Paola Palma Sisto, MD

Endocrinology

Title(s): Assistant professor, Section of Endocrinology; director, Undergraduate Medical Education; fellowship director, Section of Endocrinology, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Education: Medical degree, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1994; residency, Albert Einstein Affiliated Hospitals, 1997; fellowship, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2000.

Certification: ABP general pediatrics, pediatric endocrinology.

Research interests: Medical education, growth and diabetes mellitus.

Representative publications:

• Alemzadeh R, Palma Sisto PA, Parton E, Totka J, Kirby M. Beneficial Effects of Flexible Insulin Therapy in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Acta Diabetologica, 2003: 40(3): 137-142.
• Alemzadeh R, Palma Sisto, PA, Parton E, Holzum, MK. Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSll) and Multiple Dose of Insulin (MDl) Regimen Display Similar Patterns of Blood Glucose Excursions in Pediatric Type 1 Diabetes (DM). Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 2005 7(4): 587-96.
• Alemzadeh R, Palma Sisto PA, Parton E, Holzum MK, Kichler J. Insulin Pump Therapy Attenuated Glycemic Instability without improving Hemoglobin A in Preschool Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus (DM). Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, 2006, accepted.

Current grants:

• The Use of a Practice OSCE to Improve Student Performance, Learning Resource Fund, Medical College of Wisconsin. Principal investigator.
• Expanding the OSCE Case Database to Reflect Increased Expectations of Clinical Skills of the Pediatric Clerkship Rotation, Learning Resource Fund, Medical College of Wisconsin. Principal investigator.
• Collaborative Curriculum on Chronic Obesity, Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Program. Co-investigator.

Contact information: Children's Corporate Center, 999 North 92nd Street, Suite C520, PO Box 1997, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1997. Phone: (414) 266-6750. Fax: (414) 266-6749. E-mail: ppalma@mcw.edu.