Endocrinology

Patients and Parents

Home Patients and Parents Clinical Services Endocrinology

Clinical Services
- Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
- Cardiology
- Critical Care Transport
- Endocrinology
- Haematology and Oncology
- Immunology, Rheumatology and Allergy
- Metabolic Medicine
- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Paediatric Intensive Care Unit
- Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Neurosurgery
- Orthopaedics
- Paediatric Surgery
- Clinical Genetics
- Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
- Pathology
- Radiology
- Pharmacy
- Integrated Rehabilitation Centre
- Clinical Psychology
- Dietetics
- Occupational Therapy
- Physiotherapy
- Prosthetics and Orthotics
- Speech Therapy
Specialist Outpatient Clinic
Hospitalization
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Private Service
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Medical Social Services Unit
Spiritual Care
Interpretation Service
Patient Resource Centre
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Introduction

As a tertiary paediatric endocrinology unit, we provide evaluation and treatment for children with a broad range of complex or uncommon endocrine conditions and difficult / complicated childhood diabetes. We accept patient referrals from public hospitals and the private sector. We also provide consultation to HKCH patients under the care of other specialties. We adopt a comprehensive family-centered approach in treating the child, not just the disease.

Our team consists of specialists in paediatric endocrinology, paediatricians, nurses and dietitians. We also work closely with other HKCH departments to provide high-quality and integrated multi-disciplinary care.

Endocrine outpatient clinic sessions are held regularly for both new referrals and follow-up patients. For patients with particularly complex conditions requiring inputs from various specialties (e.g. osteogenesis imperfecta, skeletal dysplasia, disorders of sexual differentiation, Prader-Willi Syndrome), multidisciplinary clinics would be set up to provide coordinated care from diagnosis to long term management. Inpatient service is also provided by our team.

Our missions:

To provide high-quality, child and family centered care by a dedicated team for patients with endocrine conditions and diabetes mellitus
To improve patients' clinical outcome and quality of life through scientific research and novel initiatives
To enhance professional and academic development in the field of paediatric endocrinology in Hong Kong through ongoing training and research activities
To collaborate with community partners such as the Youth Diabetes Action to provide support, experience sharing and assistance for patients and families

Scope of Services

We serve children aged below 19 with confirmed or suspected complex endocrine conditions and difficult / complicated childhood diabetes in ambulatory, out-patient and in-patient settings. Our expertise covers a wide range of paediatric endocrine conditions including the following:

Complicated and difficult childhood diabetes mellitus (e.g. children on insulin pumps, poorly controlled diabetes, type 2 diabetes requiring long term insulin treatment, neonatal diabetes, monogenic diabetes / MODY)
Osteogenesis imperfecta and other skeletal dysplasia (e.g. achondroplasia, fibrous dysplasia)
Calcium and phosphate metabolic disorders with genetic etiology (e.g. calcium sensor defects, X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets) or require surgical interventions (e.g. parathyroid adenoma / hyperplasia)
Disorders of sexual differentiation (e.g. ambiguous genitalia, congenital adrenal hyperplasia)
Growth and pubertal problems related to an underlying genetic syndrome (e.g. Turner Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome, Noonan Syndrome, Russell Silver Syndrome)
Endocrine oncology (e.g. Pheochromocytoma, adrenal tumor) and endocrine late effects of cancer survivors