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Fernando Cassorla, MD

Chief Pediatric Endo
Hospital San Borja-Arriaran
Santiago, CHILE

Medical Doctor Degree 1973, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, Pediatric Residency, Albany Medical Center, New York 1974-1976, Fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology, The Children´s Hospital of Philadelphia 1976-1979, Investigator, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 1979-1993, Clinical Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development 1990-1993, American Board Certification in Pediatrics 1979 and Pediatric Endocrinology 1980, Member, Pediatric Endocrine Society 1980, The Endocrine Society 1981 and Society of Pediatric Research 1986, Emeritus Professor, University of Chile School of Medicine 2025, President, Chilean Academy of Medicine 2025-2027, Full Professor and Chief of Pediatric Endocrinology, Institute of Maternal and Child Research, University of Chile 1993-2024, Director, Institute of Maternal and Child Research 1997-2001, President (1994) and Secretary General (2010-2013) Latin American Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, Principal Investigator of 6 Fondecyt Grants (Chilean Research Council) 1991-2013 , and Co-Investigator of 9 Fondecyt Grants 1994-2022 , Director, M.D. Ph.D. Program, University of Chile School of Medicine 2000-2007, Author of 241 original articles , 36 chapters, and Editor of 4 Textbooks in Pediatric Endocrinology. Mentor of 58 fellows in this specialty, both at NIH and at the University of Chile. Awards: Annual Distinguished Clinical Teacher Award, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health 1991, NIH Director´s Award, 1991 , Elected Member, Chilean Academy of Medicine 2003, Academic Excellence Award, Chilean Society of Pediatrics 2005, Annual Maestro Award, Latin American Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2016, International Research Award, European Society for Pediatric Endocrinology 2022, Annual Maestro Award, Chilean Society of Pediatrics 2023 and Robert Blizzard Award, Human Growth Foundation 2025. Member Editorial Board: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Hormone Research in Pediatrics, Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Journal of the Chilean Endocrine Society.

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