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Katherine Lord, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Dr. Lord's research focuses on congenital hyperinsulinism, a rare disorder resulting in severe hypoglycemia at birth.
Education and Training
BA, Northwestern University (History), 2000
MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School Of Medicine, 2007
Residency, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital (Pediatrics)
Fellowship, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatric Endocrinology)
Titles and Academic Titles
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Medical Director of the Inpatient Endocrinology Service
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Publication Highlights
Sheppard SE, Barrett B, Muraresku C, McKnight H, De Leon D, Lord K, Ganetzky R. Heterozygous recurrent HNF4A variant p.Arg85Trp causes Fanconi renotubular syndrome 4 with maturity onset diabetes of the young, an autosomal dominant phenocopy of Fanconi Bickel syndrome with colobomas. Am J Med Genet A. 2021 Feb; 185(2): 566-570. PubMed PMID: 33251707
Lord K, DeLeon DD. Meeting Report: Updates in the Diagnosis and Management of Hyperinsulinism and Neonatal Hypoglycemia: Highlights from the Fourth International Hyperinsulinism Symposium. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2020 Jun; 17(3): 268-277. PubMed PMID: 32741158
Kaushal T, Lord K, Olsen R, Mehta S, Clark S, Laskin B, Traynor D, Taylor A, Shaw K, Srinivasan V. Improving Disposition Decision-Making for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Quality Improvement Study. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2020 Feb; 5(2): e260. PubMed PMID: 32426627
Sheppard SE, Lalonde E, Adzick NS, Beck AE, Bhatti T, De Leon DD, Duffy KA, Ganguly A, Hathaway E, Ji J, Linn R, Lord K, Randolph LM, Sajorda B, States L, Conlin LK, Kalish JM. Androgenetic chimerism as an etiology for Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: diagnosis and management. Genet Med. 2019 Nov; 21(11): 2644-2649. PubMed: 31147633