Joel N Hirschhorn MD
Concordia Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital
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333 Longwood AveBoston, MA 02115
Phone+1 617-355-7476
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Education & Training
Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 1997 - 2000- Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston Medical CenterResidency, Pediatrics, 1995 - 1997
Harvard Medical SchoolClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
MA State Medical License 2000 - 2027
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Endocrinology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2006
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Genomic analyses implicate hormonal and metabolic dysregulation in polycystic ovary syndrome.Loes M E Moolhuijsen, Jia Zhu, Benjamin H Mullin, Natàlia Pujol-Gualdo, Ky'Era V Actkins
Nature Genetics. 2026-05-01 - Blood DNA methylation markers are associated with diabetic kidney disease progression in type 1 diabetes.Anna Syreeni, Emma H Dahlström, Laura J Smyth, Claire Hill, Stefan Mutter
Diabetologia. 2026-05-01 - 1 citationsGenetics of skeletal proportions across two different populations.Eric Bartell, Kuang Lin, Kristin Tsuo, Wei Gan, Sailaja Vedantam
American Journal of Human Genetics. 2026-04-02
Press Mentions
- The Genetics of Height: Coming Close to Cracking the CodeOctober 18th, 2022
Hydroxychloroquine Is a Cheap and Effective Remedy for COVID-19: Anthony Fauci’s “Big Lie”September 30th, 2020
Don’t Judge, Wait, and Know the Science: InterSex,the Body and the SelfJanuary 30th, 2020
Grant Support
- Biological Insights from Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Across the Allelic SpectrumBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL2007–2028
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- A functional genomics pipeline for genetic discovery in diabetic kidney diseaseBROAD INSTITUTE, INC.2022–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
- RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISMBOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL1992–2027
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