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Surendra Varma

Texas Tech University

Guest Speaker and Session Chair

Dr. Surendra Varma is a Pediatric Endocrinologist in Lubbock, TX with special training and skill in treating childhood endocrine, metabolism, and hormonal disorders. As a Pediatric Endocrinologist, Surendra Varma, MD performs medical diagnosis, prevention, assessment, and treatment of glandular disorders in children. Pediatric Endocrinology is a specialty of medicine that deals with preventing, diagnosing, and treating children's conditions affecting the adrenals, thyroid, pancreas, and other glands. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Pediatric Endocrinologists include hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Cushing's syndrome, adrenal insufficiency, childhood obesity, parathyroidism, developmental disorders, diabetes, and glandular cancers. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Endocrinologists include hormone and thyroid level testing, urine and blood testing, childhood nutrition education, diabetes treatment, bariatric surgery assessment, radioactive iodine treatment, adrenal and thyroid surgery, and intensive insulin therapy.