabetes benefit from the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

Mother measuring boy standing next to ruler

Growth

Growth is an important sign of health and nutrition, and problems with growth can impact self-esteem and well-being. Our team can helps kids grow to their maximum potential.

Portrait of young woman on windy day

Puberty and Gender

Early and delayed puberty can be distressing for patients and their families. Our care team can help determine when treatment is needed. Our clinic can also help patients with gender dysphoria.

Toddler with applied bandage on arm

Bone

Our specialists care for children with disorders of bone and calcium, including vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis, and hypo and hyperparathyroidism.

Child lying when doctor scanning her neck

Thyroid

Hypo and hyperthyroidism can impact all the other organ systems in the body. Our care team has extensive experience treating congenital and acquired thyroid disorders including autoimmune thyroid disease.

left-arrowyears-left-arrow in childrens
Children running

Camp Too Sweet

Learning to live with diabetes can be challenging, especially for children. We are pleased to offer a week-long Camp Too Sweet program for children ages 8 to 16 who have type 1 or type 2 diabetes. 2022 registration opens March 1.

Camp Too Sweet
Mother helping son check blood sugar levels

Diabetes

Our interdisciplinary team works with families and schools to make sure diabetes doesn’t slow our patients down. Our patients with diabetes benefit from the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

Mother measuring boy standing next to ruler

Growth

Growth is an important sign of health and nutrition, and problems with growth can impact self-esteem and well-being. Our team can helps kids grow to their maximum potential.

Portrait of young woman on windy day

Puberty and Gender

Early and delayed puberty can be distressing for patients and their families. Our care team can help determine when treatment is needed. Our clinic can also help patients with gender dysphoria.

Toddler with applied bandage on arm

Bone

Our specialists care for children with disorders of bone and calcium, including vitamin D deficiency, osteoporosis, and hypo and hyperparathyroidism.

Child lying when doctor scanning her neck

Thyroid

Hypo and hyperthyroidism can impact all the other organ systems in the body. Our care team has extensive experience treating congenital and acquired thyroid disorders including autoimmune thyroid disease.

right-arrowright-arrow for childrens
left-arrowleft-arrow in bubble-containerright-arrowright-arrow in bubble-container
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Distinctive

We are the only dedicated pediatric endocrine practice in Southwest Virginia.

graphic of hand with heart

Diabetes Care

Our clinic cares for over 350 children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes each year.

graphic of medical providers

Dedicated

Our staff includes a full-time dietician and certified diabetes educator.

graphic of light bulb

Innovative

We offer the latest technology advances including, continuous glucose monitors, insulin pumps, closed-loop pumps, and remote data sharing.

Meet Our Pediatric Endocrinology Team

Our board-certified physicians are fellowship trained in pediatric endocrinology. We work closely with primary care physicians, other specialists, schools, and the community to maximize the health and well-being of our patients and their families.

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