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Lauren Kanner, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics-Endocrinology and Diabetes

Introduction

Dr Kanner completed her medical school at Rush Medical College of Rush University in Chicago, IL before continuing her training in pediatrics at North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Cohen Children's Hospital. Dr Kanner completed pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the University of Wisconsin and is excited to be a part of the University of Iowa Endocrinology and Diabetes team! Dr Kanner has interests in both diabetes and care of endocrine conditions, with a special interest in female, adolescent endocrinology and quality improvement.

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes
  • Assistant Director of Pediatric Medical Student Education

Research Interests

  • "Waist Circumference as Predictor of Hyperandrogenism in Adolescent Obese Girls"
  • "Diagnosis and Outcome of Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML) at an Urban Public Hospital"
  • "Cost Benefit Quality Improvement for Diabetes Auto-Antibody Testing in New Onset Diabetes"
  • "Incomplete Evaluation and Presumptive Treatment of PCOS Occurs in Adolescents"
  • "A Study of Rare Asthma Susceptibility Alleles in OR12D2 in Asthma Cases and Controls"
  • International Consortium of Young Endocrinologists
  • "Understanding Idiopathic (non-cytotoxic agent related) Premature Ovarian Insufficiency in Adolescents and Young Women"
  • Kordower Lab for Parkinson's disease and stem-cell research
  • "New Onset Isolated Papilledema in a Patient on Growth Hormone"
  • "Ovarian carcinoma in women 40 years old and younger"

Licenses & Certifications

  • Pediatric Endocrinology, American Board of Pediatrics
  • Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics

Selected Publications

  • Edwards A, Kanner L, Tewar S, Pesce L, Leyser M (2023) The Value of Adding Scribe Services to 2 Distinct Pediatric Subspecialties in the Era of the Electronic Medical Record. Clin Pediatr (Phila). May 16:99228231174849. doi: 10.1177/00099228231174849. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37194260
  • Palmer BL and Kanner LA (2022). “Hirsutism.” In PHertwick and M Dwiggins, editor, Clinical Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Handbook, 2nd edition, CRC Press, pp132-138
  • Kanner LA (2022). “Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome.” In PHertwick and M Dwiggins, editor, Clinical Protocols in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology Handbook, 2nd edition, CRC Press pp 236-239
  • Parra Villasmil MG, Kim C, Sato M, Kanner LA (2022). “Rapidly progressive precocious puberty with an elevated testosterone level in a 5-year-old boy with a B-human chorionic gonadotropin-secreting intracranial germ cell tumor in the pineal gland.” Amer Assoc Clin Endocrinol Clin Case Reports 8(4):174-178. doi: 10.1016/j.aace.2022.04.005. PMID: 35959087; PMCID: PMC9363558
  • Kanner, L. A. & Bekx, M. T. (2019). Targeting IA-2 and GAD 65 As A Cost-Saving Approach for Antibody Testing in Children With New-Onset Diabetes. Clinical Diabetes 37 (1) 90-92. DOI: doi.org/10.2337/cd18-0021. PMID: 30705503. PMCID: 6336123.
  • Kanner, L. A., Hakim, J., Davis-Kankanamge, C., Patel, V., Yu, V., Podany, E. & Gomez-Lobo, V. (2018). Non-Cytotoxic Related Primary Ovarian Insufficiency in Adolescents: Multicenter Case Series and Review. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 31 (6) 597-604. DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.jpag.2018.06.006. PMID: 29940314.
  • Kanner LA, Rehm JL, Bekx,MT, Eickhoff J, Allen DB, Connor EL (2018). BMI better predictor of insulin resistance compared to waist circumference in obese adolescent girls. J Ped Adolesc Gynecol 31(2):192.
  • Parra Villasmil, M. G., Kim, C., Sato, M. & Kanner, L. A. Intracranial Non-Germinomatous Germ Cell Tumor (NGGCT) in a Boy with Precocious Puberty. Hormone Research in Pediatrics.
  • I acted as a reviewer for a submission of an article to Journal of Adolescent Health entitled "Timing of onset and duration of puberty and cardiovascular risk factors at 17.5 years" (JAH-2019-00477).
  • Kanner, L. A., Klein, J., Gaffar, M., Pomeranz, H. & Frank, G. New Onset Isolated Asymptomatic Papilledema in Two Patients Treated with Recombinant Growth Hormone. Clinical Pediatrics 57 (4) 471-474. DOI: 10.1177/0009922817698808. PMID: 28952359. PMCID: 5638670.