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Valeria Benavides, MD, MPH

Section Chief / Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (Endocrinology)

Department of Pediatrics

Pediatrics Residency

Pronouns: She/Hers

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About

My interests include developing our diabetes program, decreasing the rate of acute complications such as DKA, and empowering our patients to grow as active, knowledgeable adults with manageable chronic conditions.

UICOMP and CHOI partner to provide excellence in pediatric diabetes and a team ready to grow, improve, and innovate diabetes care for our region.

Selected Publications

Mistry S, Tonyushkina KN, Benavides VC, Choudhary A, Huerta-Saenz L, Patel NS, Mahmud FH,Libman I, Sperling MA. A centennial review of discoveries and advances in diabetes: Children and youth. Pediatric Diabetes. 2022 Nov;23(7):926-943. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10219647.

Magge SN, Wolf RM, Pyle L, Brown EA, Benavides VC, Bianco ME, Chao LC, Cymbaluk A,Balikcioglu PG, Halpin K, Hsia DS, Huerta-Saenz L, Kim JJ, Kumar S, Levitt Katz LE, Marks BE, Neyman A, O’Sullivan KL, Pillai SS, Shah AS, Shoemaker AH, Siddiqui JAW, Srinivasan S, Thomas IH, Tryggestad JB, Yousif MF, Kelsey MM. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic is Associated with a Substantial Rise in Frequency and Severity of Presentation of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes. J Pediatr. 2022 Dec;251:51-59.e2. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9383958.

Yap KL, Johnson AEK, Fischer D, Kandikatla P, Deml J, Nelakuditi V, Halbach S, Jeha GS,Burrage LC, Bodamer O, Benavides VC, Lewis AM, Ellard S, Shah P, Cody D, Diaz A, Devarajan A, Truong L, Greeley SAW, De Leó-Crutchlow DD, Edmondson AC, Das S, Thornton P, Waggoner D, Del Gaudio D. Congenital hyperinsulinism as the presenting feature of Kabuki syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization of 9 affected individuals. Genet Med. 2019 Jan;21(1):233-242. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7597849.

Education

University of San Andres, Faculty of Medicine, La Paz - MD
Harvard School of Public Health , Boston, MA - MPH, Family and Community Health
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY - Resident, Pediatrics
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center, Bronx, NY - Chief Resident, Pediatrics
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT - Fellow, Pediatric Endocrinology

Licensures and Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatric Endocrinology

Professional Memberships

Endocrine Society
Pediatric Endocrine Society

Research Currently in Progress

  • Weight trajectories in pediatric type 1 diabetes
  • A case report on GnRH agonist resistant Central precocious puberty
  • A case series on complex central precocious puberty management
  • Current T1D Pediatric Diabetes Care and Reimbursement Practices in the US