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Craig A. Alter

Craig A. Alter MD

Pediatrics
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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Craig A. Alter, MD, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and recipient of the Thomas Moshang Jr Endowed Chair of Pediatrics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He was been elected as a Director of the Pediatric Endocrine Society. He was named "Master Clinician" at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Alter was the recipient of the 2011 University of Pennsylvania Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Alter completed his undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated summa cum laude with majors in Mathematics, Chemistry, and a minor in French. He attended Harvard Medication School in a joint program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he graduated with honors. He completed his residency at Harvard’s Boston Children’s Hospital before his fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. As a fellow, he was awarded Fellow Teacher of the Year.

Following his fellowship, he joined the faculty of the University of Massachusetts where was awarded the Faculty Teaching Award and where he developed the Diabetes Center for Children. In 1999, Dr. Alter returned to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and developed the satellite and outreach programs in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. After serving as Medical Director of the Clara Barton Diabetes Camp, he founded Philadelphia’s only diabetes camp (Camp Freedom) in 2001. Dr. Alter’s clinical and research focus is on Neuroendocrinology where he serves as Director of the Pituitary Center. He continues to lecture nationally on disorders of the pituitary gland and diabetes insipidus.

Dr. Alter’s interests included diabetes insipidus, disorders of the pituitary, panhypopituitarism, prolactinoma, pituitary tumors, growth disorders, disorders of puberty, gynecomastia, Turner Syndrome, and thyroid disorders. In his role as Director of the Pituitary Center, he works closely with Neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology, and Neuroradiology. Dr. Alter is a renowned speaker in pediatric endocrinology at national and international pediatric endocrinology conferences. He also has written several “Medical Mystery” columns in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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