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Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

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My Biography & Research

Biography

I decided to become a pediatric endocrinologist after working at a diabetes camp for youth as a first-year pediatrics resident. Diabetes has so many moving parts and can be a burden to children. Watching the kids take all of it on with such spirit is inspiring. Treating diabetes is a wonderful mix of science and technology, gut feelings, psychology and communication. It’s never boring, and it is rewarding for me.

My patients are children with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and those with early-onset or severe obesity. There is no "one size fits all" with these chronic diseases. My goal is to provide individualized care that meets the patient and families where they are and helps guide the patient to the best state of health possible.

As my career grew, I became equally passionate about working with children who develop obesity early in life. Much like diabetes, obesity has many components and requires thinking outside of the box to look at the whole picture — genes and environment — to provide the best care and guidance for the patient.

In addition to caring for patients, I’m also involved in research. I believe that we need to tackle obesity much earlier in life than we have in the past. Food preferences and eating behaviors that are formed in early childhood can be carried forward throughout the child’s life. Furthermore, recognizing a high genetic risk for obesity is important so we can develop specific intervention strategies and medications to prevent obesity-related disease. The overall goal of my research is to prevent a lifetime of obesity by studying the youngest children at risk.

In my free time, I love to walk, hike and read fiction. My dad was a big outdoorsman and my mom was a librarian. I am a happy mix of the two.

Clinical Interests

Diabetes and obesity

Research Interests

Factors contributing to early-onset obesity; celiac disease in patients with type 1 diabetes; type 2 diabetes

Academic Affiliation

Associate Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Divisions

Endocrinology, Diabetes, Obesity Prevention, Endocrinology

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My Education

MD: Indiana University School of Medicine, 2000.

Residency: Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2003.

Fellowship: Pediatric Endocrinology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2006.

My Publications

Effect of Oral Insulin on Prevention of Diabetes in Relatives of Patients With Type 1 Diabetes A Randomized Clinical Trial. Atkinson, M; Krischer, J; Moran, A; Peakman, M; Spain, L; Schatz, DA; Sosenko, J; Antinozzi, P; Benoist, C; Bourcier, K; et al. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2017; 318:1891-1902.

High Body Mass Index in Infancy May Predict Severe Obesity in Early Childhood. Smego, A; Woo, JG; Klein, J; Suh, C; Bansal, D; Bliss, S; Daniels, SR; Bolling, C; Crimmins, NA. The Journal of Pediatrics. 2017; 183:87-93.e1.

Bilateral cataracts in a 6-yr-old with new onset diabetes: a novel presentation of a known INS gene mutation. Wasserman, H; Hufnagel, RB; Utz, VM; Zhang, K; Valencia, CA; Leslie, ND; Crimmins, NA. Pediatric Diabetes. 2016; 17:535-539.

Prevalence of Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes in Children With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Newton, KP; Hou, J; Crimmins, NA; Lavine, JE; Barlow, SE; Xanthakos, SA; Africa, J; Behling, C; Donithan, M; Clark, JM; et al. JAMA Pediatrics. 2016; 170:e161971-e161971.

Developing an Algorithm to Detect Early Childhood Obesity in Two Tertiary Pediatric Medical Centers. Lingren, T; Thaker, V; Brady, C; Namjou, B; Kennebeck, S; Bickel, J; Patibandla, N; Ni, Y; Van Driest, SL; Chen, L; et al. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2016; 7:693-706.

Endocrine. Crimmins, N; Lawson, S; Shah, A. In: Kheir J; Sobolewski B; Zackoff MW; Girdwood SC, Ed. The Pocket. Cincinnati, Ohio: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; 2016.

Obesity. Crimmins, N; Xanthakos, SA. In: Neinstein LS; Katzman DK; Callahan ST; Gordon CM; Joffe A; Rickert VI, Ed. Neinstein's Adolescent and Young Adult Health Care: A Practical Guide, 6th Edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer; 2016.

Suboptimal Clinical Documentation in Young Children with Severe Obesity at Tertiary Care Centers. Brady, CC; Thaker, VV; Lingren, T; Woo, JG; Kennebeck, SS; Namjou-Khales, B; Roach, A; Bickel, JP; Patibandla, N; Savova, GK; et al. International Journal of Pediatrics. 2016; 2016:4068582-9.

Comparing Two Waist-to-Height Ratio Measurements with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Youth with Diabetes. Liu, LL; Kahn, HS; Pettitt, DJ; Fino, NF; Morgan, T; Maahs, DM; Crimmins, NA; Lamichhane, AP; Liese, AD; Jr, DR B; et al. International Journal of Child Health and Nutrition. 2016; 5:87-94.

Endocrinology. Crimmins, N; Lawson, S; Shah, A. In: Kheir J; Sobolewski B; Varnell C; Zackoff MW, Ed. The Pocket. Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; 2015.