Melissa Rebecca Ham, MD
- Pediatric Endocrinologist, Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
- Locations (4)
Biography
Melissa Ham, M.D. is a pediatric endocrinologist at Children's Health and an Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Ham earned her medical degree and completed her residency at the University of South Carolina. She received additional training in pediatric endocrinology at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Ham has been named a Best Doctor and Best Pediatric Specialists by D Magazine.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine (1996)
- Residency
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine (1999), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2002), Pediatric Endocrinology
Conditions Treated
- 22q deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome VCFS)
- Adolescent delayed puberty
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)
- Cystic fibrosis (CF) in children
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Klinefelter syndrome (KS)
- McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS)
- Pediatric acromegaly (gigantism)
- Pediatric Addisons disease (hypocortisolism)
- Pediatric adrenal carcinomas
- Pediatric adrenal disorders
- Pediatric adrenal mass
- Pediatric anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Pediatric and adolescent Turner syndrome (TS)
- Pediatric androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Pediatric constitutional growth delay
- Pediatric Cushing's syndrome
- Pediatric diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Pediatric follicular thyroid cancer (FTC)
- Pediatric Graves' disease
- Pediatric growth hormone deficiency
- Pediatric hyperaldosteronism
- Pediatric hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)
- Pediatric hyperparathyroidism
- Pediatric hyperthyroidism
- Pediatric hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Pediatric hypogonadism
- Pediatric hypoparathyroidism
- Pediatric hypothyroidism
- Pediatric Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS)
- Pediatric mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
- Pediatric medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)
- Pediatric multinodular goiter (MNG)
- Pediatric multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
- Pediatric papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
- Pediatric parathyroid mass
- Pediatric pheochromocytoma
- Pediatric pituitary lesions
- Pediatric Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
- Pediatric pre-diabetes
- Pediatric short stature
- Pediatric thyroid carcinoma (cancer)
- Pediatric thyroid disorders
- Pediatric thyroid nodules
- Pediatric thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease)
- Pediatric type 1 diabetes
- Pediatric type 2 diabetes
- Precocious puberty (early puberty) in children
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Locations
- This provider may offer virtual appointments. Please review our Virtual Visit Specialty Clinics page for instructions on setting up a visit.
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