The Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Program trains pediatricians to become leaders in research and clinical care of children and adolescents with endocrine diseases and diabetes mellitus.
The Division of Pediatric Endocrinology provides two to three years of clinical and research fellowship training. The program is accredited and supervised by the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS).
Aim of the Program:
At the end of the rotation, the Fellow/Resident would have acquired knowledge concerning:
- Basic embryology, anatomy, and physiology of Endocrine glands
- Hormone actions and difference between lipophilic and hydrophilic hormones
- Pathophysiology of sex differentiation
- Pathophysiology of human growth.
At the end of the rotation, the Fellow would have demonstrated the following skills:
- Interpret hormone stimulation/inhibition tests.
- Read bone age X-ray.
- Assess, diagnose, manage a child with each of the following:
- Type I Diabetes Mellitus, Type II Diabetes Mellitus & other types of OM
- Short stature
- Childhood obesity
- Congenital and acquired hypothyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism and goiter
- Panhypopituitarism
- Diabetes insipidus
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypocalcemia/Rickets & other Calcium Disorders
- Ambiguous genitalia
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Precocious/delayed puberty
- Neonatal hypoglycemia
- Other Endocrine disorders
Program Outcomes:
- Fellows are expected to acquire the technical and procedural skills necessary to enable them to provide complete, clinical, patient care services, including hormonal result interpretation, reading and interpreting bone age, conducting prolonged hormonal testing and technology in diabetes management like insulin pump therapy initiation, fine-tuning, and sensors initiation and interpretations.
- The program provides a supportive environment in which fellows assume graduated levels of independence in caring as they advance in the program.
Academic Activities
- Faculty and fellows in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology are active participants in all educational activities, including Residents' and Interns' education.
- These activities include didactic lectures, problem-based learning sessions as well as clinical patient rounds.
- Additional formalized activities include one hour per week attendance at the Research Journal Club of the Pediatric Department presented by faculty and fellows.
- Once a month, Pediatric Endocrine City Round activity is held, while the Adult/Pediatric Endocrine Meeting and Pediatric Grand Rounds are held once every week.
- Instruction in evidence-based medicine and Clinical Research, such as research design, bioethics, and biostatistics, is offered through a course organized for all fellows at KAIMRC.
- Moreover, the fellows are allowed to attend at least one national conference meeting each year.
Program Governance:
The Training Program in its entirety is overseen by the Program Director, Dr. Angham AI Mutair, Head and Consultant of the Pediatric Endocrinology Division, with the full support of the Pediatric Endocrinology Medical Staff: Prof. Ibrahim AI Alwan, Dr. Mohsen AI Atawi, and Dr. Mohammed AI Dubayee.
Contact Us
Dr. Angham AI Mutair
Director, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellowship Training Program
Head and Consultant, Pediatric Endocrinology
Department of Pediatrics and
Assistant Professor, COM, KSAU-HS
King Abdulaziz Medical City, MNGHA