Catherine Choong
Dr Choong is a consultant Paediatric Endocrinologist at the Perth Childrens Hospital and Clinical Professor in the Division of Paediatrics, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia. She has been a previous President of the Australasian Endocrine Group and served as the Chair of the APEG Subcommittee evaluating the outcome of Growth Hormone Therapy in Australian Children (Ozgrow). She was a previous member of the Council of the Endocrine Society of Australia. She is a member of the Growth Hormone Research Society Executive Committee and has participated in a number of international perspectives on growth hormone therapy. Dr Choong is the lead endocrinologist for the Childhood Cancer Survivorship Programme at Perth Children’s Hospital.
Her research includes investigation of the aetiology and effects of treatment of paediatric endocrine patients with conditions affecting growth and adrenal function; and endocrine and metabolic outcomes of cancer therapy in survivors. Currently, she has a specific interest in hypothalamic and pituitary endocrinopathy. This stems from her clinical work managing patients following treatment of intracranial lesions including medulloblastoma and Craniopharyngioma and individuals with Prader Willi Syndrome.
She enjoys national and international collaborations with pediatric endocrinologists and other clinicians in both clinical and research initiatives. She has been the Chair of the Scientific Advisory and Safety Committee of the Child and Adolescent Human Research Ethics Committee/Institutional Review Board since 2006. She is currently the President of the Pediatric and Child Health Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and in this role is involved in advocacy for improvement in child and adolescent health in Australasia with a specific focus on development of sustainable practices in health systems to mitigate the environmental effects of climate change on the well -being of children .
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