Sheila K Gunn, M.D.

Associate Professor

(832) 822-3670

Email

sgunn@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor: Pediatrics-Diabetes and Endocrinology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Addresses

TCH-Clinical Care Center (Clinic): 6701 Fannin St.
Houston, TX, 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 822-3670

Texas Children's Health Center (Clinic): Sugar Land
15400 Southwest Freeway
Sugar Land, TX, 77478
United States
Phone: (281) 494-7010

Education

Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1987 - Houston, TX, United States

M.S. from Kansas State University: 01/1978 - Manhattan, KS, United States

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: Houston, TX; Pediatric Endocrinology

MD from University of Oklahoma College of Medicine: Oklahoma City, OK

B.S. from University Of Oklahoma: 01/1975 - Norman, OK, United States

Advanced Training from Baylor College Of Medicine Affiliate Hospitals: 01/1984 - Houston, TX, United States

Certifications

American Board of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology

Professional Interests

Thyroid disease
Growth disorders
Diabetes
Adrenal disease
Development disorders

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Abrams SA, Griffin IJ, Hawthorne KM, Liang L, Gunn SK, Darlington G, Ellis KJ. " A combination of prebiotic short- and long-chain inulin-type fructans enhances calcium absorption and bone mineralization in young adolescents. " Am. J. Clin. Nutr.. 2005 Aug ; 82 (2) : 471-6.
Pubmed PMID: 16087995.
Vogiatzi MG, Gunn SK, Scheuerle AE, McCabe ER, Copeland KC. " Adrenal crisis in the newborn: details leading to the correct diagnosis. " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 1995 Apr ; 80 (4) : 1079-82.
Pubmed PMID: 7714071.
Suresh D, Crawford J, Axelrad ME, Gunn SK, McCullough L, Smith OB, Sutton VR, Roth D, Karaviti LP, Dietrich JE. " Assessing sex assignment concordance with genotype and phenotype. " Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2013 ; 2013 (1) : 7.
Pubmed PMID: 23496938.
Abrams SA, Copeland KC, Gunn SK, Stuff JE, Clarke LL, Ellis KJ. " Calcium absorption and kinetics are similar in 7- and 8-year-old Mexican-American and Caucasian girls despite hormonal differences. " J. Nutr.. 1999 Mar ; 129 (3) : 666-71.
Pubmed PMID: 10082772.
Abrams SA, Copeland KC, Gunn SK, Gundberg CM, Klein KO, Ellis KJ. " Calcium absorption, bone mass accumulation, and kinetics increase during early pubertal development in girls. " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2000 May ; 85 (5) : 1805-9.
Pubmed PMID: 10843156.
Douglas G, Axelrad ME, Brandt ML, Crabtree E, Dietrich JE, French S, Gunn S, Karaviti L, Lopez ME, Macias CG, McCullough LB, Suresh D, Sutton VR. " Consensus in Guidelines for Evaluation of DSD by the Texas Children's Hospital Multidisciplinary Gender Medicine Team. " Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2010 ; 2010 : 919707.
Pubmed PMID: 20981291.
Gilman CM, Coffel BE, Gunn SK. " Continuous venovenous hemofiltration: a cost-effective therapy for the pediatric patient. " ANNA J. 1997 Jun ; 24 (3) : 337-41.
Pubmed PMID: 9238905.
Berg JS, French SL, McCullough LB, Kleppe S, Sutton VR, Gunn SK, Karaviti LP. " Ethical and legal implications of genetic testing in androgen insensitivity syndrome. " J. Pediatr.. 2007 Apr ; 150 (4) : 434-8.
Pubmed PMID: 17382127.
Vogiatzi MG, Gunn SK, Sherman LD, Copeland KC. " Gastrointestinal symptoms and diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents. " Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1996 Jul ; 35 (7) : 343-7.
