Endocrinology & Metabolism

The Pediatrics Department, of the Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University Charleston Division, is ready to care for the health needs of children in southern West Virginia by offering Pediatric Endocrinology-Metabolism services to the pediatricians, family practitioners, and other primary care physicians. Dr. Fereydoun Zangeneh, Board Certified, Pediatric Endocrinologist, can assist in the care of children with the evaluation and management of patients with endocrine disease.

• Diabetes Mellitus
• Diabetes Insipidus
• Hypoglycemia
• Adrenal disorders
• Growth problems
• Pubertal abnormalities
• Obesity

The WVUPC ( West Virginia University Physicians of Charleston) clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 to 4:30 for referral appointments. The Dr. Fereydoun Zangeneh sees referral in clinic 3 days a week, serves as an Attending, Consultant and as an academic advisor to residents.

Dr. Zangeneh’s specialty involves understanding the endocrine disorders generally manifested in one of four ways: (1) by an excess of hormone (in thyrotoxicosis, of thyroid hormone; in Cushing syndrome, of cortisol); (2) by a deficiency of hormone (in diabetes mellitus, of insulin; in hypothyroidism, of thyroid hormone); (3) by an abnormal response of target tissues to hormone (in testicular feminization syndrome, by resistance to male sex hormones); and (4) by simple gland enlargement (in nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, by neurologic signs and symptoms). Because hormones are circulating chemical messengers, the location of action often is distant from the specialized organ (gland) of origin. Consequently, signs and symptoms of an endocrine disorder usually are related to the peripheral tissue’s response to the hormone excess or deficiency. Indeed, functioning endocrine tumors frequently produce profound physiologic changes that reveal the pathologic process long before the appearance of signs and symptoms related to tumor mass.