Priya Vaidyanathan, MD Acting Division Co-Chief, Endocrinology

Biography

Priya Vaidyanathan, MD, is a board-certified pediatric endocrinologist who has been on the staff of the Children's National Health System since December 2005, soon after completing her pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship. She provides clinical care to patients with diverse endocrine needs, and her research interest is in the field of thyroid disorders.

Specialties

Education & Training

• Fellowship Program, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2005
  Jackson Memorial Hospital
• Residency Program, Pediatrics, 2002
  Children's Hospital of Michigan
• MD, Kilpauk Medical College, Madras, India, 1993
  Kilpauk Medical College

Patient Stories: Priya Vaidyanathan

Lakin's Story

For the Bassler family, this past spring was filled with big changes and new learnings about type 1 diabetes. For Lakin, it was about learning to live with her disease.

News

Children’s National Physicians Named “Top Doctors” By Northern Virginia Magazine

February 01, 2017

Northern Virginia Magazine has named 64 Children’s National Health System physicians to its 2017 list of “Top Doctors.”

Research & Publications

Alternative Splicing of G6PC2 the Gene Coding for the IsletSpecific Glucose6Phosphatase Catalytic SubunitRelated Protein IGRP Results in Differential Expression in Human Thymus and Spleen Comp

(2006) Diabetologia

American Diabetes Association

(2008) Elevated TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone) levels in Children with Type 1 Diabetes

Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society LWPES Meeting

(2006) Clinically Euthyroid Children with Normal Free T4 and Suppressed TSH (thyroid-stimulating hormone)

Transient Pseudohypoladosteronism due to Urinary Tract Infection in Infancy A Report of 4 Cases

(2009) International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology