Diabetes & Endocrinology
Overview
USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Center
The USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Center, founded in 2012 is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide the latest in technology and resources for patient care, diabetes education, and clinical research. Drs. Rodriguez, Dorothy Shulman, Verena Jorgensen, and Danielle Gomez Reynolds see children and adolescents with diabetes at this facility.
Dr. Henry Rodriguez serves as the Clinical Director of the USF Diabetes and Endocrinology Center.
Multidisciplinary team members include diabetes educators, a dietician, clinical social worker, and a licensed mental health counselor with expertise in addressing the challenges faced by diabetes patients and their families. Individual and group education covering basic and advanced diabetes management, insulin pump therapy and center continuous glucose monitoring is available.
The Center is located at the Frank and Carol Morsani Center on the USF campus.
13330 USF Laurel Drive
Tampa, FL 33612
5th Floor
Clinical research opportunities currently include
Current Studies
- Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet and the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange studies that are investigating new therapies in pediatric Type 2 diabetes
- Type 1 Diabetes antibody screening Studies
- Intervention studies to preserve beta-cell function in newly-diagnosed type 1 patients
- Pediatric Inhaled Insulin Studies
- Multiple Insulin Device/Pump Studies
- Studies assessing residual C-peptide in patients with longstanding Type 1 diabetes.
- Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Studies
- Hypothyroidism Studies
- Studies of a novel long-acting growth hormone in children with growth hormone deficiency
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta and other bone studies
Contact Information
Please call (813) 821-8011 option 6, if you are interested in participating in any of these studies.
Providers
USF Health has been providing Pediatric Endocrinology Services for the region since 1972.
Dr. Henry Rodriguez, Dr. Dorothy Shulman, Dr. Jorgensen, and Dr. Danielle Gomez Reynolds provide care to endocrine and diabetes patients.
Our physicians care for children and adolescents with disorders of growth, thyroid, puberty, pituitary, adrenal, calcium metabolism, bone, ovaries and testes. USF serves as the regional Newborn Screening Center for congenital hypothyroidism and congenital adrenal hyperplasia.