Pallavi Iyer, M.D., associate professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, and Herb Chen, M.D., Chair of the UAB Department of Surgery, are co-editors of a book dedicated to the care of children with thyroid and parathyroid disorders. "Thyroid and Parathyroid Disorders in Children: A Practical Handbook" is designed to offer an approach to diagnosing and treating children with thyroid and parathyroid diseases from international experts in the medical and surgical fields, several of whom are UAB faculty members. The 16 chapter-book is divided into two sections: thyroid and parathyroid, discussing both common and rare disorders along with medical treatments and surgical techniques.

Several UAB pediatric endocrinologists*, surgeons and pathologists are contributing authors for this book.

Chapter 1: Laboratory evaluation of the thyroid function

Diana Lin, M.D. (UAB Department of Pathology)
Jessica Schmitt, M.D. (UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes)

Chapter 2: Imaging of the thyroid gland

Pallavi Iyer, M.D. (UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes)

Chapter 3: Congenital Hypothyroidism

Gail Mick, MD (UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes)

Chapter 7: Thyroid Cancer

Pallavi Iyer, M.D. (UAB Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes)

Chapter 8: Thyroid Surgery

Brenessa Lindeman, M.D. (UAB Department of Surgery)
Jessica Fazendin, M.D. (UAB Department of Surgery)

Chapter 12: Pseudohypoparathyroidism

Ambika P. Ashraf, M.D. (Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes)
Todd D. Nebesio, M.D. (Indiana University, Pediatric Endocrinology)

Chapter 14: Hyperparathyroidism

Kimberly Ramonell, M.D. (Fellow UAB Endocrine Surgery Fellowship)
Erin Partington Buczek, M.D. (UAB Department of Otolarynology)

Chapter 16: Parathyroid Surgery

Herb Chen, M.D. (UAB Department of Surgery)
Jessica Fazendin, M.D. (UAB Department of Surgery)
Rajshri M. Gartland, M.D. (Harvard University Department of Surgery)