Sajal Patel, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes and UAB Medicine Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism earned her medical degree from Mercer University in Macon, GA. Dr. Patel completed her internal medicine and pediatrics residency at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. She completed her Adult and Pediatrics Endocrinology Combined Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. Her clinical interests include transgender medicine, health care transition from pediatric to adult, and pediatric thyroid clinic.

John R. Sands, M.D., professor in the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, earned his medical degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. Dr. Sands completed his pediatric residency at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.