Joel N Hirschhorn MD
Concordia Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
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333 Longwood AveBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-7476
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Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1997 - 2000- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1997
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2006
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 1 citationsFunctional genomics of human skeletal development and the patterning of height heritability.Daniel Richard, Pushpanathan Muthuirulan, Mariel Young, Loic Yengo, Sailaja Vedantam
Cell. 2025-01-09 - 2 citationsContributions of Common Genetic Variants to Constitutional Delay of Puberty and Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.Margaret F Lippincott, Evan C Schafer, Anna A Hindman, Wen He, Raja Brauner
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2024-12-18 - Associations between phenotypes of childhood and adolescent obesity and incident hypertension in young adulthood.Ruth G St Fleur, Marian Tanofsky-Kraff, Jack A Yanovski, Nicholas J Horton, Laura Reich
International Journal of Obesity. 2024-12-16
Press Mentions
- The Genetics of Height: Coming Close to Cracking the CodeOctober 18th, 2022
Hydroxychloroquine Is a Cheap and Effective Remedy for COVID-19: Anthony Fauci’s “Big Lie”September 30th, 2020
Don’t Judge, Wait, and Know the Science: InterSex,the Body and the SelfJanuary 30th, 2020- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Biological Insights from Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Across the Allelic SpectrumBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL2007–2028
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- Phenotyping obesity using behavioral, psychological, physiological, familial, and genetic dataBROWN UNIVERSITY2021–2025
- Phenotyping obesity using behavioral, psychological, physiological, familial, and genetic dataBROWN UNIVERSITY2021–2025
- Phenotyping obesity using behavioral, psychological, physiological, familial, and genetic dataBROWN UNIVERSITY2021–2025
- Metabolomics from a Controlled Feeding Study and Large Cohorts to Identify Diet-Associated Biomarkers, Augmented by Genetics to Infer Causality for Cardiometabolic OutcomesBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL2020–2025
- Genome-Wide Association Studies Of Diabetic NephropathyNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2009–2012
- Genetics Of Cardiovascular Risk Factors In Large Founder Population Birth ControlNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009
- Association Of A SNP Upstream Of INSIG2 With BMINational Center For Research Resources2007
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