[MUSIC PLAYING] I'm Siri Atma, and I'm a pediatric endocrinologist, which means I'm a pediatrician. But I did specialty training in endocrinology, which includes diabetes, thyroid disease, growth or pubertal disorders, adrenal disorders, that kind of thing. My father was a physician. . And his father was a physician. And his father was a physician. So in some ways, it was almost mandatory. But my brother is also a physician. My dad actually has diabetes himself. And so that was a big part of my decision to become an endocrinologist and diabetes specialist.
My philosophy of care is that I really like to work with the patient or family together to come up with a plan. I'm not the type of physician who is just going to tell you what I think you should do. But rather, the truth is in medicine, that there are almost always options as to how we might approach either the diagnostic workup or even the treatment. And so knowing that there are options, I like to present those options to the patient and to the family, so that we can discuss the potential benefits or risks of the different options.
And we might even proceed with one option and then switch to the other. But I really, really like to involve the patient and family in that decision making process.
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My philosophy of care is that I really like to work with the patient or family together to come up with a plan. I'm not the type of physician who is just going to tell you what I think you should do. But rather, the truth is in medicine, that there are almost always options as to how we might approach either the diagnostic workup or even the treatment. And so knowing that there are options, I like to present those options to the patient and to the family, so that we can discuss the potential benefits or risks of the different options.
And we might even proceed with one option and then switch to the other. But I really, really like to involve the patient and family in that decision making process.
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A pediatric endocrinologist, Siri Atma White Greeley, MD, PhD, sees children with all types of endocrine disorders or concerns, specializing in the treatment of infants, children, and teens with all types of diabetes. He is a member of the multidisciplinary patient care and research team in the University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center.
Through basic and clinical research, Dr. Greeley hopes to shed light on the full spectrum of childhood diabetes. His research focuses on how best to classify the diabetes type of each individual patient. Dr. Greeley is particularly interested in monogenic diabetes which is caused by single gene mutations and is often unrecognized, even though this group of disorders may represent as much as 2-3 percent of all diabetes cases. Dr. Greeley recently designed and implemented the first national Web-based registry of patients with neonatal diabetes, who are more likely to have an underlying monogenic cause.
Through basic and clinical research, Dr. Greeley hopes to shed light on the full spectrum of childhood diabetes. His research focuses on how best to classify the diabetes type of each individual patient. Dr. Greeley is particularly interested in monogenic diabetes which is caused by single gene mutations and is often unrecognized, even though this group of disorders may represent as much as 2-3 percent of all diabetes cases. Dr. Greeley recently designed and implemented the first national Web-based registry of patients with neonatal diabetes, who are more likely to have an underlying monogenic cause.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Monogenic Diabetes
- Genetics of Diabetes & Obesity
- Weight Management
- Hypoglycemia
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Endocrinology
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Pediatric Endocrine Society
- American Diabetes Association
- International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes
Practicing Since
- 2006
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Residency
- University of Chicago Medicine
Fellowship
- University of Chicago Medicine
Other Grad Education
- University of Pennsylvania,PhD
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