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Office
Nih Clinical Ctr
Building 10 CRC Room 12740
Bethesda, MD 20892Phone+1 301-496-0718Fax+1 301-402-5618
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center/Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHDFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1994 - 1997
- Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaResidency, Pediatrics, 1991 - 1994
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- MD State Medical License 1995 - 2025
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
Clinical Trials
- Three Drug Combination Therapy Versus Conventional Treatment of Children With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Start of enrollment: 1995 Jun 08
- Natural History Study of Patients With Excess Androgen Start of enrollment: 2006 Jan 02
- Comparison of Cortisol Pump With Standard Treatment for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Start of enrollment: 2013 May 06
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsSexual dimorphism in anxiety is programmed in-utero by sex-steroids: Proof of concept using a disease-model and stress responses to COVID pandemic.Monique Ernst, Hugo Cogo-Moreira, Jay Desai, Deborah P Merke
Psychiatry Research. 2024-01-01 - 5 citationsThe management of congenital adrenal hyperplasia during preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum.Jacqueline Yano Maher, Veronica Gomez-Lobo, Deborah P Merke
Reviews in Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders. 2023-02-01 - 1 citationsPrecocious Puberty in a Boy With Bilateral Leydig Cell Tumors due to a Somatic Gain-of-FunctionVariant.Chelsi Flippo, Vipula Kolli, Melissa Andrew, Seth Berger, Tricia Bhatti
Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2022-10-01
Journal Articles
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Due to Steroid 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice GuidelineSharon E Oberfield, Walter L Miller, Perrin C White, Deborah P Merke, Richard J Auchus, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
- Long‐Term Use of Continuous Subcutaneous Hydrocortisone Infusion Therapy in Patients with Congenital Adrenal HyperplasiaAshwini Mallappa, Aikaterini A Nella, Deborah P Merke, Clinical Endocrinology
Lectures
- Rethinking Adrenal Androgens in Physiology and DiseaseENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/24/2019
- Transition, New Insights into Etiology, and PrescriptionsENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/26/2019
- Transition, New Insights into Etiology, and Prescriptions (Repeat)ENDO 2019 - New Orleans, LA - 3/26/2019
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Other
- Diagnosis of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiencyMerke DP
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/diagnosis-of-classic-congenital-adrenal-hyperplasia-due-to-21-hydro
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-08-02 - Genetics and clinical presentation of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiencyMerke DP
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/genetics-and-clinical-presentation-of-classic-congenital-adrenal-hy
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-04 - Treatment of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency in infants and childrenMerke DP
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/treatment-of-classic-congenital-adrenal-hyperplasia-due-to-21-hydro
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-12
Press Mentions
- Tenascin-X—Discovery and Early ResearchJanuary 11th, 2021
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