Mark A. Sperling
An internationally recognized authority in Pediatric Endocrinology, his research focused on the hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism in the fetus, newborn and child with emphasis on insulin and growth hormone in health and disease. He served on the editorial boards of several well known Endocrine journals currently serving on the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is the editor in chief of “Pediatric Diabetes” the journal of the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes. He edits the textbooks “Pediatric Endocrinology” and “Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Etiology and Treatment”. His cv lists over 200 publications.
He is a member of several scientific societies, including the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians. He served on the American Board of Pediatrics (Endocrinology), on the council of the Society for Pediatric Research, the Maternal and Child Health research Committee of the national Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Diabetes Advisory Board. He was President ft the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society (The pediatric Society of North America) in 2002-2003.
Dr Sperling considers his most rewarding achievements the mentoring of future leaders in the field of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes; his former trainees include chiefs of Pediatric endocrinology at universities in the USA, Australia and New Zealand and faculty at various Endocrine programs.
