Treating Short Stature: Pediatric Endocrinologist on Growth Hormone Deficiency, Achondroplasia &More

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If you or a family member has been diagnosed with Short Stature or a Growth Disorder, let a world-class expert answer your questions. Dr. Brad Miller is a Pediatric Endocrinologist who focuses on growth problems associated with familial short stature, growth hormone deficiency, and genetic syndromes such as Achondroplasia, Cushing's syndrome, Turner syndrome, Down syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, and more.

Dr. Miller is part of the Rare Disease Center of Excellence at M Health Fairview, a collaboration among University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview Health Services of Medicine. M Health Fairview is one of only 31 Rare Disease Centers of Excellence designated by NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders). These institutions are cutting-edge facilities, with the goal to provide standards of specialized care and disease management for people living with rare disease and their families.

Want to know more about Dr. Miller? Meet him, learn more about his background, training, credentials, and research, and request an appointment with his team here: https://www.medifind.com/conditions/s...

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0:00 - Meet Dr. Miller
0:06 - What is Short Stature / Growth Disorders?
01:43 - What causes Short Stature?
05:13 - How common is Short Stature?
06:34 - Are there different types
of Short Stature disorders?
08:17 - Are Short Stature and
Dwarfism (Achondroplasia) the same?
09:11 - How is Short Stature diagnosed?
11:12 - What causes growth
hormone deficiency (GHD)?
12:35 - At what age do you start
to consider Short Stature
as a possible affliction?
15:14 - What kinds of tests or scans
does a patient undergo?
17:12 - What are the treatment
options for Short Stature?
19:29 - How do growth hormones
work in treating Short Stature?
21:30 - Can children with Short
Stature grow to be average size?
23:29 - How is treatment for
Short Stature evolving?
25:53 - What rare diseases associated
with short stature do you treat?
26:55 - What are the long term consequences
of treating patients with growth hormones?
30:41 - Can short stature cause other health
problems later in life for patients?
32:19 - Why is a whole team approach to
treatment important?
33:10 - What distinguishes M Health Fairview
from other health systems?

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