Robert Rapaport, MD Email Robert Rapaport
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- Position
- PROFESSOR | Pediatrics, Endocrinology and Diabetes
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- Specialties
- Pediatrics
- Pediatric Endocrinology
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- Languages
- English
- Spanish
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- Hospital Affiliations
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- Mount Sinai Queens
- Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
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- Phone
- Annenberg Building 212-241-6936 212-241-6936
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Robert Rapaport, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes in the Jack and Lucy Clark Department of Pediatrics at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. He is also the Emma Elizabeth Sullivan Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Director of the Growth Center. Dr. Rapaport received his medical degree from State University of New York - Downstate Medical Center, training in Pediatrics at Schneider's Children's Hospital (Long Island Jewish Hospital - Hillside Medical Center) and his fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia and New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York. He has published numerous articles and chapters including chapters in major Pediatric (Nelson) and Pediatric Endocrinology (Sperling, Lifshitz and Pescovitz) textbooks. Dr. Rapaport’s current research interests include growth and growth hormone in children born SGA, neonatal thyroid disease, growth hormone-immune interactions, aspects of childhood diabetes and pubertal disorders.
Certifications
Pediatric Endocrinology
American Board of Pediatrics
Clinical Focus
- Autoimmune Hypothyroidism
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Delayed Puberty
- Graves Disease
- Growth Failure
- Growth Hormone Deficiency
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Kleinfelter Syndrome
- Neurofibromatosis
- Obesity
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Precocious Puberty
- Rickets
- Turner Syndrome
- Type 1 Diabetes
- Type 2 Diabetes
Education
MD, S.U.N.Y., Health Science Center
Residency, Pediatrics
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology
St. Christopher's Hosp. for Child.
Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology
New York Hospital Cornell University Med Ctr
Languages
English, Spanish
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