Dr. Robert Howard Lustig MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
400 Parnassus Ave Fl 2 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, is nationally recognized in the field of neuroendocrinology, with an emphasis on the regulation of energy balance by ...
Education and Training
Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medicine Research, Pondicherry University 1979
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Endocrinology
Provider Details
Treatments
- Obesity
Fellowships
- UCSF Medical Center, Pediatric Endocrinology 1984
- Rockefeller University, Neuroendocrinology 1986
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