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Office
13123 E 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045Phone+1 720-777-1234
Summary
- Dr. Melanie Cree is a pediatric endocrinologist in Denver, CO and is affiliated with Children's Hospital Colorado. She received her medical degree from University of Texas Medical Branch and has been in practice 10 years. She is experienced in precocious puberty, pediatric diabetes, growth disorders, childhood obesity, and pediatric thyroid disease. She specializes in treating teens with type 2 diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome and is the Director of the multi-disciplinary PCOS clinic at Children's hospital Colorado.
Education & Training
- University of ColoradoFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2011 - 2014
- University of ColoradoResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011
- University of Texas Medical Branch School of MedicineClass of 2007
- Bryn Mawr CollegeB.A., Biology, Chemistry, 1995 - 1999
Certifications & Licensure
- CO State Medical License 2011 - 2025
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- High patient satisfaction award Childrens Hospital Colorado, 2018
- Highest Patient Satisfaction Award Children’s Hospital Colorado, 2017
- Early Investigators Award Endocrine Society, 2016
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Clinical Trials
- Liver and Fat Regulation in Overweight Adolescent Girls Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
- Sleep Timing and Insulin Resistance in Adolescents With Obesity Start of enrollment: 2015 Oct 01
- Post-Prandial Liver Glucose Metabolism in PCOS Start of enrollment: 2017 Apr 14
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Fasting intact insulin by mass spectrometry is associated with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease in youth.Helaina E Huneault, Jaclyn S Lo, Shasha Bai, Zhulin He, Michael J McPhaul
Hepatology Communications. 2024-12-01 - Differences in cardiorespiratory fitness by gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist treatment before and after testosterone in transgender adolescents.Natalie J Nokoff, Travis Nemkov, Samantha Bothwell, Melanie G Cree, Kelly N Z Fuller
Journal of Applied Physiology. 2024-11-01 - 1 citationsMuscle mitochondrial function is impaired in adults with type 1 diabetes.Daniel Gottlieb, Layla A Abushamat, Kristen J Nadeau, Judith G Regensteiner, Jane E B Reusch
Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 2024-08-01
Journal Articles
- Identifying the Critical Gaps in Research on Sex Differences in Metabolism Across the Life SpanReusch JEB, Kumar TR, Regensteiner JG, Zeitler PS; Conference Participants, Endocrinology, 1/1/2018
- Insulin Resistance, Hyperinsulinemia, and Mitochondria Dysfunction in Nonobese Girls With Polycystic Ovarian SyndromeM. Cree-Green; H. Rahat; B.R. Newcomer; B.C. Bergman; M.S. Brown; G.V. Coe; L. Newnes; Y. Garcia-Reyes; S. Bacon; J.E. Thurston; L. Pyle; A. Scherzinger; K. J. Nadeau, J Endocr Soc, 1/1/2017
- Increased Hepatic Steatosis in Obese Adolescents with Hyperandrogenism Relates to Peripheral Insulin Resistance and Markers of De Novo LipogenesisM. Cree-Green, B. Bergman, G.L. Coe, L. Newnes, A. Sherzinger, L. Pyle, K.J. Nadeau, Obesity, 1/1/2016
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Modeling tissue-specific insulin resistance in obese adolescent girls during an oral glucose tolerance testC. Diniz Behn , B.C. Bergman, K.J. Nadeau, M. Cree-Green, SIAM, 1/1/2018
- Comparing methods for estimating the rate of appearance of exogenous glucose in an oral glucose tolerance testKai, M. Cree-Green, B.C. Bergman, K.J. Nadeau, C. Diniz Behn, SIAM, 1/1/2018
- Associations between Liver Stiffness by Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE), Liver Phospholipids Metabolites and Post-OGTT Metabolism in Obese Adolescent girls with ...A-M Carreau, T Jensen, Y Garcia-Reyes, H Rahat, D Befroy, BR Newcomer, MS Brown, KJ Nadeau, M Cree-Green, Keystone Symposia on Obesity and NAFLD, 1/1/2018
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Lectures
- Assessment of metabolic disease in youthBethesda, MD - 1/1/2017
- Methods of assessing insulin action in humansAurora, CO - 1/1/2017
- Interactions between sleep and metabolic diseaseWright Sleep Lab, Boulder, CO - 1/1/2017
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Press Mentions
- Why More Doctors Are Treating Children and Adolescents with Weight Loss DrugsOctober 26th, 2024
- Are More People Being Diagnosed With PCOS?September 10th, 2023
- Ozempic's Latest Reported Side Effect: PregnancyApril 20th, 2024
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Professional Memberships
- Endocrine SocietyMember
- Pediatric Endocrine SocietyMember
- American Federation for Medical ResearchMember
- American Physiology SocietyMember
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