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Fida Bacha, MD

Job Title Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
Division of Endocrinology
4401 Penn Avenue, Suite Floor 3
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-692-5170 Phone
412-692-5834 Fax
Email fida.bacha@chp.edu
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Education and Training

Medical School:

1995 American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
2003 Certificate in Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Residency:

2000 Pediatrics, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY

Fellowship:

2003 Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA

Memberships

  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • American Medical Association
  • American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
  • Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society
  • The Endocrine Society
  • American Diabetes Association 
  • Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
  • Society for Pediatric Research  

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Sub Board of Pediatric Endocrinology
  • ECFMG

Awards

  • Selected to the Global Directory of Who’s Who 
  • Election to the Society of Pediatric Research 
  • 2003, 2006 Travel Grant Award, American Diabetes Association Meeting
  • Advanced Fellowship Award, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Scientific Program
  • Research Fellowship Award, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Scientific Program
  • Scholarship Award to the University of Pittsburgh, Clinical Research Training Program   
  • Fellowship Award, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Research Advisory Committee
  • Travel Grant Award to Endo 2003,  The Endocrine Society’s 85th Annual Meeting
  • Endocrine Fellows Foundation Forum
  • Travel Grant Award, The Society for Pediatric Research, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society 31st Annual Meeting
  • Travel Grant Award to Endo 2002, The Endocrine Society’s 84th Annual Meeting
  • Travel Grant Award, The Society for Pediatric Research, Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society 30th Annual Meeting
  • Dean’s Honor List, American University of Beirut

Publications

  • Bacha F, Gungor N, Arslanian S. Measures of beta-cell function during the oral glucose tolerance test, liquid mixed-meal test, and hyperglycemic clamp test. J Pediatr 152: 618-21,2008.
  • Hannon T, Bacha F, Lin Y, Arslanian S. Hyperinsulinemia in African American (AA) Adolescents Compared with Their American White (AW) Peers Despite Similar Insulin Sensitivity:  A Reflection of Up-Regulated ß-Cell Function? Diabetes Care 31:1445-7,2008.
  • Bacha F, Gungor N, Lee S, Arslanian S: In Vivo Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Obese Youth: What are the Differences between NGT, IGT and Type 2 Diabetes? In review.

    View Dr. Bacha's full list of publications from PubMed.

Research Interests

  • Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in children
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Racial differences in growth and metabolism
  • Childhood obesity  
  • Role of Ghrelin, a newly discovered hormone, in childhood growth and regulation of energy balance
  • The effect of glucose and insulin metabolism on regulation of ghrelin dynamics
  • Role of intrauterine growth retardation in the development of insulin resistance, β-cell dysfunction and yperandrogenism in childhood

Active Research Projects / Grants

  • Preeclampsia and Fetal Origins of Childhood Insulin Resistance and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
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March 24, 2009
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