Miles Yu, M.D. Joins Nemours Division of Endocrinology

Orlando, Florida
Thursday, August 23, 2007 @ 12:00 AM EDT
by: Jarrod Cady
jcady@nemours.org

Nemours Children's Clinic, a division of one of the nation's largest children's health systems, today announced that Y. Miles Yu, M.D. has joined the Endocrinology Division in Central Florida. Dr. Yu joins a comprehensive team of nine pediatric endocrinology specialists including two other physicians. The Diabetes Education Center run by this team continues to be the only pediatric program in Central Florida that has received the Education Program Recognition certification from the American Diabetes Association (ADA).

The Endocrinology Division provides diagnostic and therapeutic services to infants, children and teenagers with a variety of endocrine disorders. As a pediatric endocrinologist, Dr. Yu will help children with hormone problems, including diabetes, growth disorders, abnormal thyroid function and disorders of puberty.

"Dr. Yu will be a tremendous asset to the Endocrinology Division at Nemours," states Judy Wall, M.D., medical director of Nemours Children􀂶s Clinic Orlando. "His knowledge combined with his experience will help deliver critical services to children with endocrine disorders in Central Florida."

Dr. Yu was most recently affiliated with the Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, MO, as a pediatric endocrinologist. Dr. Yu is board certified by both the American Board of Pediatrics and their Pediatric Endocrinology Board. Dr. Yu is a member of The Endocrine Society, the Lawson Wilkins Pediatric Endocrine Society and the American Diabetic Association, among others. He has been published numerous times as well as received research grants for his interests that include Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

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About Nemours

Nemours, one of the nation’s largest pediatric health systems, is dedicated to achieving higher standards in children’s health. Nemours offers an integrated spectrum of clinical treatment coupled with research, advocacy, and educational health and prevention services extending to all families in the communities it serves. Starting with Alfred I. duPont’s bequest over seventy years ago, Nemours has grown into a multi-dimensional organization offering personalized clinical and preventive care focused on children.

Nemours owns and operates the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware and major children’s specialty clinics in Delaware (Wilmington), Florida (Jacksonville, Orlando and Pensacola), Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Bryn Mawr) and New Jersey (Atlantic City and Voorhees). Having recently received preliminary approval from the State of Florida, Nemours will establish a new full-service children’s hospital as part of an integrated pediatric health campus in Orlando. KidsHealth.org, the world’s most visited pediatric health care Web site for parents, kids and teens, is a project of Nemours.

Nemours employs over 4,400 individuals, including 430 pediatric physicians, specialists and surgeons who cared for approximately a quarter of a million children in 2007. The organization’s goal is to align with parents, physicians, community leaders, children’s advocates and elected officials to ensure optimal wellness for every child. Additional information about Nemours can be found at www.nemours.org.