Dr. Shruti Sastry

• Paediatric & Adolescent Diabetes 
• Short Stature & Growth hormone therapy 
• Early and late puberty 
• Obesity in children and teenagers 
• Disorders in genital development: babies born with abnormal genitalia, undescended testes, micropenis 
• Paediatric Bone health: bones that break or bend easily including Osteogenesis imperfecta, rickets, osteoporosis, other varieties of metabolic bone diseases seen in kidney diseases, Prematurity, hypogonadism, steroid treatment 
• Endocrine sequelae of cancer treatment
• Pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, gonadal disorders 
• Precocious & Delayed puberty 
• Endocrine disorders in syndromic disorders
   

Paper published:

• March C.A., Sastry S., McPhaul M.J., Garibaldi L. Copeptin Stimulation by Combined Intravenous Arginine and Oral LevoDopa/Carbidopa in Healthy Short Children and Children with the Polyuria-Polydipsia Syndrome. Hormone Research in Paediatric. 2024. PubMed:38705144 
• Sastry S, March CA, McPhaul MJ, Garibaldi L. Very Elevated Serum Copeptin Concentrations Occur in a Subset of Healthy Children in the Minutes after Phlebotomy. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2024;37(1):8-14. 
• March CA, Sastry S, McPhaul MJ, Wheeler SE, Garibaldi L. Combined arginine and insulin stimulation elicits a robust and consistent copeptin response in short children. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2023. Aug;96(4):395-403.\ 
• Sastry S, Hooven-Davis JT, Hughan KS, Gurtunca N. Vitamin D Deficiency or Pseudohypoparathyroidism? Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports. 2022 Dec;26:100131.
   

Published Abstracts:

• Sastry S, Coren M, Schreiber J, Libman I. Screening for Disordered Eating Behaviors in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: Feasible and Needed. Poster Presentation at American Diabetes Association 83rd Scientific Session. Diabetes. 2023 Jun;72(Supplement_1):1135–P. 
• Sastry S, March CA, McPhaul M, Wheeler S, Garibaldi L. The Effects Of Combined Arginine And Sinemet Stimulation On Copeptin Levels In The Pediatric Population. Poster Plus Presentation at ENDO 2023. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2023 Oct;7(Supplement_1):bvad114-1406. 
• Gonzalez A, Sastry S, Chemaitilly W, Gurtunca N. A Novel mutation in the HNF4A gene (c.691C>T, p.ARG231Trp) likely to be pathogenic for Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young type 1 presenting with hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia in an infant. Poster Plus Presentation at ENDO 2023. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2023 Oct;7(Supplement_1):bvad114-1029.
• Sastry S, March CA, McPhaul M, Garibaldi L. Serum copeptin concentrations during water deprivation testing in children with primary polydipsia, Poster Presentation at Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society 2023. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2023 Aug;96(Supplement_3):1– 399. 
• Sastry S, March C, Gonzalez A, McPhaul M, Garibaldi L. Extremely Elevated Serum Copeptin Concentrations Following Venipuncture Occur in Approximately 5% of Children and May Affect Proper Interpretation of Copeptin Measurement. Poster Plus Presentation at ENDO 2022. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2022 Nov;6(Supplement_1):A549-50. 
• Sastry S, Zorkot Z, Garibaldi L. Early Onset of Insulin Resistance in a Patient with ROHHAD(NET) Syndrome. Rapid Fire Oral Presentation at ENDO 2022. Journal of the Endocrine Society. 2022 Nov 1;6(Supplement_1):A641. 
• Sastry S, March C, McPhaul M, Wheeler S, Garibaldi L. The Effect of Phlebotomy and Placement of an Intravenous Catheter on Plasma Catecholamine and Serum Copeptin Concentrations. Poster Presentation at Pediatric Endocrine Society Virtual Annual Meet 2022. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2022 Jul:95(Supplement_1):160-161. 
• Sastry S, March C, Morsi A, Garibaldi L. Arginine Stimulated Copeptin Response: A Novel Method of Diagnosis Polyuria Polydipsia Syndrome in Pediatrics. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society (Virtual) 2021. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2021;94(Supplement_2):86. 
• March C, Sastry S, Witchel S, McPhaul M, Garibaldi L. Stimulated Copeptin Response to ArginineInsulin Tolerance Test: A Novel Method to Assess Posterior Pituitary Function? Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society (Virtual) 2021. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2021;94(Supplement_2):134-135. 
• Hooven-Davis J, Sastry S, Hughan K, Gurtunca N. A Mimicker of Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type II: Vitamin D Deficiency. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Endocrine Society (Virtual) 2021. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 2021;94(Supplement_2):23-24. 
• Klein A, Gardner O, Pierce C, Rajagopal A, Rosenthal A, Sastry S, Chander J. Literacy Initiative for Children on Dialysis. Poster Presentation at Eugene J. Sayfie Research Day, University of Miami. 2017 Mar. 
• Seeherunvong T, Sastry S, Ruiz M. The Influence of Breastfeeding on Development of Obesity in Infants Born Small for Gestational Age (SGA). Poster Presentation at ENDO 2017. 
• Ruiz M, Sastry S, Seeherenvong T. Rapid weight gain in first 3 months does not predict obesity at 36 months in children born small for gestational age. Poster Presentation at Pediatric Academic Society. Annual Meeting 2016.