Soumya Adhikari, MD
- Pediatric Endocrinologist, Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (2)
Biography
Soumya Adhikari, M.D., is a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Health℠. He is also a Professor of pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Adhikari’s clinical and research interests include beta cell preservation in type-1 diabetes and leveraging the electronic health record to improve outcomes in children with endocrinologic disorders.
D Magazine has continuously awarded Dr. Adhikari recognition as a Best Pediatric Specialist from 2010 to 2022. He is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, a member of the Pediatric Society of Greater Dallas and a member of the Pediatric Endocrine Society. His published research work covers topics that include pediatrics, childhood obesity and type-1 diabetes.
“The power to make a difference in a child’s life while satisfying my intellectual curiosity is something no other field could offer me,” he says.
Dr. Adhikari spends his leisure time trying to keep up with his kids and often rooting for all his downtrodden sports teams.
“The power to make a difference in a child’s life while satisfying my intellectual curiosity is something no other field could offer me”
Dr. Soumya AdhikariEducation and Training
- Medical School
- University of Miami Medical School (2001)
- Internship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2002), Pediatrics
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2004), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2007), Pediatric Endocrinology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Endocrinology
Conditions Treated
- 22q deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome VCFS)
- Adolescent delayed puberty
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Joint disorders and joint pain in children
- Klinefelter syndrome (KS)
- McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS)
- Neonatal diabetes
- Pediatric acromegaly (gigantism)
- Pediatric Addisons disease (hypocortisolism)
- Pediatric adrenal carcinomas
- Pediatric adrenal disorders
- Pediatric adrenal mass
- Pediatric anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Pediatric and adolescent Turner syndrome (TS)
- Pediatric androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Pediatric central diabetes insipidus (CDI)
- Pediatric constitutional growth delay
- Pediatric Cushing's syndrome
- Pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Pediatric follicular thyroid cancer (FTC)
- Pediatric Graves' disease
- Pediatric growth hormone deficiency
- Pediatric hyperaldosteronism
- Pediatric hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)
- Pediatric hyperinsulinism
- Pediatric hyperparathyroidism
- Pediatric hyperthyroidism
- Pediatric hypogonadism
- Pediatric hypoparathyroidism
- Pediatric hypothyroidism
- Pediatric Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS)
- Pediatric Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
- Pediatric mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
- Pediatric medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)
- Pediatric multinodular goiter (MNG)
- Pediatric multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
- Pediatric papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
- Pediatric parathyroid mass
- Pediatric pheochromocytoma
- Pediatric pituitary lesions
- Pediatric Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
- Pediatric pre-diabetes
- Pediatric short stature
- Pediatric thyroid carcinoma (cancer)
- Pediatric thyroid disorders
- Pediatric thyroid nodules
- Pediatric thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease)
- Pediatric type 1 diabetes
- Pediatric type 2 diabetes
- Precocious puberty (early puberty) in children
- Thalassemia in children
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Departments and Programs
Locations
- This provider may offer virtual appointments. Please review our Virtual Visit Specialty Clinics page for instructions on setting up a visit.
