Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology

Developing New Care Models for Pediatric T2D

February 09, 2021
Clinic explores strategies to diagnose sooner, improve care continuity.

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Ashley Shoemaker, M.D.

Ashley Shoemaker, M.D., M.S.C.I., is assistant professor of pediatrics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her clinical interests include early onset obesity, hypothalamic obesity and pseudohypoparathyroidism.

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