Pubmed PMID: 8829003.
Girgis R, Abrams SA, Castracane VD, Gunn SK, Ellis KJ, Copeland KC. " Ethnic differences in androgens, IGF-I and body fat in healthy prepubertal girls. " J. Pediatr. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2000 May ; 13 (5) : 497-503.
Pubmed PMID: 10803867.
Douglas G, Axelrad ME, Brandt ML, Crabtree E, Dietrich JE, French S, Gunn S, Karaviti L, Lopez ME, Macias CG, McCullough LB, Suresh D, Austin E, Reid Sutton V. " Guidelines for evaluating and managing children born with disorders of sexual development. " Pediatr Ann. 2012 Apr 1; 41 (4) : e1-7.
Pubmed PMID: 22494213.
Janssen OE, Astner ST, Grasberger H, Gunn SK, Refetoff S. " Identification of thyroxine-binding globulin-San Diego in a family from Houston and its characterization by in vitro expression using Xenopus oocytes. " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2000 Jan ; 85 (1) : 368-72.
Pubmed PMID: 10634412.
Engle WA, Peters EA, Gunn SK, West KW, Langefeld C, Hui SL. " Mortality prediction and interval until death in near-term and term neonates with respiratory failure. " J Perinatol. ; 13 (5) : 368-75.
Pubmed PMID: 8263621.
Owerbach D, Gunn S, Gabbay KH. " Multigenic basis for type I diabetes. Association of HRAS1 polymorphism with HLA-DR3, DQw2/DR4, DQw8. " Diabetes. 1990 Dec ; 39 (12) : 1504-9.
Pubmed PMID: 1978827.
Owerbach D, Gunn S, Ty G, Wible L, Gabbay KH. " Oligonucleotide probes for HLA-DQA and DQB genes define susceptibility to type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus. " Diabetologia. 1988 Oct ; 31 (10) : 751-7.
Pubmed PMID: 3240836.
Owerbach D, Gunn S, Gabbay KH. " Primary association of HLA-DQw8 with type I diabetes in DR4 patients. " Diabetes. 1989 Jul ; 38 (7) : 942-5.
Pubmed PMID: 2786821.
Abrams SA, Griffin IJ, Hicks PD, Gunn SK. " Pubertal girls only partially adapt to low dietary calcium intakes. " J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2004 May ; 19 (5) : 759-63.
Pubmed PMID: 15068499.
Balazs AE, Athanassaki I, Gunn SK, Tatevian N, Huang SA, Haymond MW, Karaviti LP. " Rapid resolution of consumptive hypothyroidism in a child with hepatic hemangioendothelioma following liver transplantation. " Ann. Clin. Lab. Sci.. 2007 ; 37 (3) : 280-4.
Pubmed PMID: 17709695.
Abrams SA, Griffin IJ, Hawthorne KM, Gunn SK, Gundberg CM, Carpenter TO. " Relationships among vitamin D levels, parathyroid hormone, and calcium absorption in young adolescents. " J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab.. 2005 Oct ; 90 (10) : 5576-81.
Pubmed PMID: 16076940.
Axelrad ME, Berg JS, Coker LA, Dietrich J, Adcock L, French SL, Gunn S, Ligon BL, McCullough LB, Sutton VR, Karaviti LP. " The gender medicine team: it takes a village"." " Adv Pediatr. 2009 ; 56 (1) : 145-64.
Pubmed PMID: 19968947.
Abrams SA, Griffin IJ, Hawthorne KM, Chen Z, Gunn SK, Wilde M, Darlington G, Shypailo RJ, Ellis KJ. " Vitamin D receptor Fok1 polymorphisms affect calcium absorption, kinetics, and bone mineralization rates during puberty. " J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2005 Jun ; 20 (6) : 945-53.
Pubmed PMID: 15883634.
Ames SK, Ellis KJ, Gunn SK, Copeland KC, Abrams SA. " Vitamin D receptor gene Fok1 polymorphism predicts calcium absorption and bone mineral density in children. " J. Bone Miner. Res.. 1999 May ; 14 (5) : 740-6.
Pubmed PMID: 10320522.
Balazs A, Jeha G, Gunn SK, Karaviti LP. " X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets associated with respiratory failure. " Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2008 Apr ; 47 (3) : 293-5.
Pubmed PMID: 18057152.