Michael Gottschalk, MD, PhD

Dr. Michael Gottschalk is Chief of the Endocrinology/Diabetes Division at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and a Clinical Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Graduating from Holy Cross College, he went on to attend the University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School, where he earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry, graduated with honors and was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Upon completing his pediatric residency and a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles, he joined the faculty at Loyola University in Chicago. In 1996, he moved to San Diego.

Dr. Gottschalk treats children and adolescents with a wide range of endocrine disorders and diabetes mellitus. He continues to focus time on various research pursuits, including growth hormone treatments and type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus.

Representative Publications:

Autoimmune thyroiditis and acquired hypothyroidism in an infant with severe combined immunodeficiency due to adenosine deaminase deficiency

Successful use of long acting octreotide in two cases with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndhronic illnesses and their medical teamrome and severe hypoglycemia

Transition to adult care: systematic assessment of adolescents with chronic illnesses and their medical teams

Antithymocyte globulin therapy for patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: 2 year results of a randomised trial

Influence of specific individual and environmental variables on the relationship between body mass index and health-related quality of life in overweight and obese adolescents