Phyllis W. Speiser, MD

Dr. Speiser did her undergraduate work at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. She received her MD from Columbia University, The College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY in 1979. Dr. Speiser went on to complete her internship & residency in Pediatrics at The Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, followed by a research fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at Cornell University Medical Center. After two years as a fellow, Dr. Speiser was appointed as Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at Cornell, where she also held the position of Assistant Program Director of the Children’s Clinical Research Center.

Dr. Speiser has received grant support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for her work on Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. She has been a faculty member of the North Shore-LIJ Health System and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at the Cohen Children’s Medical Center of NY since 1993. Dr. Speiser has served as a member of numerous committees and review boards for regional, national and international organizations. Her current titles include Professor of Pediatrics at the Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine and Assistant Investigator at the Feinstein Institute.

Dr. Speiser is the author or co-author of over 80 peer-reviewed publications and more than 70 reviews and book chapters. She has received the H. Jack Baskin Endocrine Teaching Award from the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and has been recognized among the Best Doctors in NY for the over a decade.

Dr. Speiser has had a long-standing interest in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) and related disorders. She served as Chair of The Endocrine Society Task Force for Clinical Practice Guidelines for CAH from 2008-10 and is on the Medical Advisory Boards of The CARES Foundation and the National Adrenal Diseases Foundation. Other clinical research interests include childhood growth, obesity and diabetes. Dr. Speiser has received foundation funding to study the natural history of diabetes risk factors in middle school children as part of a consortium of several metropolitan New York are hospitals, and has participated in multicenter diabetes trials sponsored by The National Institutes of Health.

Margaret Pellizzari, RN, CDE
Diabetes

Katherine Brunner, RN
Growth

Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Degree: BA
1975

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, New York
Degree: MD
1979

1975 BA Magna cum laude with Honors in Biology, Brandeis University
1990 Cardiovascular Review & Reports, Master Teacher Classic Award
1994-2013 Listed among “The Best Doctors in New York Metro Area,” Castle Connolly Medical Publishers, NY
Listed among “The Best Doctors in New York,” New York Magazine
Listed in “Guide to Top Doctors” published by the Center for the Study of Services, Washington, DC
Listed in “America’s Registry of Outstanding Professional’s”
Listed in Marquis’ Who’s Who in Medicine & Healthcare & Who’s Who in America
Listed in Best Doctors
Listed in Top Pediatricians in America
Listed in Best Doctors US News & World Report
2002 Fellow of the American College of Endocrinology, elected
Listed in Guide to America’s Top Physicians, Consumer Research Council of America
2010 American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists H. Jack Baskin, MD Endocrine Teaching Award

1. Speiser PW. ”Invited editorial: Growth and development: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia-glucocorticoids and height.” Nature Rev Endocrinol 2010; 6: 14-15.
2. Speiser PW, Azziz R, Baskin LS, Ghizzoni L, Hensle TW, Merke DP, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL, Miller WL, Montori VM, Oberfield SE, Ritzen M, White PC. “Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2010; 95: 4133-4160.
3. TODAY Study Group (Speiser P, collaborator). “Design of a family-based lifestyle intervention for youth with type 2 diabetes: the TODAY study.” Int J Obes (Lond). 2010 ;34:217-26.
4. Rosenbaum M, Accacha SD, Altschuler LA, Carey DE, Fennoy I, Lowell BC, Rapaport R, Speiser PW, Shelov S. “The reduce obesity and diabetes (ROAD) project: Design and metholodogical considerations.” Childhood Obesity. 2011; 223-234.
5. Copeland KC, Zeitler P, Geffner M, Guandalini C, Higgins J, Hirst K, Kaufman FR, Linder B, Marcovina S, McGuigan P, Pyle L, Tamborlane W, Willi S; TODAY Study Group (Speiser P, collaborator). “Characteristics of adolescents and youth with recent-onset type 2 diabetes: the TODAY cohort at baseline.” J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011;96:159-67.
6. TODAY Study Group (Speiser P, collaborator), Wilfley D, Berkowitz R, Goebel-Fabbri A, Hirst K, Ievers-Landis C, Lipman TH, Marcus M, Ng D, Pham T, Saletsky R, Schanuel J, Van Buren D. “Binge eating, mood, and quality of life in youth with type 2 diabetes: baseline data from the TODAY study.” Diabetes Care. 2011;34:858-60.
7. Conroy R, Espinal Y, Fennoy I, Accacha S, Boucher-Berry C, Carey DE, Close S, DeSantis D,  Gupta R, Hassoun AA, Iazetti L, Jaques FJ, Jean AM, Michel L, Pavlovich K, Rappaport R, Rosenfeld W, Shamoon E, Shelov S, Speiser PW, Ten S, Rosenbaum M. “Retinol Binding Protein 4 is Associated with Adiposity-Related Co-Morbidity Risk Factors in Children.” J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab 2011; 24: 913-919.
8. Boucher-Berry C, Speiser PW, Carey DE, Shelov SP, Accacha S, Fennoy I, Rapaport R, Espinal Y, Rosenbaum M. “The relationship between Vitamin D, osteocalcin, and risk for adiposity comorbidities in middle school children.” J Bone Mineral Research 2012; 27: 283-293.
9. TODAY Study Group*, Zeitler P, Hirst K, Pyle L, Linder B, Copeland K, Arslanian S, Cuttler L, Nathan DM, Tollefsen S, Wilfley D, Kaufman F. N Engl J Med. 2012 Jun 14;366(24):2247-56. (*P. Speiser listed in supplementary appendix under Clinical Centers, Columbia University).
10. Rosenbaum M, Fennoy I, Accacha S, Altshuler L, Carey DE, Holleran S, Rapaport R, Shelov SP, Speiser PW, Ten S. “Racial/ethnic differences in clinical and biochemical type 2 diabetes mellitus risk factors in children.” Obesity. 2013; in press

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