Diabetes and Endocrinology

Nationally ranked

Our pediatric diabetes and endocrinology program ranked among the nation’s best in the 2019–2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Children’s Hospitals survey.

Spanish language support group offers positivity, education

A new Spanish support group for pediatric endocrinology patients and their families provides an emotional and educational space to gain knowledge, share advice, and improve diabetes management. The group was created to support the need for culturally relevant support groups to help families and children continue positive conversations at home.

Home-based telemedicine project awarded at national conference

In 2018, Stephanie Crossen, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics and a Clinical and Translational Science Center scholar, received the Judges’ Award at the Society for Education and the Advancement of Research in Connected Health’s Telehealth Research Symposium for her research on the use of home-based telemedicine to improve care for pediatric patients with poorly controlled Type 1 diabetes. Her study — aimed to determine whether telehealth visits every four-to-eight weeks can ultimately help children reduce their A1C levels — is a pathway to improve diabetes care in children.

“Being treated at UC Davis Children’s Hospital has been a life-changing experience. Everyone who works with me is like family now. I have learned to be grateful despite the circumstances because of the care I have received.” – Ameiah Williams, 15-year-old patient, on her treatment and care at UC Davis Children’s Hospital following her diabetes diagnosis.