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George A. Burghen, MD, MS, FAAP, is a professor of pediatrics and chief of
the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in the College of Medicine at the
University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) in Memphis. He is also a
professor of nursing in the College of Nursing at UTHSC and director of
endocrinology at Le Bonheur Children's Medical
Center.
After receiving his medical degree at the University of Mississippi in
Jackson, he completed both an internship and a residency in pediatrics at the
University of Missouri in Columbia. As a major in the U.S. Army, he spent his
tour of duty at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious
Diseases at Fort Detrick, Md. At the University of Tennessee, he completed his
pediatric endocrinology fellowship training and earned a master's degree in
biochemistry.
Dr. Burghen was a recipient of a research career development award from the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. He is a long-time
member of and volunteer for the American Diabetes Association and has served
on its national board of directors. His current interests include the
childhood obesity epidemic, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, diabetes education,
and camping for youth with diabetes. He is the founder of Camp Hopewell, a
camp for children with diabetes, established in 1976.
Footnotes
Diana W. Guthrie, PhD, FAAN, CDE, BC-ADM, and Richard A. Guthrie, MD, FAAP,
FACE, CDE, were the associate editors in charge of coordinating this From
Research to Practice section.
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