LinaPaolaHuerta SaenzMDFAAP (She/Her)
Pediatric Endocrinology • Hershey, PAPediatric Diabetes Endocrinology
Pediatric Endocrinologist/ Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Penn State Children's Hospital/Penn State College of Medicine/ Physician-Scientist
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Office
35 Hope Dr
Hershey, PA 17033Phone+1 717-531-8550- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- Dr. Huerta-Saenz currently works as a pediatric endocrinologist and physician-scientist at the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric endocrinology and Diabetes at Penn State Children's Hospital/Penn State College of Medicine. She is currently working on clinical/translational research in pediatric Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes mellitus and medical nutrition therapy (MNT). Her current project is the role of MNT on early onset Type 1 Diabetes.
Education & Training
Children’s Mercy HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, 2011 - 2014
Albert Einstein Healthcare NetworkResidency, Pediatrics, 2008 - 2011- Pontificia Universidad Catolica Del PeruDiploma, Applied Statistics, 2004 - 2005
- Universidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosMedical School, Medicine, 1995 - 2002
National University of San MarcosClass of 2002, Physician - Surgeon
Certifications & Licensure
PA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
KS State Medical License 2014 - 2018
MO State Medical License 2011 - 2018- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Pediatric Research Day - Health Equity Research Award Penn State Health, 2023
- Selected Member of PRIDE CVD-GE Program NHLBI
- Member of the Parents Panel of the AAP American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018
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Clinical Trials
- Diabetes Study of Linagliptin and Empagliflozin in Children and Adolescents (DINAMO)TM Start of enrollment: 2018 Mar 20
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- A Novel Variant inPresenting as 46,XY Difference of Sex Development.Yunting Yu, Lina Huerta-Saenz, Lee, P., Allen, N.> ;JCEM Case Reports. 2023 Sep 1
- 24 citationsThe Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic is Associated with a Substantial Rise in Frequency and Severity of Presentation of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes.Sheela N Magge, Risa M Wolf, Laura Pyle, Elizabeth A Brown, Valeria C Benavides, Monica E Bianco, Lily C Chao, Anna Cymbaluk, Pinar Gumus Balikcioglu, Kelsee Halpin, D...> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 2022 Dec 1
- 2 citationsA centennial review of discoveries and advances in diabetes: Children and youth.Sejal Mistry, Ksenia N Tonyushkina, Valeria C Benavides, Abha Choudhary, Lina Huerta-Saenz, Neha S Patel, Farid H Mahmud, Ingrid Libman, Mark A Sperling> ;Pediatric Diabetes. 2022 Nov 1
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Journal Articles
- Challenging diagnosis of congenital hyperinsulinism in two infants of diabetic mothers with rare pathogenic KCNJ11 and HNF4A gene variants.Huerta-Saenz, International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology, 7/17/2018
Grant Support
- KL2 ESI AwardPennsylvania State University2022–2025
- CMN Research AwardChildren’s Miracle Network2020–2022
Committees
- Member, Pediatric Endocrine Society - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force 2021 - Present
- member, Pediatric Endocrine Society - Training Council 2014 - 2019
Research History
- Sub-Investigator for Trial Net-Pathway to Prevention Study (TN01)Sub-Investigator at the Children's Mercy Hospital (PI: Dr. Wayne Moore)2014 - 2018
- Principal InvestigatorNutrition, Healthy Eating and Type 1 Diabetes Knowledge in Children and Youths with Type 1 Diabetes measured by the NCQ22013 - 2018
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- Turner Syndrome Society of the United StatesMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
- Penn State Hershey Childrens HospitalHershey, Pennsylvania
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical CenterHershey, Pennsylvania
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