Abby S. Hollander, M.D. [ contact information ]
Associate Professor of Pediatrics;
Director Division of Pediatric Ambulatory Medicine;
Clinical Director Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes
Abby Solomon Hollander, M.D. joined the faculty of the Division of
Pediatric Endocrinology in 1992. She is currently on the Clinician Educator Track. Her
clinical interests cover all aspects of Pediatric Endocrinology,
including growth disorders, thyroid disorders, pubertal disorders,
adrenal disease, and diabetes. She participates as a member of the
Diabetes Team of St. Louis Children's Hospital, which works to
improve delivery of care to patients with diabetes mellitus, and
as a member of the Neuro-Oncology Team, a multi-disciplinary group
which works to provide comprehensive care to patients with brain
tumors. Additionally, she serves as medical director of the ambulatory
clinics for the Department of Pediatrics.
Dr. Hollander has been involved in several clinical research
projects. Over the past five years, she has presented information
at national meetings regarding the molecular variants of growth hormone,
the use of insulin pumps in children, and complicated presentations of
type-2 diabetes in adolescents. She has been an investigator
in exciting multicenter studies which are looking at new therapies
in diabetes mellitus, growth hormone deficiency, and hypothalamic obesity.
She is working with Dr. White to define the risks and benefits of insulin
pump therapy in children with diabetes.
Dr. Hollander is very involved with the local chapter of the
American Diabetes Association, and has been a member of the Camp
Committee, Youth Group and the Board of Directors. She has been a
Diabetes Camp Physician since 1990, and became Medical Director of the
camp in 2001.
Dr. Hollander spent her formative years in Cleveland, Ohio (go
Tribe!). She graduated from Cornell University (1982) and the
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (1986). Her pediatric
residency (1986-1989) was completed at the Children's Memorial
Hospital in Chicago, Illinois (Northwestern University). She is a
graduate of the Fellowship Program in Pediatric Endocrinology and
Diabetes (Metabolism) at St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington
University School of Medicine (1989-1992). She is board certified
in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology. Dr. Hollander is a
member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Diabetes
Association, the Endocrine Society, and the Lawson Wilkins
Pediatric Endocrine Society. She lives in St. Louis with her husband
Craig, daughter Jenny and son Ian.
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