Meet the Pediatric Diabetes Care Team

Pediatric Diabetes Experts

When you visit Joslin Diabetes Center's Pediatric Clinic, you can trust that your child is in the best hands. Our center is internationally recognized for diabetes care, and our practice is exclusively devoted to caring for children and teens with the condition. Our clinical team includes board-certified pediatric endocrinologists and nurse practitioners who specialize in treating the disease in children.

Not only do we offer expert diabetes care, but we also treat a range of other health conditions caused by disorders of the endocrine gland and its hormones. Our clinical team is on top of the latest research and techniques to treat any disorder that affects growth, the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, lipids and reproductive organs.

Lori Laffel, MD, MPH
Lori Laffel, MD, MPH Chief, Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section
Section Head, Clinical, Behavioral and Outcomes Research
Director, Clinical Translational Research Core
Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
Sanjeev Mehta, MD, MPH
Sanjeev Mehta, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer
Chief Medical Information Officer
Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes Research Interest Genetics and Epidemiology
Elvira Isganaitis, MD, MPH
Elvira Isganaitis, MD, MPH Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes Research Interest Integrative Physiology and Metabolism
Bharti Deswal, MD
Bharti Deswal, MD Pediatric Diabetes
Debbie Butler, MSW, LICSW, CDE
Debbie Butler, MSW, LICSW, CDE Director, Behavioral Health and Pediatric Programs Behavioral Health, Pediatric Diabetes Research Interest Clinical Behavioral and Outcomes
Persis Commissariat, PhD, CDCES
Persis Commissariat, PhD, CDCES Behavioral Health, Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes, Young Adult Diabetes Research Interest Clinical Behavioral and Outcomes
Joyce Keady, RN, MSN, CPNP
Joyce Keady, RN, MSN, CPNP Pediatric Diabetes
Christine Turcotte, MS, RN, MSN, CPNP
Christine Turcotte, MS, RN, MSN, CPNP Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
Katherine Wentzell, MSN, PNP
Katherine Wentzell, MSN, PNP Pediatric Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes

Pediatric Diabetes

Joslin Diabetes Center's Pediatric Care Program provides expert diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes for children.