Karen(Oerter)KleinMD

Board-certified Pediatric Endocrinologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine

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Office
8110 Birmingham Way
San Diego, CA 92123
Phone+1 858-966-4032

Fax+1 858-309-6301

Education & Training

National Institutes of Health Clinical Center/Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHDFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1988 - 1990
Penn State Milton S Hershey Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1985 - 1988
Pennsylvania State University College of MedicineClass of 1985

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1993 - 2026
DE State Medical License 1994 - 2003
NJ State Medical License 1999 - 2001
PA State Medical License 1986 - 2000
MD State Medical License 1988 - 1999
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology

Clinical Trials

Study of Leuprolide Acetate Injectable Suspension in the Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty Start of enrollment: 2015 Aug 31
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Timing of onset of menses after GnRH agonist treatment for central precocious puberty.
Karen O Klein, Marcela Vargas Trujillo, Sanja Dragnic, Stephen Van Komen, Moming Li
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2024-08-27
Treatment of Central Precocious Puberty with a Focus on Girls.
Kanthi Bangalore Krishna, Karen O Klein, Erica A Eugster
Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America. 2024-06-01
Timing of onset of menses after GnRH agonist treatment for central precocious puberty.
Karen O Klein, Marcela Vargas Trujillo, Sanja Dragnic, Stephen Van Komen, Moming Li
Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2024-05-27

Lectures

Managing the Patient with Precocious Puberty: A case based discussion
ENDO 2018: 100th Endocrine Society Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinios - 03/19/2018
Consensus for Estrogen Replacement in Turner Syndrome
ENDO 2018: 100th Endocrine Society Annual Meeting - Chicago, Illinios - 03/18/2018

Press Mentions

Arbor Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Debiopharm International SA Announce Commercial Availability of Triptodur(TM), Triptorelin 6-Month Formulation, FoMay 1st, 2018
FDA: Triptorelin Slows Central Precocious PubertyJuly 10th, 2017
FDA Approves Triptodur for Treatment of Early PubertyJune 30th, 2017