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(From the January 2026 issue of MedStat)
Joan Han, MD, Named Chief of Endocrinology
Joan Han, MD, has been named chief of the Division of Endocrinology at Nationwide Children’s, effective January 2026.
Before coming to Nationwide Children’s, Dr. Han was a professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Mount Sinai Kravis Children’s Hospital. She is board-certified in pediatric endocrinology and obesity medicine.
In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Han has published broadly in the field of pediatric endocrinology. Her research studies have been funded by the National Institutes of Health as well as multiple foundations and focus on the neuroendocrine regulation of energy balance and cognitive function while also looking at the genetic, environmental and behavioral determinants of metabolic health in the general population and in patients with rare genetic disorders associated with obesity and type 2 diabetes.
She earned her undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University, followed by pediatrics residency at Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center. Dr. Han then completed a clinical research fellowship at Nemours Children’s Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, and a pediatric endocrinology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.
Dr. Han served as pediatric associate editor for the International Journal of Obesity from 2015 to 2021. She is a member of the American Pediatric Society, the Society for Pediatric Research, the American Pediatric Society, the Pediatric Endocrine Society, the Endocrine Society and The Obesity Society. Dr. Han is also a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Downtown Adolescent Medicine Clinic Moves to Livingston Ambulatory Center
Nationwide Children’s Adolescent Medicine Clinic, previously located at the 500 E. Main St. Close To HomeSM Center, has moved to the Livingston Ambulatory Center (LAC) at 380 Butterfly Gardens Drive. Services from this location are now on the second floor of the LAC, bringing our adolescent medicine physician clinic and gynecology services together in one convenient space. This move makes it easier for adolescents and young adults (ages 12-25) to access comprehensive care in one place, including primary care, specialized services for reproductive health, substance use and more.