Dr. Lynda Karen Fisher MD
Endocronologist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Endocrinology
4650 W Sunset Blvd Ms# 61 Los Angeles CA, 90027About
Dr. Lynda Fisher is a pediatric endocrinologist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Fisher specializes in growth, puberty, diabetes or other disorders related to hormones that produce certain conditions in children and growing young adults. Pediatric endocrinologists possess copious knowledge on hormone chemicals and how they can affect other parts of the body and their functions.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1970
State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine 1970
University at Buffalo State University of New York School of Medicine & Biomedical Sciences 1969
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Future developments in insulin pump therapy: progression from continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion to a sensor-pump system.
- The selection of children and adolescents for treatment with continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII).
- Salt-wasting 21-hydroxylase deficiency congenital adrenal hyperplasia and pyloric stenosis in two Hispanic brothers.
- Metabolic outcomes in young children with type 1 diabetes differ between
Awards
- Southern California Super Doctors 2012
Treatments
- Birth Defects
- Hyperthyroidism
- Graves' Disease
Fellowships
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Growth/Development Disord
- Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatric Endocrinology
- CHILDREN'S HSP/LOS ANGELES, CA 1972
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