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Office
1468 Madison Ave
Bldg 4
New York, NY 10029Phone+1 212-241-6936Fax+1 212-426-2132
Summary
- Joan Han, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Han earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center, and pursued further advanced training in a clinical research fellowship at Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to joining Mount Sinai, she was Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Pediatric Obesity Program at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She is board certified in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, and Obesity Medicine and has published broadly in these fields. Dr. Han’s primary research efforts focus on the neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance and cognitive functioning as well as the genetic, environmental, and behavioral determinants of metabolic health in the general population and in patients with rare genetic disorders associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes. She has served as a Pediatric Associate Editor for the International Journal Obesity. She is a member of the Society for Pediatric Research, the American Pediatric Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, and the Obesity Society, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical Center/Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHDFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2004 - 2007
- University of Florida College of Medicine JacksonvillePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2003 - 2004
- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1999 - 2002
- Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1999
- Harvard UniversityA.B., Biochemical Sciences, Magna Cum Laude, 1991 - 1995
Certifications & Licensure
- NY State Medical License 2020 - 2026
- TN State Medical License 2013 - 2022
- FL State Medical License 2002 - 2014
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
- American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Characterization of WAGR Syndrome and Other Chromosome 11 Gene Deletions Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 11
- Setmelanotide Phase 2 Treatment Trial in Participants With Rare Genetic Disorders of Obesity Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 10
- Diabetes Prevention Program in Youth Start of enrollment: 2015 Mar 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsThe Genetics of Obesity.Juwairriyyah Siddiqui, Clint E Kinney, Joan C Han
Pediatric Clinics of North America. 2024-10-01 - Prediction of resting energy expenditure for adolescents with severe obesity: A multi-centre analysis.Amy A Rydin, Cameron Severn, Laura Pyle, Nazeen Morelli, Ashley H Shoemaker
Pediatric Obesity. 2024-07-01 - 5 citationsManagement of Monogenic and Syndromic Obesity.Joan C Han, Marcus C Rasmussen, Alison R Forte, Stephanie B Schrage, Sarah K Zafar
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America. 2023-12-01
Press Mentions
- Leading Pediatricians' Group Calls for More Aggressive Treatment of Childhood ObesityJanuary 9th, 2023
- New Childhood Obesity Guidelines Advise Drugs, Surgery as Treatment Options in Some CasesJanuary 9th, 2023
- New Guidelines to Treat Childhood Obesity Include Drugs and Surgery for the First TimeJanuary 9th, 2023
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