Denis Daneman

Biography

Dr. Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCP(C), joined SickKids as a resident in paediatrics in 1975 and as a staff endocrinologist in 1981. He was named Paediatrician-in-Chief in 2006. The Chief Paediatrician is the leading physician at SickKids. The incumbent holds the R.S. McLaughlin Foundation Chair in Paediatrics and is Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. From 1992 to 2006 Dr. Daneman served as Head of the Division of Endocrinology, and from 2000 to 2005 he was Associate Chief of Research (Clinical). His clinical care activities are comprehensive tertiary care of children and teens with diabetes, and care of children with endocrine disorders. His research focuses on factors affecting metabolic control and the early onset of complications in children and teens with type-1 diabetes. Other research interests include diabetes mellitus, insulin resistance, eating disorders, microvascular complications, health care delivery to youth with diabetes, and early diabetic nephropathy. He received his medical degree at University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and trained in paediatrics and paediatric endocrinology at The Hospital for Sick Children and at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh.

Research Interest

diabetes mellitus insulin resistance